HSK 6 · Verbs

巴结 bājie “to fawn on” in Chinese

Traditional 巴結

What 巴结 means

  1. to fawn on
  2. to curry favour with
  3. to make up to

How to say 巴结

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale巴bā1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own结jieneutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

巴结 in a sentence

  1. 他总是巴结经理。

    Tā zǒngshì bājie jīnglǐ.

    He’s always currying favour with the manager.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 我不喜欢巴结别人。

    Wǒ bù xǐhuan bājie biéren.

    I don’t like fawning over people.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 巴结 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 巴 (ba) drawn as one shape
巴bāto long for

巴 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 结 (jié) with each of its parts in a different colour
结jiēto producelight in 巴结
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 吉lucky · jíSound part

纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 吉 (jí) hints at the sound. Compare it with jie.

Memory aidSilk 纟 tied into a knot. 吉 (jí) gives the sound: to tie, a knot.

How to write 巴结

巴 4 strokes · 结 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

巴结 (bājie) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 巴结 (bājie). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 巴结

Words with 巴

尾巴wěiba · tail巴不得bābudé · to be eager to

Words with 结

结婚jiéhūn · get married结束jiéshù · to end总结zǒngjié · to sum up结果jiéguǒ · result结合jiéhé · to combine结实jiēshi · sturdy结账jiézhàng · to pay the bill结构jiégòu · structure结论jiélùn · conclusion冻结dòngjié · to freeze (assets

More words: Common Verbs

掰bāi · to break off with both hands拜访bàifǎng · to pay a visit败坏bàihuài · to ruin摆脱bǎituō · to break free from伴随bànsuí · to accompany报仇bàochóu · to take revenge报答bàodá · to repay (a kindness)爆发bàofā · to break out

FAQs

巴结 (bājie) means “to fawn on” or “to curry favour with”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it bājie: bā with a 1st tone, then jie with a neutral tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 巴结 is written 巴結. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type bajie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 巴结 from the suggestions. Typing bajie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
巴结 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.