HSK 6 · Adjectives

纯洁 chúnjié “pure” in Chinese

Traditional 純潔

What 纯洁 means

  1. pure
  2. innocent
  3. clean and honest
  4. to purify

How to say 纯洁

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale纯chún2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale洁jié2nd tone, rising

纯洁 in a sentence

  1. 她有一颗纯洁的心。

    Tā yǒu yì kē chúnjié de xīn.

    She has a pure heart.

    Sentence #866757 from Tatoeba

How 纯洁 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 纯 (chún) with each of its parts in a different colour
纯chúnpure
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 屯village · túnSound part

纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 屯 (tún) hints at the sound. Compare it with chún.

The character 洁 (jié) with each of its parts in a different colour
洁jiéclean
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 吉lucky · jíSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 吉 (jí) hints at the sound. Compare it with jié.

How to write 纯洁

纯 7 strokes · 洁 9 strokes

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

Words related to 纯洁

Words with 纯

单纯dānchún · simple纯粹chúncuì · pure

Words with 洁

廉洁liánjié · honest清洁qīngjié · clean

More words: Adjectives

稠密chóumì · dense初步chūbù · initial垂直chuízhí · vertical纯粹chúncuì · pure慈祥cíxiáng · kindly从容cóngróng · calm脆弱cuìruò · fragile粗鲁cūlǔ · rude

FAQs

纯洁 (chúnjié) means “pure” or “innocent”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it chúnjié: chún with a 2nd tone, then jié with a 2nd 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, 纯洁 is written 純潔. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chunjie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 纯洁 from the suggestions. Typing chunjie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
纯洁 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.