HSK 6 · Ideas

结局 jiéjú “ending” in Chinese

Traditional 結局

What 结局 means

  1. ending
  2. outcome
  3. conclusion

How to say 结局

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale结jié2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale局jú2nd tone, rising

结局 in a sentence

  1. 我不知道故事的结局。

    Wǒ bù zhīdao gùshi de jiéjú.

    I don’t know how the story ends.

    Sentence #5574761 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 这个故事有一个悲惨的结局。

    Zhè ge gùshi yǒu yí ge bēicǎn de jiéjú.

    This story has a tragic ending.

    Sentence #6559087 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 感觉这不会有个好结局。

    Gǎnjué zhè bú huì yǒu ge hǎo jiéjú.

    I have a feeling this won’t end well.

    Sentence #8686669 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 结局 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 结 (jié) with each of its parts in a different colour
结jiéknot
  • 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 jié.

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

The character 局 (jú) with each of its parts in a different colour
局júnarrow
  • 尺part of the character
  • 口mouth · kǒu

How to write 结局

结 9 strokes · 局 7 strokes

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

Words related to 结局

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巴结bājie · to fawn on

Words with 局

邮局yóujú · post office布局bùjú · layout格局géjú · structure局部júbù · part局面júmiàn · situation局势júshì · situation (esp. political or military)局限júxiàn · to limit全局quánjú · overall situation公安局gōng'ānjú · public security bureau

More words: Ideas & Concepts

见闻jiànwén · what one sees and hears见义勇为jiànyìyǒngwéi · to act bravely for a just cause焦点jiāodiǎn · focus级别jíbié · level界限jièxiàn · boundary精华jīnghuá · essence境界jìngjiè · realm锦上添花jǐnshàngtiānhuā · to make something even better

FAQs

结局 (jiéjú) means “ending” or “outcome”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jiéjú: jié with a 2nd tone, then jú 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, 结局 is written 結局. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jieju with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 结局 from the suggestions. Typing jieju into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
结局 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.