HSK 6 · Function Words

之际 zhījì “at the time of” in Chinese

Traditional 之際

What 之际 means

  1. at the time of
  2. on the occasion of
  3. during

How to say 之际

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale之zhī1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale际jì4th tone, falling

之际 in a sentence

  1. 他在要结婚之际决定还是不结婚了。

    Tā zài yào jiéhūn zhījì juédìng háishi bù jiéhūn le.

    Just as he was about to get married, he decided not to after all.

    Sentence #10518599 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 之际 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 之 (zhī) drawn as one shape
之zhīhim

之 is a single shape of 3 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 际 (jì) with each of its parts in a different colour
际jìborder
  • 阝placeMeaning part
  • 示sign · shìSound part

阝 hints at the meaning (place); 示 (shì) hints at the sound. Compare it with jì.

How to write 之际

之 3 strokes · 际 7 strokes

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

Words related to 之际

Words with 之

之zhī · of (formal equivalent of 的)之后zhīhòu · after之前zhīqián · before之间zhījiān · between百分之bǎifēnzhī · per cent总之zǒngzhī · in a word反之fǎnzhī · conversely天伦之乐tiānlúnzhīlè · family happiness后顾之忧hòugùzhīyōu · worries back home当务之急dāngwùzhījí · top priority

Words with 际

国际guójì · international实际shíjì · actual实际上shíjìshàng · in fact交际jiāojì · social interaction

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犹如yóurú · just like愈yù · the more … the more咋zǎ · how照样zhàoyàng · as usual致使zhìshǐ · to cause终究zhōngjiū · after all众所周知zhòngsuǒzhōuzhī · as everyone knows幢zhuàng · (measure word for buildings)

FAQs

之际 (zhījì) means “at the time of” or “on the occasion of”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhījì: zhī with a 1st tone, then jì with a 4th 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, 之际 is written 之際. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhiji with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 之际 from the suggestions. Typing zhiji into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
之际 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.