HSK 6 · Science

结晶 jiéjīng “crystal” in Chinese

Traditional 結晶

What 结晶 means

  1. crystal
  2. to crystallise
  3. fruit (of labour)
  4. crystallisation
  5. crystalline
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • (fig.) the fruit (of labour etc)

How to say 结晶

  • 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 first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale晶jīng1st tone, high and level

结晶 in a sentence

  1. 这本书是他十年努力的结晶。

    Zhè běn shū shì tā shí nián nǔlì de jiéjīng.

    This book is the fruit of ten years of hard work.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 盐水干了以后会留下白色的结晶。

    Yánshuǐ gān le yǐhòu huì liúxia báisè de jiéjīng.

    When salt water dries, it leaves white crystals behind.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 结晶 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 晶 (jīng) with each of its parts in a different colour
晶jīngcrystal
  • 日sun · rì
  • 日sun · rì
  • 日sun · rì

How to write 结晶

结 9 strokes · 晶 12 strokes

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

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

Words related to 结晶

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

More words: Science & Technology

话筒huàtǒng · microphone火箭huǒjiàn · rocket火药huǒyào · gunpowder尖端jiānduān · cutting-edge进化jìnhuà · evolution酒精jiǔjīng · alcohol机械jīxiè · machinery基因jīyīn · gene

FAQs

结晶 (jiéjīng) means “crystal” or “to crystallise”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jiéjīng: jié with a 2nd tone, then jīng with a 1st 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, 结晶 is written 結晶. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiejing with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 结晶 from the suggestions. Typing jiejing into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
结晶 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.