HSK 6 · Ideas

环节 huánjié “link” in Chinese

Traditional 環節

  1. link
  2. stage
  3. part (of a process)
  4. (zoology) segment (of the body of a worm, centipede etc)
  5. (fig.) a part of an integrated whole: aspect (of a project), element (of a policy), sector (of the economy), stage (of a process) etc
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale环huán2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale节jié2nd tone, rising

  1. 拉伸是运动前后不可忽略的重要环节。

    Lāshēn shì yùndòng qiánhòu bùkě hūlüè de zhòngyào huánjié.

    Stretching before and after exercise is an important step that shouldn’t be overlooked.

    Sentence #13537166 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

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 环 (huán) with each of its parts in a different colour
环huánring
  • 王king · wángMeaning part
  • 不no · bùSound part

王 hints at the meaning (king); 不 (bù) hints at the sound. Compare it with huán.

The character 节 (jié) drawn as one shape
节jiéjoint; node

节 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidSimplified from 節, the joints of bamboo ⺮ (the simplified form has 艹 on top). From there, a section, and a festival.

环 8 strokes · 节 5 strokes

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

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

Words with 环

环境huánjìng · environment耳环ěrhuán · earring循环xúnhuán · cycle

Words with 节

季节jìjié · season节目jiémù · programme节日jiérì · holiday过节guòjié · to celebrate a festival节jié · festival节约jiéyuē · to economise节省jiéshěng · to save细节xìjié · details国庆节Guóqìngjié · PRC National Day (October 1st)节制jiézhì · to control

More words: Ideas & Concepts

含义hányì · meaning毫米háomǐ · millimetre痕迹hénjì · trace宏观hóngguān · macro画蛇添足huàshétiānzú · to spoil something by adding the unnecessary (lit. drawing legs on a snake)活力huólì · vitality见解jiànjiě · view见闻jiànwén · what one sees and hears
环节 (huánjié) means “link” or “stage”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it huánjié: huán 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, 环节 is written 環節. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type huanjie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 环节 from the suggestions. Typing huanjie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
环节 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.