HSK 3.0 Level 3 · Time

季 jì “season” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 季 means

  1. season
  2. the last month of a season
  3. fourth or youngest amongst brothers
  4. classifier for seasonal crop yields

How to say 季

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale季jì4th tone, falling

季 in a sentence

  1. 一年四季，我最喜欢夏天，你呢？

    Yì nián sìjì, wǒ zuì xǐhuan xiàtiān, nǐ ne?

    Of the four seasons, I like summer best. What about you?

    Sentence #2301853 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 这个季节鸡蛋不贵。

    Zhè ge jìjié jīdàn bú guì.

    Eggs are cheap this season.

    Sentence #1517794 from Tatoeba

  3. 日本的雨季什么时候开始？

    Rìběn de yǔjì shénme shíhou kāishǐ?

    When does the rainy season in Japan begin?

    Sentence #14037695 from Tatoeba

How 季 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 季 (jì) with each of its parts in a different colour
季jìseason
  • 禾grain · hé
  • 子child · zǐ

How to write 季

季 8 strokes

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

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

Words related to 季

Words with 季

季节jìjié · season四季sìjì · the four seasons季度jìdù · quarter (of a year)季军jìjūn · third place淡季dànjì · off season

More words: Time & Dates

小时候xiǎoshíhou · in one’s childhood有时yǒushí · sometimes周zhōu · week直到zhídào · until不久bùjiǔ · soon好久hǎojiǔ · a long time夏天xiàtiān · summer新年xīnnián · New Year

FAQs

季 (jì) means “season” or “the last month of a season”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word.
Say it jì: jì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 季 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type ji with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 季 from the suggestions. Typing ji into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
季 is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 4 word list. It is not on the older 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.