HSK 6 · Adjectives

间接 jiànjiē “indirect” in Chinese

Traditional 間接

What 间接 means

  1. indirect
  2. indirectly

How to say 间接

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale间jiàn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale接jiē1st tone, high and level

间接 in a sentence

  1. 这件事我是间接听说的。

    Zhè jiàn shì wǒ shì jiànjiē tīngshuō de.

    I heard about this second-hand.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 吸烟会直接或间接地影响健康。

    Xīyān huì zhíjiē huò jiànjiē de yǐngxiǎng jiànkāng.

    Smoking affects your health directly and indirectly.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 间接 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 间 (jiān) with each of its parts in a different colour
间jiàngap
  • 门gate · mén
  • 日sun · rì

Memory aidSunlight 日 coming through a gap in the gate 门: a gap, the space between, a room.

The character 接 (jiē) with each of its parts in a different colour
接jiēto receive
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 妾concubine · qièSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 妾 (qiè) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiē.

How to write 间接

间 7 strokes · 接 11 strokes

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

Words related to 间接

Words with 间

间jiān · (measure word for rooms)时间shíjiān · time房间fángjiān · room中间zhōngjiān · middle洗手间xǐshǒujiān · toilet之间zhījiān · between卫生间wèishēngjiān · bathroom期间qījiān · period of time空间kōngjiān · space间隔jiàngé · interval

Words with 接

接jiē · connect接受jiēshòu · to accept直接zhíjiē · direct (opposite: indirect 间接)接着jiēzhe · next接待jiēdài · to receive (visitors or guests)接触jiēchù · to touch接近jiējìn · to approach迎接yíngjiē · to welcome衔接xiánjiē · to link up接连jiēlián · in succession

More words: Adjectives

坚定jiāndìng · firm见多识广jiànduōshíguǎng · well-informed and experienced坚固jiāngù · sturdy僵硬jiāngyìng · stiff简陋jiǎnlòu · simple and crude艰难jiānnán · difficult健全jiànquán · sound坚韧jiānrèn · tough

FAQs

间接 (jiànjiē) means “indirect” or “indirectly”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jiànjiē: jiàn with a 4th tone, then jiē 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, 间接 is written 間接. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jianjie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 间接 from the suggestions. Typing jianjie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
间接 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.