HSK 5 · Verbs

届 jiè “measure word for sessions” in Chinese

Traditional 屆

What 届 means

  1. measure word for sessions, terms or graduating classes
  2. to fall due
  3. to arrive at (place or time)
  4. period
  5. to become due
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • classifier for events, meetings, elections, sporting fixtures, years (of graduation)

How to say 届

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale届jiè4th tone, falling

届 in a sentence

  1. 他是我们学校第一届毕业生。

    Tā shì wǒmen xuéxiào dìyī jiè bìyèshēng.

    He was in our school’s first graduating class.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 下一届奥运会在哪儿举行？

    Xià yí jiè Àoyùnhuì zài nǎr jǔxíng?

    Where are the next Olympic Games being held?

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 届 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 届 (jiè) with each of its parts in a different colour
届jièto arrive at
  • 尸corpse · shī
  • 由cause · yóu

How to write 届

届 8 strokes

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

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

Words related to 届

More words: Common Verbs

接触jiēchù · to touch接近jiējìn · to approach节省jiéshěng · to save结合jiéhé · to combine尽力jìnlì · to strive one’s hardest进步jìnbù · progress救jiù · to rescue具备jùbèi · to possess

FAQs

届 (jiè) means “measure word for sessions, terms or graduating classes” or “to fall due”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it jiè: jiè 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, 届 is written 屆. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 届 from the suggestions. Typing jie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
届 is an HSK 5 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.