HSK 6 · Adjectives

杰出 jiéchū “outstanding” in Chinese

Traditional 傑出

What 杰出 means

  1. outstanding
  2. distinguished
  3. remarkable
  4. prominent
  5. illustrious

How to say 杰出

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale杰jié2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale出chū1st tone, high and level

杰出 in a sentence

  1. 你是一名杰出的摄影师。

    Nǐ shì yì míng jiéchū de shèyǐngshī.

    You’re an outstanding photographer.

    Sentence #12088482 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 我叫林小杰，杰出的杰。

    Wǒ jiào Lín Xiǎojié, jiéchū de jié.

    My name is Lin Xiaojie – the “jie” in jiéchū, “outstanding”.

    Sentence #13523855 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 杰出 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 杰 (jié) with each of its parts in a different colour
杰jiéhero
  • 木tree · mù
  • 灬fire form of 火 · huǒ
The character 出 (chū) with each of its parts in a different colour
出chūto go out; to come out
  • 屮sprout · chè
  • 凵open box · kǎn

Memory aidA foot stepping up out of an opening 凵: to go out.

How to write 杰出

杰 8 strokes · 出 5 strokes

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

Words related to 杰出

Words with 出

出租车chūzūchē · taxi出chū · to go out出国chūguó · to go abroad出来chūlái · to come out出门chūmén · to go out出去chūqù · to go out出院chūyuàn · to leave hospital出生chūshēng · to be born出现chūxiàn · to appear演出yǎnchū · to act (in a play)

More words: Adjectives

侥幸jiǎoxìng · lucky家喻户晓jiāyùhùxiǎo · known to everyone机动jīdòng · motorised极端jíduān · extreme寂静jìjìng · quiet急剧jíjù · sharp机灵jīling · clever机密jīmì · secret

FAQs

杰出 (jiéchū) means “outstanding” or “distinguished”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jiéchū: jié with a 2nd tone, then chū 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, 杰出 is written 傑出. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiechu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 杰出 from the suggestions. Typing jiechu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
杰出 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.