HSK 5 · Verbs

接触 jiēchù “to touch” in Chinese

Traditional 接觸

What 接触 means

  1. to touch
  2. to contact
  3. access
  4. in touch with

How to say 接触

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale接jiē1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale触chù4th tone, falling

接触 in a sentence

  1. 和别人握手的时候，一定要有眼神接触。

    Hé biéren wòshǒu de shíhou, yídìng yào yǒu yǎnshén jiēchù.

    When you shake hands with someone, always make eye contact.

    Sentence #385413 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 我没接触过这个球类游戏。

    Wǒ méi jiēchù guo zhè ge qiúlèi yóuxì.

    I’ve never come across this ball game before.

    Sentence #6047390 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 日本有必要和西方各国接触。

    Rìběn yǒu bìyào hé Xīfāng gèguó jiēchù.

    Japan needed to have contact with Western countries.

    Sentence #8834568 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 接触 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 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.

The character 触 (chù) with each of its parts in a different colour
触chùto touch
  • 角horn · jiǎoMeaning part
  • 虫insect · chóngSound part

角 hints at the meaning (horn); 虫 (chóng) hints at the sound. Compare it with chù.

How to write 接触

接 11 strokes · 触 13 strokes

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

Words related to 接触

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)接近jiējìn · to approach迎接yíngjiē · to welcome衔接xiánjiē · to link up间接jiànjiē · indirect接连jiēlián · in succession

Words with 触

触犯chùfàn · to violate

More words: Common Verbs

交换jiāohuàn · to exchange交际jiāojì · social interaction浇jiāo · to water (plants)教训jiàoxun · a lesson (learnt the hard way)接近jiējìn · to approach节省jiéshěng · to save结合jiéhé · to combine届jiè · measure word for sessions

FAQs

接触 (jiēchù) means “to touch” or “to contact”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it jiēchù: jiē with a 1st tone, then chù 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, 接触 is written 接觸. 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 接触 from the suggestions. Typing jiechu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
接触 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.