HSK 3 · Verbs

解决 jiějué “settle a dispute” in Chinese

Traditional 解決

What 解决 means

  1. settle a dispute
  2. resolve
  3. solve
  4. to settle (a problem)
  5. to eliminate
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc)

How to say 解决

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale解jiě3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale决jué2nd tone, rising

解决 in a sentence

  1. 问题已经解决了。

    Wèntí yǐjīng jiějué le.

    The problem has been solved.

    Sentence #10188547 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我知道怎么解决这个问题。

    Wǒ zhīdao zěnme jiějué zhè ge wèntí.

    I know how to solve this problem.

    Sentence #5668916 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 这是个很难解决的问题。

    Zhè shì ge hěn nán jiějué de wèntí.

    This is a very difficult problem to solve.

    Sentence #343800 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 解决 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 解 (jiě) with each of its parts in a different colour
解jiěto divide
  • 角horn · jiǎo
  • 刀knife · dāo
  • 牛cow · niú

Memory aidA knife 刀 taking the horn 角 off an ox 牛: to take apart, to explain.

The character 决 (jué) with each of its parts in a different colour
决juéto decide
  • 冫ice · bīng
  • 夬decisive · guài

Memory aidSimplified from 決, water 氵 breaking through a bank. 夬 (guài) gives the sound: to burst, to decide.

How to write 解决

解 13 strokes · 决 6 strokes

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

Words related to 解决

Words with 解

了解liǎojiě · comprehend解释jiěshì · explanation理解lǐjiě · to comprehend缓解huǎnjiě · to bring relief解剖jiěpōu · to dissect辩解biànjiě · to justify误解wùjiě · to misunderstand解除jiěchú · to remove解散jiěsàn · to dissolve解体jiětǐ · to disintegrate

Words with 决

决定juédìng · decide决赛juésài · finals (of a competition)决心juéxīn · determination坚决jiānjué · firm决策juécè · to make a policy decision表决biǎojué · to vote否决fǒujué · to veto判决pànjué · verdict

More words: Thinking & Talking

回答huídá · to reply记得jìde · remember检查jiǎnchá · to check讲jiǎng · to talk决定juédìng · decide练习liànxí · practice聊天liáotiān · to chat了解liǎojiě · comprehend

In the Chinese zodiac

牛niú · Year of the Ox

解 has 牛 (ox) on the right.

FAQs

解决 (jiějué) means “settle a dispute” or “resolve”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it jiějué: jiě with a 3rd tone, then jué with a 2nd 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, 解决 is written 解決. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiejue with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 解决 from the suggestions. Typing jiejue into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
解决 is an HSK 3 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.