HSK 5 · Adjectives

结实 jiēshi “sturdy” in Chinese

Traditional 結實

What 结实 means

  1. sturdy
  2. durable
  3. (of a person) strong
  4. rugged
  5. strong

How to say 结实

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale结jiē1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own实shineutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

结实 in a sentence

  1. 这种布既便宜又结实。

    Zhèzhǒng bù jì piányi yòu jiēshi.

    This kind of cloth is both cheap and sturdy.

    Sentence #3538027 from Tatoeba

  2. 加水，和成一个结实的面团。

    Jiā shuǐ, huóchéng yí ge jiēshi de miàntuán.

    Add water and mix to a firm dough.

    Sentence #1397145 from Tatoeba

How 结实 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 结 (jié) with each of its parts in a different colour
结jiēto produce
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 吉lucky · jíSound part

纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 吉 (jí) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiē.

Memory aidSilk 纟 tied into a knot. 吉 (jí) gives the sound: to tie, a knot.

The character 实 (shí) with each of its parts in a different colour
实shireal
  • 宀roof · mián
  • 头head · tóu

Memory aidSimplified from 實, a house 宀 full of strings of coins: solid, real.

How to write 结实

结 9 strokes · 实 8 strokes

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

Words related to 结实

Words with 结

结婚jiéhūn · get married结束jiéshù · to end总结zǒngjié · to sum up结果jiéguǒ · result结合jiéhé · to combine结账jiézhàng · to pay the bill结构jiégòu · structure结论jiélùn · conclusion巴结bājie · to fawn on冻结dòngjié · to freeze (assets

Words with 实

其实qíshí · actually诚实chéngshí · honest实际shíjì · actual确实quèshí · indeed实在shízài · really实际上shíjìshàng · in fact果实guǒshí · fruit (of a plant)实话shíhuà · truth实现shíxiàn · to achieve老实lǎoshi · honest

More words: Adjectives

坚强jiānqiáng · staunch艰巨jiānjù · arduous艰苦jiānkǔ · difficult狡猾jiǎohuá · crafty紧急jǐnjí · urgent谨慎jǐnshèn · cautious巨大jùdà · huge具体jùtǐ · specific

FAQs

结实 (jiēshi) means “sturdy” or “durable”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it jiēshi: jiē with a 1st tone, then shi with a neutral 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, 结实 is written 結實. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jieshi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 结实 from the suggestions. Typing jieshi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
结实 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.