HSK 3 · Verbs

结束 jiéshù “to end” in Chinese

Traditional 結束

What 结束 means

  1. to end
  2. to finish
  3. conclude

How to say 结束

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale结jié2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale束shù4th tone, falling

结束 in a sentence

  1. 考试结束后，我们可以放松一下了。

    Kǎoshì jiéshù hòu, wǒmen kěyǐ fàngsōng yíxià le.

    After the exam, we can relax a bit.

    Sentence #11837377 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 假期快要结束了。

    Jiàqī kuàiyào jiéshù le.

    The holidays are almost over.

    Sentence #747641 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 当我到学校的时候，课程已经结束了。

    Dāng wǒ dào xuéxiào de shíhou, kèchéng yǐjīng jiéshù le.

    By the time I got to school, the class had already finished.

    Sentence #466017 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 结束 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jiéknot
  • 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 jié.

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

The character 束 (shù) with each of its parts in a different colour
束shùto bind
  • 木tree · mù
  • 口mouth · kǒu

How to write 结束

结 9 strokes · 束 7 strokes

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

Words related to 结束

Words with 结

结婚jiéhūn · get married总结zǒngjié · to sum up结果jiéguǒ · result结合jiéhé · to combine结实jiēshi · sturdy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 束

束shù · bunch束缚shùfù · to restrict约束yuēshù · to restrain拘束jūshù · ill at ease

More words: Common Verbs

见面jiànmiàn · meet/see somebody教jiāo · teach接jiē · connect结婚jiéhūn · get married借jiè · lend经过jīngguò · to pass哭kū · cry离开líkāi · leave

FAQs

结束 (jiéshù) means “to end” or “to finish”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it jiéshù: jié with a 2nd tone, then shù 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, 结束 is written 結束. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jieshu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 结束 from the suggestions. Typing jieshu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
结束 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.