HSK 4 · Function Words

接着 jiēzhe “next” in Chinese

Traditional 接著

What 接着 means

  1. next
  2. then
  3. to carry on
  4. to catch and hold on
  5. to continue
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to go on to do sth
  • to follow

How to say 接着

  • 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 neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own着zheneutral tone, light and short

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

接着 in a sentence

  1. 茶点过后我们接着开会。

    Chádiǎn guòhòu wǒmen jiēzhe kāihuì.

    After tea, we’ll carry on with the meeting.

    Sentence #4760079 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他们一个接着一个地离开了。

    Tāmen yí ge jiēzhe yí ge de líkāi le.

    They left one after another.

    Sentence #1361969 from Tatoeba

  3. 年轻人伸出他的手，接着我和他握了手。

    Niánqīngrén shēnchū tā de shǒu, jiēzhe wǒ hé tā wò le shǒu.

    The young man held out his hand, and then I shook it.

    Sentence #336880 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 接着 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 着 (zhe) with each of its parts in a different colour
着zheaspect particle indicating action in progress
  • 羊sheep · yáng
  • 目eye · mù

How to write 接着

接 11 strokes · 着 11 strokes

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

Words related to 接着

Words with 接

接jiē · connect接受jiēshòu · to accept直接zhíjiē · direct (opposite: indirect 间接)接待jiēdài · to receive (visitors or guests)接触jiēchù · to touch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 着

着zhe · particle for an ongoing action or state (-ing)着急zháojí · to worry随着suízhe · along with着凉zháoliáng · to catch a cold着火zháohuǒ · to catch fire着想zhuóxiǎng · to consider (the needs of)着重zhuózhòng · to emphasise着手zhuóshǒu · to set about沉着chénzhuó · calm and collected执着zhízhuó · persistent

More words: Particles & Connectors

共同gòngtóng · common故意gùyì · deliberately光guāng · light互相hùxiāng · each other及时jíshí · timely即使jíshǐ · even if既然jìrán · since尽管jǐnguǎn · despite

FAQs

接着 (jiēzhe) means “next” or “then”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it jiēzhe: jiē with a 1st tone, then zhe 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, 接着 is written 接著. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiezhe with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 接着 from the suggestions. Typing jiezhe into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
接着 is an HSK 4 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.