HSK 6 · Time

截止 jiézhǐ “to end” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 截止 means

  1. to end
  2. to close
  3. deadline
  4. (electricity) cut-off

How to say 截止

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale截jié2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale止zhǐ3rd tone, dipping

截止 in a sentence

  1. 我们决定延长申请截止日期。

    Wǒmen juédìng yáncháng shēnqǐng jiézhǐ rìqī.

    We’ve decided to extend the application deadline.

    Sentence #13847476 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 交作业的截止日期是下周一。

    Jiāo zuòyè de jiézhǐ rìqī shì xià zhōuyī.

    The deadline for handing in the homework is next Monday.

    Sentence #843497 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 截止 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 截 (jié) with each of its parts in a different colour
截jiéto cut off
  • 十ten · shí
  • 戈halberd · gē
  • 隹short-tailed bird · zhuī
The character 止 (zhǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
止zhǐto stop
  • 上above · shǎng
  • 丨line · gǔn

How to write 截止

截 14 strokes · 止 4 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 截止

Words with 截

截至jiézhì · up to斩钉截铁zhǎndīngjiétiě · resolute and decisive

Words with 止

禁止jìnzhǐ · to prohibit阻止zǔzhǐ · to prevent防止fángzhǐ · to prevent制止zhìzhǐ · to stop终止zhōngzhǐ · to terminate不止bùzhǐ · more than迄今为止qìjīnwéizhǐ · so far

More words: Time & Sequence

黄昏huánghūn · dusk间隔jiàngé · interval季度jìdù · quarter (of a year)截至jiézhì · up to即将jíjiāng · about to近来jìnlái · recently及早jízǎo · as early as possible连年liánnián · for years in a row

FAQs

截止 (jiézhǐ) means “to end” or “to close”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jiézhǐ: jié with a 2nd tone, then zhǐ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 截止 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiezhi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 截止 from the suggestions. Typing jiezhi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
截止 is an HSK 6 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.