HSK 5 · Clothing

戒指 jièzhi “(finger) ring” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 戒指 means

  1. (finger) ring

How to say 戒指

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale戒jiè4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own指zhineutral tone, light and short

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

戒指 in a sentence

  1. 突然，他拿出了一个戒指，跪在地上，向我求婚。

    Tūrán, tā náchū le yí ge jièzhi, guì zài dìshang, xiàng wǒ qiúhūn.

    Suddenly he took out a ring, knelt down and asked me to marry him.

    Sentence #3060473 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我会找到你丢失的戒指。

    Wǒ huì zhǎodào nǐ diūshī de jièzhi.

    I’ll find the ring you lost.

    Sentence #8612474 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 钻石被镶在一个金戒指上。

    Zuànshí bèi xiāng zài yí ge jīn jièzhi shàng.

    The diamond was set in a gold ring.

    Sentence #465817 from Tatoeba

How 戒指 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 戒 (jiè) with each of its parts in a different colour
戒jièto guard against
  • 戈halberd · gē
  • 廾two hands · gǒng
The character 指 (zhǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
指zhǐfingerlight in 戒指
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒu
  • 旨aim · zhǐ

How to write 戒指

戒 7 strokes · 指 9 strokes

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

Words related to 戒指

Words with 戒

戒jiè · to give up (a habit)戒备jièbèi · to guard against

Words with 指

指zhǐ · finger手指shǒuzhǐ · finger指导zhǐdǎo · to guide指挥zhǐhuī · to conduct指甲zhǐjia · fingernail指示zhǐshì · to instruct指责zhǐzé · to criticise指定zhǐdìng · to appoint指望zhǐwàng · to count on指令zhǐlìng · instruction

More words: Clothing & Appearance

耳环ěrhuán · earring服装fúzhuāng · dress牛仔裤niúzǎikù · jeans时尚shíshàng · fashion手套shǒutào · glove围巾wéijīn · scarf羽绒服yǔróngfú · down jacket制服zhìfú · uniform

FAQs

戒指 (jièzhi) means “(finger) ring”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it jièzhi: jiè with a 4th tone, then zhi with a neutral tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 戒指 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 戒指 from the suggestions. Typing jiezhi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
戒指 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.