HSK 6 · Sport

季军 jìjūn “third place” in Chinese

Traditional 季軍

What 季军 means

  1. third place
  2. bronze medallist
  3. third in a race
  4. bronze medalist

How to say 季军

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale季jì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale军jūn1st tone, high and level

季军 in a sentence

  1. 她在比赛中得了季军。

    Tā zài bǐsài zhōng dé le jìjūn.

    She came third in the competition.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这支队伍获得了全国比赛的季军。

    Zhè zhī duìwu huòdé le quánguó bǐsài de jìjūn.

    This team won third place in the national competition.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 季军 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 季 (jì) with each of its parts in a different colour
季jìseason
  • 禾grain · hé
  • 子child · zǐ
The character 军 (jūn) with each of its parts in a different colour
军jūnarmy
  • 冖cover · mì
  • 车cart · chē

How to write 季军

季 8 strokes · 军 6 strokes

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

Words related to 季军

Words with 季

季jì · season季节jìjié · season四季sìjì · the four seasons季度jìdù · quarter (of a year)淡季dànjì · off season

Words with 军

冠军guànjūn · champion军事jūnshì · military affairs亚军yàjūn · runner-up将军jiāngjūn · general (military rank)军队jūnduì · army

More words: Sport & Leisure

裁判cáipàn · referee打猎dǎliè · to hunt防守fángshǒu · to defend较量jiàoliàng · contest竞赛jìngsài · competition联欢liánhuān · to have a get-together攀登pāndēng · to climb潜水qiánshuǐ · to dive

FAQs

季军 (jìjūn) means “third place” or “bronze medallist”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jìjūn: jì with a 4th tone, then jūn with a 1st 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, 季军 is written 季軍. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jijun with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 季军 from the suggestions. Typing jijun into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
季军 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.