HSK 6 · Adjectives

廉洁 liánjié “honest” in Chinese

Traditional 廉潔

What 廉洁 means

  1. honest
  2. incorruptible
  3. unbribable

How to say 廉洁

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale廉lián2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale洁jié2nd tone, rising

廉洁 in a sentence

  1. 他为人廉洁，从不收别人的礼物。

    Tā wéirén liánjié, cóngbù shōu biéren de lǐwù.

    He’s a person of integrity who never accepts gifts.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 公司要求每个员工廉洁自律。

    Gōngsī yāoqiú měi ge yuángōng liánjié zìlǜ.

    The company requires every employee to be honest and self-disciplined.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 廉洁 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 廉 (lián) with each of its parts in a different colour
廉liánincorruptible
  • 广shelter · guǎng
  • 兼both · jiān
The character 洁 (jié) with each of its parts in a different colour
洁jiéclean
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 吉lucky · jíSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 吉 (jí) hints at the sound. Compare it with jié.

How to write 廉洁

廉 13 strokes · 洁 9 strokes

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

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

Words related to 廉洁

Words with 廉

物美价廉wùměijiàlián · good quality at a low price

Words with 洁

纯洁chúnjié · pure清洁qīngjié · clean

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FAQs

廉洁 (liánjié) means “honest” or “incorruptible”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it liánjié: lián with a 2nd tone, then jié with a 2nd 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, 廉洁 is written 廉潔. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type lianjie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 廉洁 from the suggestions. Typing lianjie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
廉洁 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.