HSK 6 · Adjectives

敏捷 mǐnjié “quick” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 敏捷 means

  1. quick
  2. nimble
  3. agile
  4. shrewd

How to say 敏捷

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale敏mǐn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale捷jié2nd tone, rising

敏捷 in a sentence

  1. 松鼠动作敏捷。

    Sōngshǔ dòngzuò mǐnjié.

    Squirrels are quick and nimble in their movements.

    Sentence #10895605 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 敏捷 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 敏 (mǐn) with each of its parts in a different colour
敏mǐnquick; nimble; agile
  • 每each · měiSound part
  • 攵tap form of 攴 · pūMeaning part

攵 hints at the meaning (tap); 每 (měi) hints at the sound. Compare it with mǐn.

The character 捷 (jié) with each of its parts in a different colour
捷jiéquick
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 疌nimbleSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 疌 () hints at the sound. Compare it with jié.

How to write 敏捷

敏 11 strokes · 捷 11 strokes

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

Words related to 敏捷

Words with 敏

过敏guòmǐn · allergic敏感mǐngǎn · sensitive灵敏língmǐn · sensitive敏锐mǐnruì · sharp

More words: Adjectives

勉强miǎnqiǎng · reluctantly渺小miǎoxiǎo · tiny名副其实míngfùqíshí · worthy of the name明智míngzhì · wise敏锐mǐnruì · sharp迷人mírén · charming莫名其妙mòmíngqímiào · baffling耐用nàiyòng · durable

FAQs

敏捷 (mǐnjié) means “quick” or “nimble”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it mǐnjié: mǐn with a 3rd 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.
Yes. 敏捷 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type minjie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 敏捷 from the suggestions. Typing minjie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
敏捷 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.