HSK 6 · Adjectives

清洁 qīngjié “clean” in Chinese

Traditional 清潔

What 清洁 means

  1. clean
  2. hygienic
  3. cleaning

How to say 清洁

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale清qīng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale洁jié2nd tone, rising

清洁 in a sentence

  1. 我们一定要保持双手清洁。

    Wǒmen yídìng yào bǎochí shuāngshǒu qīngjié.

    We must keep our hands clean.

    Sentence #505676 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 用湿布清洁窗户。

    Yòng shī bù qīngjié chuānghu.

    Clean the windows with a damp cloth.

    Sentence #798040 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 烹饪结束后请清洁炉灶和烤箱。

    Pēngrèn jiéshù hòu qǐng qīngjié lúzào hé kǎoxiāng.

    Please clean the stove and oven after cooking.

    Sentence #13556538 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 清洁 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 清 (qīng) with each of its parts in a different colour
清qīngclear; clean
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 青blue-green · qīngSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 青 (qīng) hints at the sound. Compare it with qīng.

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 清洁

清 11 strokes · 洁 9 strokes

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

Words related to 清洁

Words with 清

清楚qīngchu · clear清淡qīngdàn · light (of food清晨qīngchén · early morning清真qīngzhēn · halal澄清chéngqīng · to clarify清除qīngchú · to clear away清理qīnglǐ · to clear up清澈qīngchè · clear清晰qīngxī · clear清醒qīngxǐng · sober

Words with 洁

纯洁chúnjié · pure廉洁liánjié · honest

More words: Adjectives

锲而不舍qiè'érbùshě · to persevere切实qièshí · practical奇妙qímiào · wonderful清澈qīngchè · clear清晰qīngxī · clear清醒qīngxǐng · sober勤俭qínjiǎn · hardworking and thrifty勤劳qínláo · hardworking

FAQs

清洁 (qīngjié) means “clean” or “hygienic”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it qīngjié: qīng with a 1st 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, 清洁 is written 清潔. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qingjie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 清洁 from the suggestions. Typing qingjie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
清洁 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.