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井

jǐng

HSK 6 Character Measure word 口

What 井 means

1. a well
2. neat
3. orderly

Other readings

井 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• JǐngJing, one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy; surname Jing

Example sentences

• 井底之蛙。
  Jǐngdǐzhīwā.
  A frog in a well doesn't know the ocean.
• 坐井观天。
  Sit in the well and look at the sky.
• 这口井干涸了。
  Zhè kǒu jǐng gānhé le.
  The well has run dry.
• 这是一口死井。
  This is an abandoned well.
• 他就像井底之蛙。
  Tā jiù xiàng jǐngdǐzhīwā.
  He is like a frog in a well.
• 这口井里没有水。
  There's no water in the well.

Words starting with 井

• 井冈山Jǐng gāng ShānJinggang Mountains, in the Jiangxi-Hunan border region
• 井盖jǐng gàimanhole cover (more formally, 窨井盖
• 井井有条jǐng jǐng yǒu tiáoeverything clear and orderly (idiom); neat and tidy
• 井上Jǐng shàngInoue (Japanese surname, pr. "ee-no-oo-ay")
• 井然有序jǐng rán yǒu xùeverything clear and in good order (idiom); neat and tidy
• 井口jǐng kǒumouth of a well
• 井喷jǐng pēn(oil) blowout; surge; gush
• 井下jǐng xiàunderground; in the pit (mining)
• 井井jǐng jǐngalways clean; orderly; methodical
• 井然jǐng rántidy, methodical
• 井田jǐng tiánthe well-field system of ancient China
• 井台jǐng táiplatform around the opening of a well
• 井号jǐng hàonumber sign # (punctuation); hash symbol; pound sign
• 井田制jǐng tián zhìwell-field system
• 井研县Jǐng yán XiànJingyan, a county in Leshan City 乐山市
• 井盐jǐng yánsalt produced by evaporating brine drawn from wells
• 井水不犯河水jǐng shuǐ bù fàn hé shuǐ(saying) everyone minds their own business
• 井绳jǐng shéngrope for drawing water from a well
• 井冈山市Jǐng gāng shān ShìJinggangshan, a county-level city in Ji'an City 吉安市
• 井字棋jǐng zì qític-tac-toe
• 井底之蛙jǐng dǐ zhī wā(lit.) a frog at the bottom of a well (idiom); (fig.) a person of limited outlook and…
• 井蛙之见jǐng wā zhī jiànthe view of a frog in a well (idiom); fig. a narrow view
• 井陉县Jǐng xíng XiànJingxing, a county in Shijiazhuang City 石家庄市
• 井陉矿区Jǐng xíng Kuàng qūJingxing Mining District, a district of Shijiazhuang City 石家庄市

Words containing 井

• 王府井Wáng fǔ jǐngWangfujing, a shopping district in Beijing, known for its pedestrian street, luxury…
• 天井tiān jǐngcourtyard; atrium; opening in a roof
• 市井shì jǐngmarketplace; town; the street (urban milieu)
• 水井shuǐ jǐng(water) well
• 矿井kuàng jǐnga mine; a mine shaft
• 背井离乡bèi jǐng lí xiāngto leave one's native place, esp. against one's will (idiom)
• 秩序井然zhì xù jǐng ránin perfect order
• 落井下石luò jǐng xià shíto throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom); to hit a person when he's down
• 油井yóu jǐngoil well
• 深井Shēn JǐngSham Tseng (area in Hong Kong)
• 石井Shí jǐngIshii (Japanese surname)
• 打井dǎ jǐngto dig a well
• 今井Jīn jǐngImai (Japanese surname)
• 探井tàn jǐng(mining) test pit; exploratory shaft; test well
• 新井Xīn jǐngArai (Japanese surname)
• 暗井àn jǐngblind shaft; winze
• 松井Sōng jǐngMatsui (Japanese surname)
• 沉井chén jǐngopen caisson
• 沙井shā jǐng(Hong Kong) manhole
• 管井guǎn jǐngtube well
• 荒井Huāng jǐngArai (Japanese surname)
• 跳井tiào jǐngto jump into a well (to drown oneself, esp. of ladies in fiction)
• 酒井Jiǔ jǐngSakai (Japanese surname)
• 钻井zuān jǐngto drill (e.g. for oil); a borehole

Characters that look like 井

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 开kāito open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start…
• 丹dānred; pellet; powder
• 弗fú(literary) not; used in transliteration
• 孕yùnpregnant
• 卉huìplants
• 夯hāngto ram; to tamp; a rammer; a tamper; excellent; exceptionally good

Sounds the same

Read jǐng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 警to alert; to warn; police
• 景(bound form) scenery; circumstance; situation
• 颈neck
• 阱pitfall; trap
• 憬awaken
• 儆to warn; to admonish
• 璟luster of gem
• 肼hydrazine
• 刭cut the throat
• 璥(gem)
• 暻bright
• 坓variant of 阱