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jí

HSK 4 Character

What 及 means

1. and
2. to reach
3. up to
4. in time for

Example sentences

• 爱屋及乌。
  Love me, love my dog.
• 我们来得及。
  Wǒmen láidejí.
  We have enough time.
• 他及时赶到。
  He arrived in time.
• 我来自埃及。
  I am from Egypt.
• 我是埃及人。
  I am Egyptian.
• 他及时赴约了。
  Tā jíshí fùyuē le.
  He was in time for the appointment.

Words starting with 及

• 及时jí shítimely; at the right time; promptly; without delay
• 及格jí géto pass an exam or a test; to meet a minimum standard
• 及早jí zǎoat the earliest possible time; as soon as possible
• 及其jí qí(conjunction linking two nouns) and its ...; and their ...; and his ...; and her ...
• 及至jí zhìby the time that
• 及物jí wùtransitive (grammar)
• 及第jí dìto pass an imperial examination
• 及时性jí shí xìngtimeliness; promptness
• 及格线jí gé xiànpassing line or score (in an examination)
• 及时行乐jí shí xíng lèto enjoy the present (idiom); to live happily with no thought for the future…
• 及耳jí ěr(loanword) gill (unit)
• 及物动词jí wù dòng cítransitive verb
• 及时雨jí shí yǔtimely rain; (fig.) timely assistance; timely help
• 及锋而试jí fēng ér shìlit. to reach the tip and try (idiom); to have a go when at one's peak
• 及笄jí jīto reach marriageable age (a girl's fifteenth birthday)

Words containing 及

• 以及yǐ jíand; as well as
• 来不及lái bu jíthere's not enough time (to do sth); it's too late
• 来得及lái de jíto have enough time; can do it in time; can still make it
• 涉及shè jíto involve; to relate to; to concern; to touch upon
• 普及pǔ jíto spread extensively; to generalize; widespread
• 迫不及待pò bù jí dài(idiom) unable to hold oneself back; eager to do sth without delay
• 力所能及lì suǒ néng jías far as one's capabilities extend (idiom); to the best of one's ability…
• 埃及Āi jíEgypt
• 不及bù jíto fall short of; not as good as; too late
• 提及tí jíto mention; to raise (a subject); to bring to sb's attention
• 顾及gù jíto take into consideration; to attend to
• 触及chù jíto touch (physically, one's feelings etc); to touch on (a topic)
• 谈及tán jíto talk about; to mention
• 措手不及cuò shǒu bù jíno time to deal with it (idiom); caught unprepared
• 遍及biàn jíto extend (everywhere)
• 波及bō jíto spread to; to involve; to affect
• 危及wēi jíto endanger; to jeopardize; a danger (to life, national security etc)
• 等不及děng bù jícan't wait
• 未及wèi jíto not have had time; to have not yet; not to touch upon
• 阿尔及利亚Ā ěr jí lì yàAlgeria
• 遥不可及yáo bù kě jíunattainable; far-fetched; out of reach
• 企及qǐ jíto hope to reach; to strive for
• 论及lùn jíto make reference to; to mention
• 望尘莫及wàng chén mò jílit. to see only the other rider's dust and have no hope of catching up (idiom)…

Characters that look like 及

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

• 反fǎncontrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down
• 友yǒufriend
• 互hùmutual
• 贝bèicowrie; shellfish; currency (archaic)

Sounds the same

Read jí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 即namely; that is; i.e.
• 极extremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost
• 级level; grade; rank
• 急urgent; pressing; rapid
• 籍(bound form) book; record; register; (bound form) place of one's family or ancestral…
• 集to gather; to collect; collected works
• 辑to gather up; to collect; to edit
• 吉lucky; giga- (meaning billion or 10^9)
• 疾(bound form) disease; ailment; (bound form) swift; (literary) to hate; to abhor
• 嫉jealousy; to be jealous of
• 笈trunks (for books)
• 藉(literary) to tread on; to insult; used in 狼藉