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届

jiè

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 character level 5 Character Traditional 屆

届 (jiè) means "classifier for periodic sessions/editions (第一届, 每一届)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 届 means

1. to arrive at (place or time)
2. period
3. to become due
4. classifier for events, meetings, elections, sporting fixtures, years (of graduation)

How 届 is used in grammar

届 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.

• Demonstratives & Measure Words (HSK 5)

The official HSK 3.0 grammar outline lists it at level 5, measure words (名量词).

Example sentences

• 在上一届世界杯上，新西兰在比赛中被墨西哥淘汰。
  Zài shàng yī jiè Shìjièbēi shàng, Xīnxīlán zài bǐsài zhōng bèi Mòxīgē táotài.
  In the last World Cup, New Zealand was knocked out of the competition by Mexico.
• 日本国会今天正式选举了桥本龙太郎作为全国第52届总理。
  Rìběn Guóhuì jīntiān zhèngshì xuǎnjǔ le Qiáoběn Lóngtàiláng zuò wéi quánguó dì wǔ shí èr jiè zǒnglǐ.
  The Japanese Parliament today officially elected Ryūtarō Hashimoto as the country's 52nd prime minister.

Words starting with 届

• 届时jiè shíwhen the time comes; at the scheduled time
• 届满jiè mǎn(of a term of office) to expire

Words containing 届

• 本届běn jiècurrent; this year
• 应届yīng jièthis year's; the current year's
• 历届lì jièall previous (meetings, sessions etc)
• 换届huàn jièto change personnel upon expiry of a term of office
• 往届wǎng jièformer sessions; former years
• 下届xià jiènext office holder; next to serve
• 首届shǒu jièfirst session (of a conference etc)
• 应届生yīng jiè shēngstudent graduating in the current academic year; current-year graduate; fresh graduate
• 无远弗届wú yuǎn fú jièto extend all over the globe (idiom); far-reaching
• 应届毕业生yīng jiè bì yè shēngstudent graduating in the current year; recent graduate

Characters that look like 届

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

• 居jūto reside; to be (in a certain position); to store up
• 层céngto pile on top of one another; layer; stratum; floor (of a building); story
• 屈qūbent; to feel wronged
• 屎shǐfeces; excrement; a stool; (bound form) secretion (of the ear, eye etc)
• 茜qiàn(bound form) Indian madder; munjeet (Rubia cordifolia); (bound form) madder red…
• 屉tìdrawer; tier; tray

Sounds the same

Read jiè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 介to introduce; to lie between; between
• 界(bound form) boundary; border; (bound form) realm
• 借to borrow; (used in combination with 给; to make use of; to avail oneself of
• 戒to guard against; to exhort; to admonish or warn
• 诫commandment; to prohibit
• 藉(literary) cushion; mat; (literary) to put some padding underneath
• 解to transport under guard
• 价(literary) messenger; servant
• 芥mustard
• 疥scabies
• 玠jade tablet indicating rank
• 唶sigh; groan; loud laughter

Where 届 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Miscellaneous Objects, Places & Terms B (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jiè correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.