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戒

jiè

HSK 5 Character

What 戒 means

1. to guard against
2. to exhort
3. to admonish or warn
4. to give up or stop doing sth
5. Buddhist monastic discipline
6. ring (for a finger)

Example sentences

• 戒烟难。
  It is difficult to give up smoking.
• 戒烟很难。
  It is difficult to give up smoking.
• 你该戒烟。
  You must quit smoking.
• 你应该戒烟。
  You should give up smoking.
• 父亲戒酒了。
  Father stopped drinking.
• 他把烟戒了。
  He gave up cigarettes.

Words starting with 戒

• 戒指jiè zhi(finger) ring
• 戒烟jiè yānto give up smoking
• 戒备jiè bèito take precautions; to guard against (emergency)
• 戒严jiè yánto impose martial law; to impose emergency measures
• 戒律jiè lǜmonastic discipline; commandment
• 戒毒jiè dúto kick a drug habit; to abstain from drugs
• 戒心jiè xīnvigilance; wariness
• 戒毒所jiè dú suǒdrug rehabilitation center
• 戒酒jiè jiǔto give up drinking; to abstain from drinking
• 戒刀jiè dāoBuddhist monk's knife (not used for killing)
• 戒命jiè mìngprohibition
• 戒坛jiè tánordination platform in a Buddhist temple
• 戒子jiè zi(finger) ring
• 戒断jiè duànto quit (taking drugs, alcohol etc); withdrawal
• 戒条jiè tiáocommandment; precept
• 戒绝jiè juéabstinence; to give up (a bad habit)
• 戒行jiè xíng(Buddhism) to adhere strictly to the ethical precepts; asceticism
• 戒规jiè guīreligious precept; taboo; rule
• 戒除jiè chúto quit; to give up (a bad habit)
• 戒严令jiè yán lìngmartial law
• 戒严区jiè yán qūrestricted area; zone of application of the martial law
• 戒治所jiè zhì suǒdrug rehabilitation center
• 戒备森严jiè bèi sēn yánheavily-guarded
• 戒惧jiè jùwary

Words containing 戒

• 八戒bā jièthe eight precepts (Buddhism)
• 警戒jǐng jièto warn; to alert; to be on the alert
• 猪八戒Zhū Bā jièZhu Bajie, character in Journey to the West 西游记, with pig-like characteristics and armed…
• 钻戒zuàn jièdiamond ring
• 警戒线jǐng jiè xiànpolice cordon; alert level
• 斋戒zhāi jièto observe a religious fast; to abstain from food or certain activities before a ritual
• 受戒shòu jièto take oaths as a monk (Buddhism); to take orders
• 惩戒chéng jièto discipline; reprimand
• 传戒chuán jiè(Buddhism) to initiate sb for monkhood or nunhood
• 力戒lì jièto try everything to avoid; to guard against
• 勒戒lè jièto force sb to give up (a drug); to enforce abstinence; to break drug dependence
• 印戒yìn jièsignet ring
• 犯戒fàn jièto go against the rules (of a religious order); to break a ban (e.g. medical)
• 破戒pò jièto violate a religious precept; to smoke or drink after giving up
• 禁戒jìn jièto abstain from; to prohibit (certain foods etc)
• 鉴戒jiàn jièlesson from events of the past; warning
• 开戒kāi jièto end abstinence; to resume (drinking) after a break; to break (a taboo)
• 魔戒Mó jièThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien 托尔金
• 以示警戒yǐ shì jǐng jièto serve as a warning (idiom)
• 印戒细胞yìn jiè xì bāo(medicine) signet ring cell
• 引以为戒yǐn yǐ wéi jièto take sth as a warning (idiom); to draw a lesson from a case where things turned out…
• 斋戒节Zhāi jiè jiéfestival of fasting (esp. Eid al-Fitr)
• 儆戒jǐng jièto warn; to admonish
• 十戒shí jièthe ten commandments (religion)

Characters that look like 戒

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

• 我wǒI; me; my
• 或huòmaybe; perhaps; might
• 成chéngto succeed; to finish; to complete
• 忒tèto err; to change
• 戎rónggeneric term for weapons (old); army (matters); military affairs
• 戍shùgarrison

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
• 届to arrive at (place or time); period; to become due
• 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