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截

jié

HSK 6 Character

What 截 means

1. to cut off (a length)
2. to stop
3. to intercept
4. section
5. chunk
6. length

Example sentences

• 他举高了手来截的士。
  Tā jǔ gāo le shǒu lái jié dīshì.
  He raised his hand in order that the taxi might stop.
• 我斩钉截铁地拒绝了。
  I flatly refused.
• 交作业的截止日期是下周一。
  Jiāo zuòyè de jiézhǐ rìqī shì xià Zhōuyī.
  The homework is due next Monday.
• 我们决定延长申请截止日期。
  We've decided to extend the application deadline.
• 截至上周，我还没有收到答复。
  Jiézhì shàng zhōu, wǒ hái méiyǒu shōudào dáfù.
  Up to last week, I hadn't received a reply.
• 她从不要求他直截了当的给出答覆
  Tā cóngbù yāoqiú tā zhíjiéliǎodàng de gěi chū dáfù
  She never expects a straight answer from him.

Words starting with 截

• 截至jié zhìup to (a time); by (a time)
• 截止jié zhǐto end; to close; (electricity) cut-off
• 截然不同jié rán bù tóngentirely different; different as black and white
• 截断jié duànto break or cut in two; to sever; to cut off
• 截肢jié zhīamputation (medicine); to amputate
• 截获jié huòto intercept; to cut off and capture
• 截然jié ránsharply; distinctly; radically
• 截稿jié gǎo(of a newspaper) to stop accepting incoming articles
• 截停jié tíngto intercept (a vehicle etc)
• 截取jié qǔto cut off a section of sth
• 截图jié tú(computing) screenshot; to take a screenshot
• 截塔jié tǎzeta (Greek letter Ζζ)
• 截击jié jīto intercept (military)
• 截线jié xiànintersecting line
• 截距jié jùintercept (the point at which a line crosses the x- or y-axis)
• 截面jié miànsection; cross-section
• 截止到jié zhǐ dào(before an expression indicating a point of time) up to (that point); as of (that time)
• 截止日jié zhǐ rìdeadline; cut-off date
• 截止至jié zhǐ zhì(before an expression indicating a point of time) up to (that point); as of (that time)
• 截止期限jié zhǐ qī xiàndeadline
• 截长补短jié cháng bǔ duǎntake from the long to supplement the short (idiom); to offset each other's deficiencies…
• 截屏jié píng(computing) screenshot; to take a screenshot
• 截夺jié duóintercept
• 截尾jié wěito dock; to trim (esp. the tail of an animal)

Words containing 截

• 斩钉截铁zhǎn dīng jié tiě(lit.) to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom); (fig.) resolute and decisive…
• 半截bàn jiéhalf (of sth); halfway through
• 拦截lán jiéto intercept
• 直截了当zhí jié liǎo dàngdirect and plainspoken (idiom); blunt; straightforward
• 堵截dǔ jiéto intercept; to block the passage of; to interdict
• 阻截zǔ jiéto stop; to obstruct; to bar the way
• 直截zhí jiéstraightforward
• 横截héng jiéto cut across; cross-sectional; transverse
• 横截线héng jié xiàntransversal line
• 横截面héng jié miàncross-section
• 凉了半截liáng le bàn jiéfelt a chill (in one's heart); (one's heart) sank
• 广告拦截器guǎng gào lán jié qìad-blocker
• 半截衫bàn jié shānupper jacket
• 矮半截ǎi bàn jiéto be inferior to; to be of a lower grade than
• 高位截瘫gāo wèi jié tān(medicine) high paraplegia
• 双截棍shuāng jié gùnvariant of 双节棍

Characters built on 土

These share the phonetic component 土 (tǔ), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 垤diéanthill; mound
• 堞diébattlements
• 埒liè(literary) equal; enclosure; dike

Characters that look like 截

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

• 数shùnumber; figure; several; a few
• 腐fǔdecay; rotten
• 蔽bìto cover; to shield; to screen
• 撬qiàoto lift; to pry open; to lever open
• 箍gūhoop; to bind with hoops
• 畿jīterritory around the capital

Sounds the same

Read jié, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 结knot; sturdy; bond
• 节joint; node; (bound form) section; segment; solar term…
• 捷victory; triumph; quick
• 杰(bound form) hero; heroic; outstanding person
• 洁clean
• 劫to rob; to plunder; to seize by force
• 竭to exhaust
• 桔used in 桔梗; used in 桔槔
• 婕used in 婕妤
• 羯ram, esp. gelded; to castrate; deer's skin
• 桀(emperor of Xia dynasty); cruel
• 诘(bound form) to question closely; to interrogate