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拮

jié

Character

What 拮 means

1. antagonistic
2. laboring hard
3. pressed

Example sentences

• 他的书销路不好，所以现在手头十分拮据。
  Tā de shū xiāolù bù hǎo, suǒyǐ xiànzài shǒutóu shífēn jiéjū.
  He is badly off, because his book doesn't sell well.

Words starting with 拮

• 拮据jié jūhard pressed for money; in financial straits

Words containing 拮

• 受体拮抗剂shòu tǐ jié kàng jìreceptor antagonist

Characters built on 吉

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

• 结jiéknot; sturdy; bond
• 洁jiéclean
• 桔jiéused in 桔梗; used in 桔槔
• 秸jiēgrain stalks left after threshing
• 诘jié(bound form) to question closely; to interrogate
• 颉jiéused in 仓颉
• 劼jiécareful; diligent; firm
• 鲒jiéoyster

Characters that look like 拮

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

• 档dàng(bound form) shelves (for files); pigeonholes; (bound form) files…
• 抬táito lift; to raise; (of two or more persons) to carry
• 挡dǎngto resist; to obstruct; to hinder
• 拣jiǎnto choose; to pick; to sort out
• 枯kū(of plants) withered; (of wells, rivers etc) dried up; (bound form) dull; boring
• 拈niānto nip; to grasp with the fingers; to fiddle with

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
• 截to cut off (a length); to stop; to intercept
• 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