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捷

jié

HSK 6 Character

What 捷 means

1. victory
2. triumph
3. quick
4. nimble
5. prompt

Other readings

捷 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• JiéCzech; Czech Republic; abbr. for {捷克|Jié kè}
• jiévariant of {捷|jié}; quick; nimble

Example sentences

• 走捷径。
  Take a short cut.
• 汤姆很敏捷。
  Tom is agile.
• 松鼠动作敏捷。
  Squirrels are quick of movement.
• 成功是没有捷径的。
  Chénggōng shì méiyǒu jiéjìng de.
  There is no shortcut to success.
• 这位教授教捷克语。
  Zhèwèi jiàoshòu jiāo Jiékèyǔ.
  The professor teaches Czech.
• 我的母语是捷克语。
  Wǒ de mǔyǔ shì Jiékèyǔ.
  My native language is Czech.

Words starting with 捷

• 捷克Jié kèCzech Republic
• 捷径jié jìngshortcut
• 捷达Jié dáJetta (car produced by Volkswagen)
• 捷运jié yùn(Taiwan) mass rapid transit (MRT); subway
• 捷足先登jié zú xiān dēngthe quick-footed climb up first (idiom); the early bird catches the worm…
• 捷克斯洛伐克Jié kè Sī luò fá kèRepublic of Czechoslovakia (1918-1992)
• 捷报jié bàoreport of success; report of a victory
• 捷语Jié yǔCzech language
• 捷克人Jié kè rénCzech person
• 捷克语Jié kè yǔCzech (language)
• 捷安特Jié ān tèGiant Manufacturing, Taiwanese bicycle manufacturer
• 捷报频传jié bào pín chuánvictory reports pour in (idiom); news of success in an endless stream
• 捷克共和国Jié kè Gòng hé guóCzech Republic
• 捷尔任斯克Jié ěr rèn sī kèDzerzhinsk, Russian city
• 捷达航空货运Jié dá Háng kōng Huò yùnJett8 Airlines Cargo (based in Singapore)
• 捷泳jié yǒng(Taiwan) (swimming) the crawl (front crawl stroke)
• 捷尔梅兹Jié ěr méi zīTermez city in southeast Uzbekistan
• 捷兔Jié tùHash House Harriers (international running club)
• 捷豹Jié bàoJaguar (car brand)

Words containing 捷

• 敏捷mǐn jiénimble; quick; shrewd
• 快捷kuài jiéquick; fast; nimble
• 便捷biàn jiéconvenient and fast
• 迅捷xùn jiéfast and nimble
• 告捷gào jiéto win; to be victorious; to report a victory
• 报捷bào jiéreport a success; announce a victory
• 直捷zhí jiéstraightforward
• 轻捷qīng jiélight on one's feet; nimble; agile
• 便捷化biàn jié huàto facilitate; to streamline; to make convenient and fast
• 保时捷Bǎo shí jiéPorsche (car company)
• 快捷键kuài jié jiàn(computer) shortcut key; hotkey
• 列别捷夫Liè bié jié fūLebedev or Lebedyev (Russian surname)
• 台北捷运Tái běi jié yùnTaipei Metro
• 大众捷运dà zhòng jié yùnmass rapid transit MRT
• 快捷方式kuài jié fāng shì(computer) shortcut
• 门捷列夫Mén jié liè fūDmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev (1834-1907), Russian chemist who introduced the periodic table
• 首战告捷shǒu zhàn gào jiéto win the first battle
• 终南捷径Zhōng nán jié jìnglit. the Mount Zhongnan shortcut (idiom); fig. shortcut to a high-flying career…
• 安捷伦科技Ān jié lún Kē jìAgilent Technologies (research and manufacturing company)
• 平型关大捷Píng xíng guān Dà jiéGreat Victory at Pingxing Pass, ambush of Japanese troops by Communist forces on…
• 别赫捷列夫Bié hè jié liè fūVladimir Mikhailovich Bekhterev (1857-1927), Russian neurologist and psychiatrist
• 思维敏捷sī wéi mǐn jiéquick-witted; agile of mind
• 思路敏捷sī lù mǐn jiéquick-witted
• 身手敏捷shēn shǒu mǐn jiéagile; nimble; deft

Characters built on 疌

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

• 睫jiéeyelashes
• 婕jiéused in 婕妤

Characters that look like 捷

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

• 援yuánto help; to assist; to aid
• 康kānghealthy; peaceful; abundant
• 徒tú(bound form) disciple; apprentice; believer; (derog.) wrongdoer…
• 徙xǐ(literary) to change one's residence
• 婕jiéused in 婕妤
• 掖yēto tuck (into a pocket); to hide; to conceal

Sounds the same

Read jié, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 结knot; sturdy; bond
• 节joint; node; (bound form) section; segment; solar term…
• 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
• 诘(bound form) to question closely; to interrogate