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接

jiē

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 character level 3 Character

接 (jiē) means "to meet (sb); to receive; to connect". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 接 means

1. to receive
2. to answer (the phone)
3. to meet or welcome sb
4. to connect
5. to catch
6. to join
7. to extend
8. to take one's turn on duty
9. to take over for sb

Example sentences

• 接电话。
  Answer the phone.
• 我不接受。
  I won't accept that.
• 直接回家。
  Go straight home.
• 不要接近我。
  Keep away from me.
• 他来接我走。
  He came to pick me up.
• 汤姆会接受。
  Tom would accept.

Words starting with 接

• 接受jiē shòuto accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc); to acquiesce
• 接着jiē zheto catch and hold on; to continue; to go on to do sth
• 接触jiē chùto touch; to contact; access
• 接近jiē jìnto approach; to get close to
• 接待jiē dàito receive; to entertain; to host (guests, visitors or clients)
• 接连jiē liánon end; in a row; in succession
• 接到jiē dàoto receive (letter etc)
• 接下来jiē xià láito accept; to take; next
• 接过jiē guòto take (sth proffered)
• 接收jiē shōureception (of transmitted signal); to receive; to accept
• 接口jiē kǒuinterface; port; connector
• 接见jiē jiànto receive sb; to grant an interview
• 接下jiē xiàto take on (a responsibility)
• 接吻jiē wěnto kiss
• 接纳jiē nàto admit or welcome (into a group); to accept (sb or sth)
• 接送jiē sòngto pick up and drop off; to ferry back and forth
• 接听jiē tīngto answer the phone
• 接轨jiē guǐrailtrack connection; to integrate into sth; to dock
• 接上jiē shàngto connect (a cable etc); to hook up (a device); to resume (a conversation)
• 接通jiē tōngto connect; to put through
• 接班人jiē bān rénsuccessor
• 接手jiē shǒuto take over (duties etc); catcher (baseball etc)
• 接入jiē rùto access (a network); to insert (a plug) into (a socket)
• 接管jiē guǎnto take over; to assume control

Words containing 接

• 直接zhí jiēdirect (opposite: indirect 间接; immediate; straightforward
• 迎接yíng jiēto welcome; to greet
• 间接jiàn jiēindirect
• 衔接xián jiēto link up; to connect; to join
• 再接再厉zài jiē zài lìto continue the struggle (idiom); to persist; unremitting efforts
• 连接lián jiēto link; to join; to connect
• 紧接着jǐn jiē zheimmediately afterwards; shortly after that
• 交接jiāo jiē(of two things) to come into contact; to meet; to hand over to
• 承接chéng jiēto receive; to accept; to carry on
• 对接duì jiēto join up; to dock; a joint (between components)
• 相接xiāng jiēto merge with; interlinking; to join with
• 交头接耳jiāo tóu jiē ěrto whisper to one another's ear
• 焊接hàn jiēto weld; welding
• 剪接jiǎn jiēto edit (raw footage: film, video, audio etc); (genetics) to splice
• 目不暇接mù bù xiá jiēlit. too much for the eye to take in (idiom); a feast for the eyes
• 嫁接jià jiēto graft (a branch or bud onto a rootstock)
• 上气不接下气shàng qì bù jiē xià qì(idiom) to be out of breath; to gasp for air
• 应接不暇yìng jiē bù xiámore than one can attend to (idiom); deluged (with inquiries etc)…
• 待人接物dài rén jiē wù(idiom) to interact with people
• 转接zhuǎn jiē(telephony etc) to switch; to connect; to transfer
• 紧接jǐn jiēto follow immediately afterwards; immediately adjacent
• 拼接pīn jiēto put together; to join
• 传宗接代chuán zōng jiē dàito carry on one's ancestral line
• 摩肩接踵mó jiān jiē zhǒnglit. rubbing shoulders and following in each other's footsteps; a thronging crowd

Characters that look like 接

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

• 握wòto hold; to grasp; to clench (one's fist); (bound form) to have in one's control
• 掩yǎnto cover up; to conceal; to close (a door, book etc)…
• 搂lōuto draw towards oneself; to gather; to gather up (one's gown, sleeves etc)
• 摒bìngto discard; to get rid of
• 琚jūornamental gems for belt
• 捶chuíto beat (with a stick or one's fist); to thump; to pound

Sounds the same

Read jiē, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 街street
• 阶rank or step; stairs
• 揭to take the lid off; to expose; to unmask
• 皆all; each and every; in all cases
• 楷Chinese pistachio tree (Pistacia chinensis)
• 结(of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds); Taiwan pr. jié
• 嗟sigh; also pr. juē
• 秸grain stalks left after threshing
• 疖pimple; sore; boil
• 椄(archaic) to graft (a branch, bud etc)
• 湝flowing (of water)
• 喈harmonious (of music)

Where 接 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Travel & Transport (HSK 3), HSK 3 Characters · Set 7 (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 3 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 jiē correctly.
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