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接着

jiē zhe

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 接著

接着 (jiē zhe) means "to catch and hold on". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 接着 means

1. to catch and hold on
2. to continue
3. to go on to do sth
4. to follow
5. to carry on
6. then
7. after that
8. subsequently
9. to proceed
10. to ensue
11. in turn
12. in one's turn

The characters in 接着

• 接jiēto receive; to answer (the phone); to meet or welcome sb
• 着zheaspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state

Example sentences

• 茶点过后我们接着开会。
  Chádiǎn guòhòu wǒmen jiēzhe kāihuì.
  We will continue the meeting after some light refreshments.
• 接着又有三个人上了巴士。
  Three more passengers got on the bus.
• 他们一个接着一个地离开了。
  Tāmen yī gè jiēzhe yī gè de líkāi le.
  They left one after another.
• 汤姆咳嗽了一下然后接着讲。
  Tāngmǔ késou le yīxià ránhòu jiēzhe jiǎng.
  Tom cleared his throat and continued to speak.
• 她迷路了，紧接着天开始下雨了。
  Tā mílù le, jǐnjiē zhe tiān kāishǐ xiàyǔ le.
  She lost her way and on top of that it began to rain.
• 年轻人伸出他的手，接着我和他握了手。
  Niánqīngrén shēnchū tā de shǒu, jiēzhe wǒ hé tā wò le shǒu.
  The young man put out his hand and I shook it.

Words containing 接着

• 紧接着jǐn jiē zheimmediately afterwards; shortly after that

Where 接着 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Actions & Everyday Interactions (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jiē zhe correctly.
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