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接触

jiē chù

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 接觸

接触 (jiē chù) means "to touch; to come into contact with". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 接触 means

1. to touch
2. to contact
3. access
4. in touch with

The characters in 接触

• 接jiēto receive; to answer (the phone); to meet or welcome sb
• 触chùto touch; to make contact with sth; to stir up sb's emotions

Example sentences

• 这个活塞不接触汽缸盖。
  Zhège huósāi bù jiēchù qìgāng gài.
  The piston does not come into contact with the cylinder cover.
• 我没接触过这个球类游戏。
  It's a whole new ball game for me.
• 日本有必要和西方各国接触。
  Rìběn yǒu bìyào hé Xīfāng gèguó jiēchù.
  Japan needed contact with the Western countries.
• 和别人握手的时候，一定要有眼神接触。
  Hé biéren wòshǒu de shíhou, yīdìng yào yǒu yǎnshén jiēchù.
  When you shake hands with somebody, you must look him in the eye.
• 你应该多接触本文化，多了解一些传统习俗。
  You should interact with the local culture more, to better understand some traditions.
• 在人类自我毁灭的边缘，第一次接触成了福音。
  Zài rénlèi zìwǒ huǐmiè de biānyuán, dìyīcì jiēchù chéngle fúyīn.
  First Contact became humanity's salvation as it was at the brink of self-destruction.

Words starting with 接触

• 接触器jiē chù qìcontactor
• 接触不良jiē chù bù liángloose or defective contact (elec.)

Words containing 接触

• 性接触xìng jiē chùsexual contact
• 密切接触者mì qiè jiē chù zhě(epidemiology) close contact
• 异性性接触yì xìng xìng jiē chùheterosexual sex
• 角膜接触镜jiǎo mó jiē chù jìngcontact lens

Where 接触 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 chù correctly.
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