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杰

jié

HSK 6 Character Traditional 傑

What 杰 means

1. bound formhero
2. heroic
3. outstanding person
4. prominent
5. distinguished

Other readings

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

• jiévariant of {杰|jié}

Example sentences

• 我叫杰克。
  My name is Jack.
• 这真是个杰作。
  Zhè zhēn shì ge jiézuò.
  This really is a masterpiece.
• 杰克不开快车。
  Jiékè bù kāikuàichē.
  Jack doesn't drive fast.
• 杰克像他父亲。
  Jack resembles his father.
• 杰克收集邮票。
  Jack collects stamps.
• 杰克不在这里。
  Jack isn't here.

Words starting with 杰

• 杰出jié chūoutstanding; distinguished; remarkable
• 杰作jié zuòmasterpiece
• 杰夫Jié fūJeff or Geoff (name)
• 杰拉Jié lāGela (city in Sicily)
• 杰瑞Jié ruìJerry or Gerry (name)
• 杰米Jié mǐ(name) Jamie; Jim
• 杰士派Jié shì pàiGatsby, Japanese cosmetics brand
• 杰里科Jié lǐ kēJericho (town in West Bank)
• 杰佛兹Jié fó zīJames Jeffords (1934-2014), former US Senator from Vermont
• 杰伊汉港Jié yī hàn gǎngCeyhan (Turkish Mediterranean port)
• 杰弗逊Jié fú xùnJefferson; capital of Missouri
• 杰斐逊城Jié fěi xùn chéngJefferson City, capital of Missouri
• 杰利蝾螈jié lì róng yuán(loanword) gerrymander
• 杰克·伦敦Jié kè · Lún dūnJack London (1876-1916), American writer
• 杰夫·金尼Jié fū · Jīn níJeff Kinney
• 杰瑞·宋飞Jié ruì · Sòng fēiJerry Seinfeld
• 杰弗里·乔叟Jié fú lǐ · Qiáo sǒuGeoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400), English poet, author of The Canterbury Tales 坎特伯雷故事集
• 杰西·欧文斯Jié xī · Ōu wén sīJesse Owens (1913-1980), American athlete
• 杰奎琳·肯尼迪Jié kuí lín · Kěn ní díJacqueline Onassis Kennedy (1929-1994)
• 杰西卡·艾尔芭Jié xī kǎ · Ài ěr bāJessica Alba, American actress
• 杰克Jié kèJack (name)
• 杰克逊Jié kè xùnJackson (name); Jackson city, capital of Mississippi
• 杰拉德Jié lā déGerrard (name)
• 杰西Jié xīJesse (name)

Words containing 杰

• 周杰伦Zhōu Jié lúnJay Chou (1979-), Taiwanese pop star
• 豪杰háo jiéhero; towering figure
• 俊杰jùn jiéelite; outstanding talent; genius
• 李连杰Lǐ Lián jiéJet Li (1963–), Chinese martial artist, actor and film director
• 罗杰Luó jiéRoger
• 罗杰斯Luó jié sīRogers
• 人杰rén jiéoutstanding talent; wise and able person; illustrious individual
• 伯杰Bó jié(surname) Berger
• 女杰nǚ jiéwoman of distinction; a woman to be admired or respected
• 本杰明Běn jié míngBenjamin (person name)
• 纳杰夫Nà jié fūNajaf (city in Iraq, a Shia holy city)
• 索杰纳Suǒ jié nàSojourner (Martian land rover)
• 费卢杰Fèi lú jiéFallujah, Iraqi city on Euphrates
• 人杰地灵rén jié dì língillustrious hero, spirit of the place (idiom); a place derives reflected glory from an…
• 古杰拉尔Gǔ jié lā ěr(name) Gujral; Inder Kumar Gujral (1919–2012), Indian politician, prime minister 1997–1998
• 古杰拉特邦Gǔ jié lā tè bāngGujarat, Indian state
• 怪杰guài jiémonstre sacré (i.e. artist famous for being deliberately preposterous)
• 尚慕杰Shàng mù jiéJames Sasser (1936-), US Ambassador to China 1995-1999
• 狄仁杰Dí Rén jiéDi Renjie (607-700), Tang dynasty politician, prime minister under Wu Zetian…
• 林俊杰Lín Jùn jiéJJ Lin (1981–), Singaporean pop star
• 开膛手杰克Kāi táng shǒu Jié kèJack the Ripper
• 初唐四杰Chū Táng Sì jiéthe Four Great Poets of the Early Tang, namely Wang Bo 王勃
• 希斯·莱杰Xī sī Lái jiéHeath Ledger (1979–2008), Australian actor
• 识时务者为俊杰shí shí wù zhě wéi jùn jié(idiom) a wise person adapts to changing circumstances

Characters that look like 杰

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

• 来láito come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)…
• 态tài(bound form); appearance; shape
• 奉fèngto offer (tribute); to present respectfully (to superior, ancestor, deity etc); to esteem
• 忠zhōngloyal; devoted; faithful
• 奏zòuto play music; to achieve; to present a memorial to the emperor (old)
• 秃tūbald (lacking hair or feathers); barren; bare; denuded; blunt (lacking a point)

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
• 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