Dictionary › 洁

洁

jié

HSK 6 Character Traditional 潔

What 洁 means

1. clean

Example sentences

• 那真整洁。
  That was pretty neat.
• 小屋干净又整洁。
  Xiǎowū gānjìng yòu zhěngjié.
  The cottage was clean and tidy.
• 用湿布清洁窗户。
  Clean the window with a damp cloth.
• 她有一颗纯洁的心。
  Tā yǒu yī kē chúnjié de xīn.
  She has a pure heart.
• 这条河的水很洁净。
  Zhè tiáo hé de shuǐ hěn jiéjìng.
  The water in this river is very clean.
• 请保持大家的课室整洁。
  Please keep the classroom tidy.

Words starting with 洁

• 洁白jié báispotlessly white; pure white
• 洁净jié jìngclean; to cleanse
• 洁具jié jùbathroom fittings (washbasin, bathtub, toilet etc)
• 洁操jié cāounimpeachable conduct; noble behavior; spotless personal integrity
• 洁本jié běnexpurgated edition
• 洁牙jié yá(dentistry) to perform or undergo scaling (removal of dental plaque and calculus)
• 洁食jié shíkosher
• 洁面露jié miàn lùcleansing lotion
• 洁身自好jié shēn zì hàoclean-living and honest (idiom); to avoid immorality; to shun evil influence…
• 洁面乳jié miàn rǔcleansing lotion
• 洁净无瑕jié jìng wú xiáclean and spotless
• 洁癖jié pǐmysophobia; obsession with cleanliness; extreme fastidiousness
• 洁西卡·艾芭Jié xī kǎ · Ài bāJessica Alba, American actress
• 洁西卡Jié xī kǎJessica (name)

Words containing 洁

• 清洁qīng jiéclean; to clean
• 纯洁chún jiépure; clean and honest; to purify
• 廉洁lián jiéincorruptible; unbribable; honest
• 整洁zhěng jiéneatly; tidy
• 简洁jiǎn jiéconcise; succinct; pithy
• 圣洁shèng jiépure and holy
• 清洁工qīng jié gōngcleaner; janitor; garbage collector
• 光洁guāng jiébright and clean
• 皎洁jiǎo jiéshining clean; bright (moonlight)
• 高洁gāo jiénoble and clean-living; lofty and unsullied
• 贞洁zhēn jiéchastity
• 保洁bǎo jiésanitation
• 宝洁Bǎo jiéProcter & Gamble (consumer goods company)
• 清洁剂qīng jié jìdetergent; cleaning solution
• 冰清玉洁bīng qīng yù jiéclear as ice and clean as jade (idiom); spotless; irreproachable; incorruptible
• 自洁zì jiéto cleanse oneself; to sanctify oneself; self-cleaning (spark plug, oven etc)
• 雅洁yǎ jiéelegant and pure
• 佳洁士Jiā jié shìCrest (brand)
• 保洁箱bǎo jié xiānglitter-bin
• 洗洁精xǐ jié jīngdishwashing liquid
• 清洁器qīng jié qìcleaner
• 清洁球qīng jié qiúscouring ball
• 高露洁Gāo lù jiéColgate (brand)
• 宝洁公司Bǎo jié Gōng sīProcter & Gamble

Characters built on 吉

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

• 结jiéknot; sturdy; bond
• 桔jiéused in 桔梗; used in 桔槔
• 拮jiéantagonistic; laboring hard; pressed
• 秸jiēgrain stalks left after threshing
• 诘jié(bound form) to question closely; to interrogate
• 颉jiéused in 仓颉
• 劼jiécareful; diligent; firm
• 鲒jiéoyster

Characters that look like 洁

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

• 消xiāoto diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time)
• 波bōwave; ripple; storm
• 值zhívalue; (to be) worth; to happen to
• 迭diéalternately; repeatedly
• 绥suíto pacify; Taiwan pr. suī
• 佶jídifficult to pronounce

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
• 杰(bound form) hero; heroic; outstanding person
• 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