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爵

jué

Character

What 爵 means

1. ancient bronze wine holder with 3 legs and loop handle
2. nobility

Example sentences

• 我喜欢爵士乐。
  I like jazz music.
• 他醉心于爵士乐。
  He is crazy about jazz.
• 您也喜欢爵士乐吗？
  Do you also like jazz?
• 我对爵士乐很有兴趣。
  Wǒ duì juéshìyuè hěn yǒuxìngqù.
  I'm very interested in jazz.
• 汤姆还喜欢爵士乐吗？
  Tāngmǔ hái xǐhuan juéshìyuè ma?
  Does Tom still like jazz?
• 她喜欢爵士乐，我也是。
  She likes jazz, and so do I.

Words starting with 爵

• 爵士jué shìknight; Sir; (loanword) jazz
• 爵士乐jué shì yuèjazz (loanword)
• 爵位jué wèiorder of feudal nobility, namely: Duke 公
• 爵士舞jué shì wǔjazz (loanword)
• 爵士鼓jué shì gǔdrum kit (Tw)
• 爵士音乐jué shì yīn yuèjazz (loanword)
• 爵禄jué lùrank and emolument of nobility

Words containing 爵

• 伯爵bó juéearl; count; earldom or countship (old)
• 公爵gōng juéduke; dukedom
• 男爵nán juébaron
• 勋爵xūn juéLord (UK hereditary nobility); UK life peer
• 侯爵hóu juémarquis
• 世爵Shì juéSpyker
• 名爵Míng juéMG Motor (car manufacturer)
• 子爵zǐ juéviscount
• 官爵guān juéofficial ranking; titles and honors
• 封爵fēng juéto confer a title; to ennoble; to knight
• 女公爵nǚ gōng juéduchess
• 巨爵座Jù jué zuòCrater (constellation)
• 公爵夫人gōng jué fū rénduchess
• 加官进爵jiā guān jìn juépromotion to the nobility (idiom)
• 高官显爵gāo guān xiǎn juéhigh ranking
• 格雷伯爵茶Gé léi Bó jué cháEarl Grey tea
• 自由爵士乐zì yóu jué shì yuèfree jazz (music genre)
• 赐爵cì juéto bestow a noble title
• 晋爵jìn juéto join the nobility; to rise through the nobility
• 加官晋爵jiā guān jìn juéto confer a title an official position
• 卖官鬻爵mài guān yù jué(idiom) to grant government positions or official titles in exchange for bribes
• 五等爵位wǔ děng jué wèifive orders of feudal nobility, namely: Duke 公

Characters that look like 爵

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

• 薪xīn(literary) firewood; fuel; (bound form) salary
• 羁jībridle; halter; to restrain
• 薛xuēwormwood like grass (classical)
• 藓xiǎnmoss; lichen; moss on damp walls
• 窿lóngcavity; hole
• 鬃zōngbristles; horse's mane

Sounds the same

Read jué, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 觉to feel; to find that; thinking
• 决to decide; to determine; to execute (sb)
• 绝to cut short; extinct; to disappear
• 掘to dig
• 倔used in 倔强
• 角role (theater); to compete; ancient three legged wine vessel
• 脚role (variant of 角
• 诀to bid farewell; tricks of the trade; pithy mnemonic formula…
• 厥to faint; to lose consciousness; his
• 蕨Pteridium aquilinum; bracken
• 攫to seize; to snatch; to grab
• 崛towering as a peak