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结

jié

HSK 3 Character Traditional 結

What 结 means

1. knot
2. sturdy
3. bond
4. to tie
5. to bind
6. to check out (of a hotel)

Other readings

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

• jiē(of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds); Taiwan pr. jié

Example sentences

• 集结！
  Unite!
• 请结帐。
  Qǐng jiézhàng.
  Check, please.
• 结案了。
  The case is closed.
• 别结巴！
  Don't stutter!
• 请结帐！
  The bill, please!
• 我在结巴。
  Wǒ zài jiēba.
  I am stuttering.

Words starting with 结

• 结果jié guǒoutcome; result; consequence; in the end; as a result; to kill; to dispatch
• 结束jié shùto end; to finish; to conclude
• 结婚jié hūnto marry; to get married
• 结构jié gòustructure; composition; makeup
• 结合jié héto combine; to link; to integrate
• 结论jié lùnconclusion; verdict; to conclude
• 结实jiē shirugged; sturdy; strong
• 结账jié zhàngto settle accounts; to pay the bill
• 结局jié júconclusion; ending; outcome
• 结算jié suànto settle a bill; to close an account
• 结晶jié jīngto crystallize; crystallization; crystal
• 结尾jié wěiending; coda; to wind up
• 结了jié lethat's that; that's it; that will do
• 结识jié shíto get to know sb; to meet sb for the first time
• 结成jié chéngto form; to forge (alliances etc)
• 结交jié jiāoto make friends with
• 结结巴巴jiē jiē bā bastammeringly
• 结伴jié bànto go with sb; to form companionships
• 结巴jiē bato stutter
• 结婚证jié hūn zhèngmarriage certificate
• 结业jié yèto finish school, esp. a short course; to complete a course…
• 结盟jié méngto form an alliance; to ally oneself with; allied with
• 结冰jié bīngto freeze
• 结构性jié gòu xìngstructural

Words containing 结

• 总结zǒng jiéto sum up; to conclude; summary
• 团结tuán jiéto unite; unity; solidarity; united
• 勾结gōu jiéto collude with; to collaborate with; to gang up with
• 冻结dòng jiéto freeze (water etc); (fig.) to freeze (assets, prices etc)
• 巴结bā jieto fawn on; to curry favor with; to make up to
• 情结qíng jiécomplex (psychology)
• 终结zhōng jiéend; conclusion; to come to an end; to terminate (sth)
• 了结liǎo jiéto settle; to finish; to conclude
• 小结xiǎo jiésummary; short; brief
• 凝结níng jiéto condense; to solidify; to coagulate
• 归结guī jiéto sum up; to conclude; to put in a nutshell; conclusion; end (of a story etc)
• 集结jí jiéto assemble; to concentrate; to mass
• 完结wán jiéto finish; to conclude; completed
• 症结zhēng jiéhard lump in the abdomen (in Chinese medicine); crux of an issue…
• 瞠目结舌chēng mù jié shé(idiom) dumbfounded; flabbergasted; stunned
• 成群结队chéng qún jié duì(idiom) making up a group; forming a troupe; in large numbers; as a large crowd
• 归根结底guī gēn jié dǐin the final analysis; ultimately
• 蝴蝶结hú dié jiébow; bowknot
• 领结lǐng jiébow tie; loop of a necktie; lavaliere
• 联结lián jiéto combine; to join; to link
• 缔结dì jiéto conclude (an agreement)
• 肺结核fèi jié hétuberculosis; TB
• 纠结jiū jiéto intertwine; to band together (with); to link up (with); twisted; tangled; confused…
• 张口结舌zhāng kǒu jié shéagape and tongue-tied (idiom); at a loss for words; gaping and speechless

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.

• 洁jiéclean
• 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 结

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

• 站zhànstation; to stand; to halt
• 继jìto continue; to follow after; to go on with
• 皱zhòuto wrinkle; wrinkled; to crease
• 骇hàito astonish; to startle; to hack (computing, loanword)
• 桔jiéused in 桔梗; used in 桔槔
• 绉zhòucrepe; wrinkle

Sounds the same

Read jié, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 节joint; node; (bound form) section; segment; solar term…
• 捷victory; triumph; quick
• 杰(bound form) hero; heroic; outstanding person
• 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