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结束

jié shù

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word Traditional 結束

结束 (jié shù) means "to end; to finish". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 结束 means

1. to end; to finish; to conclude

The characters in 结束

• 结jiéknot; sturdy; bond
• 束shùto bind; bunch; bundle

Example sentences

• 这是结束。
  This is the end.
• 游戏结束。
  Game over.
• 休息结束了！
  Rest time's over!
• 斗争结束了。
  The fight is over.
• 冬天结束了。
  Winter is gone.
• 你结束了吗？
  Are you finished?

Words starting with 结束

• 结束语jié shù yǔconcluding remarks

Words containing 结束

• 行将结束xíng jiāng jié shùapproaching the end; about to conclude

Sounds the same

Read jié shù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 劫数predestined fate (Buddhism)

Where 结束 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Achievement, Change & Progress (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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