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节

jié

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 character level 3 Character Traditional 節

节 (jié) means "festival; section; joint; node". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 节 means

1. joint; node
2. bound formsection; segment
3. solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar)
4. seasonal festival
5. bound formto economize; to save
6. bound formmoral integrity; chastity
7. classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc
8. knot (nautical miles per hour)

Other readings

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

• jiēsee {节骨眼|jiē gu yǎn}

Example sentences

• 我在节食。
  I'm on a diet.
• 她在节食。
  She is on a diet.
• 春节快乐！
  Merry Spring Festival!
• 今天是情人节
  Jīntiān shì Qíngrénjié
  Today is Valentine's Day.
• 复活节快乐。
  Fùhuójié kuàilè.
  Happy Easter!
• 万圣节快乐！
  Wànshèngjié kuàilè!
  Happy Halloween!

Words starting with 节

• 节目jié mù(TV or radio) program; show; item; act; segment; number…
• 节日jié rìholiday; festival
• 节约jié yuēto economize; to conserve (resources); economy
• 节省jié shěngsaving; to save; to use sparingly
• 节奏jié zòurhythm; tempo; musical pulse
• 节假日jié jià rìpublic holiday
• 节能jié néngto conserve energy; to minimize energy consumption
• 节制jié zhìto control; to restrict; to moderate
• 节俭jié jiǎnfrugal; economical
• 节选jié xuǎnexcerpt; selection (from a book); to select
• 节拍jié pāibeat (music); meter
• 节水jié shuǐto save water
• 节点jié diǎnnode
• 节节jié jiéstep by step; little by little
• 节气jié qisolar term
• 节食jié shíto save food; to go on a diet
• 节度使jié dù shǐTang and Song dynasty provincial governor, in Tang times having military and civil…
• 节庆jié qìngfestival
• 节骨眼jiē gu yǎn(dialect) critical juncture; crucial moment; Taiwan pr. jié gu yǎn
• 节电jié diànto save electricity; power saving
• 节候jié hòuseason; time of year
• 节子jiē zignarl; knot
• 节律jié lǜrhythm; pace
• 节支jié zhīto save on expenditure

Words containing 节

• 季节jì jiétime; season; period
• 细节xì jiédetails; particulars
• 国庆节Guó qìng jiéPRC National Day (October 1st)
• 情节qíng jiécircumstances; plot; storyline
• 环节huán jié(zoology) segment (of the body of a worm, centipede etc)…
• 调节tiáo jiéto adjust; to regulate; to harmonize
• 礼节lǐ jiéetiquette
• 端午节Duān wǔ jiéDragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month)
• 元宵节Yuán xiāo jiéLantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春节, on 15th of first month of…
• 重阳节Chóng yáng jiéDouble Ninth or Yang Festival; 9th day of 9th lunar month
• 春节Chūn jiéSpring Festival (Chinese New Year)
• 字节zì jié(computing) byte
• 圣诞节Shèng dàn jiéChristmas time; Christmas season; Christmas
• 电影节diàn yǐng jiéfilm festival
• 时节shí jiéseason; time
• 音节yīn jiésyllable
• 过节guò jiéto celebrate a festival; after the celebrations (i.e. once the festival is over)
• 中秋节Zhōng qiū jiéthe Mid-Autumn Festival on 15th of 8th lunar month
• 关节guān jiéjoint (physiology); key point; critical phase
• 章节zhāng jiéchapter; section
• 音乐节yīn yuè jiémusic festival
• 艺术节yì shù jiéarts festival
• 教师节Jiào shī jiéTeachers' Day (September 10th in PRC and Confucius's birthday, September 28th in Taiwan)
• 佳节jiā jiéfestive day; holiday

Characters that look like 节

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

• 号hào(literary) to call out; to command; (bound form) bugle; trumpet; (bound form) signal…
• 市shìmarket; city; municipality (administrative unit)
• 币bìmoney; coins; currency
• 毕bìthe whole of; to finish; to complete
• 甲jiǎfirst of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干; (used for an unspecified person or thing)…
• 聿yù(arch. introductory particle); then; and then

Sounds the same

Read jié, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 结knot; sturdy; bond
• 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

Where 节 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Time & Temporal Expressions (HSK 5), HSK 3 Characters · Set 14 (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jié correctly.
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