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解释

jiě shì

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 解釋 Measure word 个

解释 (jiě shì) means "explanation". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 解释 means

1. explanation
2. to explain
3. to interpret
4. to resolve

The characters in 解释

• 解jiěto divide; to break up; to split
• 释shìto explain; to release; Buddha (abbr. for 释迦牟尼

Example sentences

• 让我解释。
  Let me explain.
• 没时间解释。
  There is no time for explanation.
• 你不用解释。
  You don't have to explain.
• 我也无法解释。
  I can't explain it either.
• 谢谢你的解释。
  Thanks for your explanation.
• 请详细地解释。
  Please explain in detail.

Words starting with 解释

• 解释器jiě shì qìinterpreter (computing)
• 解释执行jiě shì zhí xínginterpreted (computer)

Where 解释 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Communication & information (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jiě shì correctly.
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