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诀

jué

Character Traditional 訣

What 诀 means

1. to bid farewell
2. tricks of the trade
3. pithy mnemonic formula (e.g. Mao Zedong's 16-character mantra 十六字诀 on guerrilla warfare)

Example sentences

• 秘诀是什么？
  What's the secret?
• 很多人问我，青春的诀别是否意味着年迈的将近。
  Hěn duō rén wèn wǒ, qīngchūn de juébié shìfǒu yìwèizhe niánmài de jiāngjìn.
  A lot of people ask me whether bidding goodbye to youth means old age is near.

Words starting with 诀

• 诀窍jué qiàosecret; trick; knack
• 诀别jué biéto bid farewell; to part (usually with little hope of meeting again)

Words containing 诀

• 秘诀mì juésecret know-how; key (to longevity); secret (of happiness)
• 口诀kǒu juémnemonic chant; rhyme for remembering (arithmetic tables, character stroke order etc)
• 要诀yào juéthe key trick; the secret of success
• 永诀yǒng juéto part forever; eternal parting (i.e. death)
• 拖字诀tuō zì juédelaying tactics
• 永诀式yǒng jué shìfuneral
• 十六字诀shí liù zì jué16-character formula, esp. Mao Zedong's mantra on guerrilla warfare:…
• 江湖一点诀jiāng hú yī diǎn juéspecial technique; trick of the trade; knack

Characters built on 夬

These share the phonetic component 夬 (guài), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 决juéto decide; to determine; to execute (sb)
• 缺quēdeficiency; lack; scarce
• 抉juéto pick out; to single out
• 炔quēalkyne; also pr. jué

Characters that look like 诀

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

• 论lùnopinion; view; theory
• 快kuàirapid; quick; speed
• 识shíto know; knowledge; Taiwan pr. shì
• 讲jiǎngto speak; to explain; to negotiate
• 块kuàilump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc…
• 讷nèto speak slowly; inarticulate

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
• 爵ancient bronze wine holder with 3 legs and loop handle; nobility
• 角role (theater); to compete; ancient three legged wine vessel
• 脚role (variant of 角
• 厥to faint; to lose consciousness; his
• 蕨Pteridium aquilinum; bracken
• 攫to seize; to snatch; to grab
• 崛towering as a peak