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诫

jiè

HSK 6 Character Traditional 誡

What 诫 means

1. commandment
2. to prohibit

Example sentences

• 他告诫他们不要吵闹。
  Tā gàojiè tāmen bù yào chǎonào.
  He admonished them for being noisy.

Words starting with 诫

• 诫命jiè mìngcommandment

Words containing 诫

• 告诫gào jièto warn; to admonish
• 劝诫quàn jièto exhort; to admonish
• 规诫guī jièto warn (against some course); to admonish
• 训诫xùn jièto reprimand; to admonish; to lecture sb
• 小惩大诫xiǎo chéng dà jièlit. to punish a little to prevent a lot (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to…
• 谆谆告诫zhūn zhūn gào jièto repeatedly advise sb earnestly (idiom); to admonish
• 十诫shí jièten commandments
• 警诫jǐng jièvariant of 警戒

Characters that look like 诫

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

• 该gāishould; ought to; probably
• 城chéngcity walls; city; town
• 试shìto test; to try; experiment
• 诚chéng(bound form) sincere; authentic; (literary) really; truly
• 娘niángmother; young lady; (colloquial) effeminate
• 诡guǐ(bound form) sly; crafty; (literary) weird; bizarre; (literary) contradictory…

Sounds the same

Read jiè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 介to introduce; to lie between; between
• 界(bound form) boundary; border; (bound form) realm
• 借to borrow; (used in combination with 给; to make use of; to avail oneself of
• 届to arrive at (place or time); period; to become due
• 戒to guard against; to exhort; to admonish or warn
• 藉(literary) cushion; mat; (literary) to put some padding underneath
• 解to transport under guard
• 价(literary) messenger; servant
• 芥mustard
• 疥scabies
• 玠jade tablet indicating rank
• 唶sigh; groan; loud laughter