接 (jiē): meaning and stroke order
接 (jiē) means to receive, to answer (the phone), to meet or welcome sb, to connect, to catch, to join.
接
- Simplified
- 接
- Traditional
- 接 (same form)
- Pinyin
- jiē
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Stroke order of 接
接
- jiē to receive; to answer (the phone)
- 11 strokes
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Meaning of 接
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jiē
- to receive
- to answer (the phone)
- to meet or welcome sb
- to connect
- to catch
- to join
- to extend
- to take one's turn on duty
- to take over for sb
Radical and structure
- 接
- Radical 手 (Kangxi radical 64) · 11 strokes · 扌 on the left, 妾 on the right
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Words with 接
- 接见 jiē jiàn to receive sb; to grant an interview
- 直接 zhí jiē direct (opposite: indirect 間接|间接[jian4 jie1]); immediate
- 连接 lián jiē to link; to join; to connect
- 接着 jiē zhe to catch and hold on; to continue
- 接受 jiē shòu to accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc); to acquiesce
- 接到 jiē dào to receive (letter etc)
- 接济 jiē jì to give material assistance to
- 接下来 jiē xià lái to accept; to take
接 in our stories
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朋友陈静说好来机场接他。
péngyou Chén Jìng shuōhǎo lái jīchǎng jiē tā
His friend Chen Jing had promised to come and meet him at the airport.
From the story At the airport HSK 2
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下车的时候，老爷爷的儿子来接他。
xià chē de shíhou lǎoyéye de érzi lái jiē tā
When they get off, the old man's son is there to meet him.
From the story The train to Xi'an HSK 3
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第二天，罗丹接到了公司的电话：她可以下个星期来上班了。
dì-èr tiān Luó Dān jiē dào le gōngsī de diànhuà tā kěyǐ xià gè xīngqī lái shàngbān le
The next day Luo Dan gets a call from the company: she can start work next week.
From the story The honest answer HSK 3
Stories using 接
- At the airport HSK 2
- The train to Xi'an HSK 3
- The honest answer HSK 3
- Old Du on the corner HSK 6
- The banquet that never ended HSK 6
- The storm that never was HSK 7–9 · Level 8
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).