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Mythic Mandarin

结拜 (jié bài): meaning and stroke order

结拜 (jié bài) means to become sworn brothers or sisters, sworn (brothers).

结拜

Simplified
结拜
Traditional
結拜
Pinyin
jié bài

Stroke order of 结拜

结

  • jiē (of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds); Taiwan pr. [jie2]
  • jié knot; sturdy
  • 9 strokes
  • Traditional form: 結

Stroke by stroke

拜

  • bài to bow to; to pay one's respects; (bound form) to extend greetings (on a specific occasion)
  • 9 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 结拜

  1. jié bài Traditional 結拜
    • to become sworn brothers or sisters
    • sworn (brothers)

Radicals of the characters

结
Radical 纟 (Kangxi radical 120) in its simplified form · 9 strokes · 纟 on the left, 吉 on the right
拜
Radical 手 (Kangxi radical 64) · 9 strokes

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

结拜 in our stories

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  • 路上，她遇到了一个去同一所书院的书生梁山伯。两人一见如故，就在路边结拜成了兄弟。

    lù shàng tā yùdào le yí gè qù tóng yì suǒ shūyuàn de shūshēng Liáng Shānbó liǎng rén yíjiànrúgù jiù zài lùbiān jiébài chéng le xiōngdì

    On the way she met a scholar, Liang Shanbo, heading for the same academy. They got on like old friends at once and swore brotherhood by the roadside.

    From the story The Butterfly Lovers HSK 7–9 · Level 8

Stories using 结拜

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).