举止 meaning in English

jǔzhǐ

bearing; manner

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 舉止13 strokes

Meaning of 举止

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

jǔzhǐ
  1. bearing
  2. manner
  3. mien

举止 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

你nǐ的de举jǔ止zhǐ不bú是shì很hěn好hǎo。
Your manners aren't very good.
她tā举jǔ止zhǐ优yōu雅yǎ。
She is graceful.
你nǐ应yīng该gāi注zhù意yì你nǐ的de举jǔ止zhǐ。
You should behave carefully.
从cóng你nǐ的de举jǔ止zhǐ看kàn得dé出chū来lái,你nǐ又yòu在zài用yòng了le。
I can tell from the way you act that you're using again.
一yī部bù分fèn人rén感gǎn觉juéTom的de行xíng为wéi举jǔ止zhǐ不bù太tài合hé适shì。
Some people felt that Tom's behavior was inappropriate.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

举 jǔ · to lift · 9 strokes

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  9. 9

止 zhǐ · to stop · 4 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4

Related words

Words that share a character with 举止.

举行jǔxíngto hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)
举手jǔshǒuto raise a hand; to put up one's hand (as signal)
停止tíngzhǐto stop; to halt; to cease
防止fángzhǐto prevent; to guard against
举办jǔbànto conduct; to hold (an event)
阻止zǔzhǐto prevent; to block
禁止jìnzhǐto prohibit; to forbid
不止bùzhǐincessantly; without end
为止wéizhǐuntil; (used in combination with words like 到[dao4] or 至[zhi4] in constructs of the form 到
举动jǔdòngact; action
终止zhōngzhǐto stop; to terminate
选举xuǎnjǔto elect; election

Questions about 举止

What does 举止 mean?

举止 (jǔzhǐ) means "bearing; manner" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 举止?

举止 is made of 2 characters: 举 (9 strokes), 止 (4 strokes). That is 13 strokes in total.

Is 举止 an HSK word?

Yes. 举止 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 举止 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 举止 is written 舉止.