Meaning of 截
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
jié
- to cut off (a length)
- to stop
- to intercept
- section
- chunk
- length
截 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
她从不要求他直截了当地给出答复。
She never expects a straight answer from him.
日语和汉语的汉字发音截然不同,对吗?
The Japanese and Chinese pronunciation for kanji is very different, isn't it?
他举高了手来截的士。
He raised his hand in order that the taxi might stop.
玛丽直截了当地拒绝了汤姆的请求。
Mary bluntly rejected Tom's request.
谁没有在截稿日拼过命?
Who hasn't busted their back on deadline day?
Stroke order for each character
Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.
截 jié · to cut off · 14 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 截.
| 截止 | jiézhǐ | to end; to close; (electricity) cut-off |
| 截至 | jiézhì | up to (a time); by (a time) |
| 截然不同 | jiérán-bùtóng | entirely different; different as black and white |
| 拦截 | lánjié | to intercept |
| 截肢 | jiézhī | amputation (medicine); to amputate |
| 截获 | jiéhuò | to intercept; to cut off and capture |
| 直截了当 | zhíjiéliǎodàng | direct and plainspoken (idiom); blunt; straightforward |
| 截断 | jiéduàn | to break or cut in two; to sever |
| 截稿 | jiégǎo | (of a newspaper) to stop accepting incoming articles |
| 截停 | jiétíng | to intercept (a vehicle etc) |
Questions about 截
What does 截 mean?
截 (jié) means "to cut off (a length); to stop" and is used as a verb and measure word.
How do you write 截?
截 is made of 1 character: 截 (14 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.
Is 截 an HSK word?
Yes. 截 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.