截 meaning in English

jié

to cut off (a length); to stop

HSK 7-9verbmeasure word14 strokes

Meaning of 截

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

jié
  1. to cut off (a length)
  2. to stop
  3. to intercept
  4. section
  5. chunk
  6. length

截 in example sentences

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

她tā从cóng不bù要yāo求qiú他tā直zhí截jié了liǎo当dàng地dì给gěi出chū答dá复fù。
She never expects a straight answer from him.
日rì语yǔ和hé汉hàn语yǔ的de汉hàn字zì发fā音yīn截jié然rán不bù同tóng,对duì吗ma?
The Japanese and Chinese pronunciation for kanji is very different, isn't it?
他tā举jǔ高gāo了le手shǒu来lái截jié的dī士shì。
He raised his hand in order that the taxi might stop.
玛mǎ丽lì直zhí截jié了liǎo当dàng地dì拒jù绝jué了le汤tāng姆mǔ的de请qǐng求qiú。
Mary bluntly rejected Tom's request.
谁shuí没méi有yǒu在zài截jié稿gǎo日rì拼pīn过guò命mìng?
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jiézhǐto end; to close; (electricity) cut-off
截至jiézhìup to (a time); by (a time)
截然不同jiérán-bùtóngentirely different; different as black and white
拦截lánjiéto intercept
截肢jiézhīamputation (medicine); to amputate
截获jiéhuòto intercept; to cut off and capture
直截了当zhíjiéliǎodàngdirect and plainspoken (idiom); blunt; straightforward
截断jiéduànto break or cut in two; to sever
截稿jiégǎo(of a newspaper) to stop accepting incoming articles
截停jiétíngto 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.