紧接着 meaning in English

jǐn jiēzhe

immediately afterwards; shortly after that

HSK 7-9Traditional 緊接著32 strokes

Meaning of 紧接着

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

jǐnjiēzhe
  1. immediately afterwards
  2. shortly after that

紧接着 in example sentences

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

她tā迷mí路lù了le,紧jǐn接jiē着zhe天tiān开kāi始shǐ下xià雨yǔ了le。
She lost her way and on top of that it began to rain.

Stroke order for each character

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紧 jǐn · tight · 10 strokes

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接 jiē · to receive · 11 strokes

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着 zhe · aspect particle indicating action in pr… · 11 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 紧接着.

接受jiēshòuto accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc); to acquiesce
直接zhíjiēdirectly; direct
接下来jiē xiàláito accept; to take
接着jiēzheto catch and hold on; to continue
接到jiēdàoto receive (letter etc)
紧张jǐnzhāngnervous; keyed up
接近jiējìnto approach; to get close to
赶紧gǎnjǐnhurriedly; without delay
紧急jǐnjíurgent; emergency
迎接yíngjiēto welcome; to greet
接待jiēdàito receive; to entertain; to host (guests, visitors or clients)
睡着shuìzháoto fall asleep

Questions about 紧接着

What does 紧接着 mean?

紧接着 (jǐn jiēzhe) means "immediately afterwards; shortly after that".

How do you write 紧接着?

紧接着 is made of 3 characters: 紧 (10 strokes), 接 (11 strokes), 着 (11 strokes). That is 32 strokes in total.

Is 紧接着 an HSK word?

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

How is 紧接着 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 紧接着 is written 緊接著.