节 jié, jiē — joint; node; knot
节
Level 1 · Common HSK 3 #209
Traditional:
節
jié jie2
Basic definition
noun
Detailed explanation
noun
- (形声。从竹,即声。本义:竹节)
- knot;joint e.g 节根 · 节旄 · 节粉 · 节槎 · 节次
- joint;knuckle e.g 节解 · 节病 · 节拊 · 节族
- festival e.g 节下 · 节导 · 节仪 · 节朔
- moral integrity e.g 节义 · 节敬 · 节孝牌坊 · 节介 · 节概
- climate and other natural phenomena of a season e.g 节序 · 节物 · 节和 · 节分
- moral standard e.g 节宣
- courtesy e.g 节文 · 节法
- symbols e.g 节钺 · 节帅 · 节楼 · 节镇 · 节印
- rhythm e.g 节会 · 节调 · 节变
- division e.g 章节音节季节时节 第二章第一节 · 节旨 · 节本
- a kind of instrument e.g 节鼓
verb
- economize;save e.g 节啬 · 节限 · 节养 · 节缩 · 节简
- restrain;control e.g 节性 · 节矜
- regulate
measure word
- 用于分段的事物。如:两节车厢;三节课
adjective
- towering
jiē jie1
Related words
- 节目 program; item (on a show)
- 春节 Spring Festival; Chinese New Year; Lunar New Year
- 环节 link; segment
- 节约 to save; to economize
- 情节 plot; story line
- 节日 holiday; festival
- 调节 to adjust; to regulate; to modulate
- 季节 season
- 节能 to save energy/energy-saving
- 节奏 rhythm; tempo
- 节水 water conservation; to save water
- 细节 detail
- 时节 season/time
- 节省 to save; to economize
- 节假日 public holiday
- 佳节 festive occasion; happy festival; auspicious day
- 关节 joint; key point
- 使节 (diplomatic) envoy
- 过节 to celebrate a festival/after the celebrations (i.e. once the festival is over)
- 节制 to restrain; to exercise moderation; to economize