济 (jì): to cross a river, to aid or relieve, to be of help
济 (jì) is a Chinese character meaning “to cross a river.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 氵 (semantic) and 齐 (phonetic). It ranks #360 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 济 water. Its radical form 氵 (water) appears in many related characters such as 水 (shuǐ, water), 汉 (hàn, Han ethnic group), 汽 (qì, steam).
Definitions
- to cross a river
- to aid or relieve
- to be of help
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 济
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 救济verb | jiù jì | emergency relief |
| 无济于事 | wú jì yú shì | (idiom) to no avail |
| 斐济proper-noun | fěi jì | Fiji, a country in the southwest Pacific Ocean |
| 经济学noun | jīng jì xué | economics (as a field of study) |
| 经济舱noun | jīng jì cāng | economy class |
| 济州proper-noun | jì zhōu | Jeju Island special autonomous province (Cheju Island), South Korea, a World Heritage site |
| 不济adjective | bù jì | (coll.) no good |
| 同舟共济phrase | tóng zhōu gòng jì | cross a river in the same boat (idiom) |
| 经济学家noun | jīng jì xué jiā | economist |
| 经济危机noun | jīng jì wēi jī | economic crisis |
| 济济一堂phrase | jǐ jǐ yī táng | to congregate in one hall (idiom) |
| 永济proper-noun | yǒng jì | see 永濟市|永济市 |
| 劫富济贫phrase | jié fù jì pín | (idiom) to rob the rich to help the poor |
| 市场经济 | shì chǎng jīng jì | market economy |
| 人才济济phrase | rén cái jǐ jǐ | a galaxy of talent (idiom) |
济 appears in 100 compound words: 21 as the first character, 27 as the last, and 52 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 济 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (30)
Showing 12 of 30 idioms containing 济.
Example Sentences
经济发展和环境保护应该协调进行，不能偏废。
Jīngjì fāzhǎn hé huánjìng bǎohù yīnggāi xiétiáo jìnxíng, bùnéng piānfèi.
Economic development and environmental protection should proceed in coordination; neither should be neglected.
【新闻点评】2026年你眼中的中国经济
xīn wén diǎn píng 2 0 2 6 nián nǐ yǎn zhōng de zhōng guó jīng jì
【News Comments】China's economy in your eyes in 2026
经济日报社论/台美对等贸易协定的误判与修正
jīng jì rì bào shè lùn tái měi duì děng mào yì xié dìng de wù pàn yǔ xiū zhèng
Economic Daily Editorial/Misjudgment and Amendment of the Taiwan-US Reciprocal Trade Agreement
山东济南网红巨型空飘鳌鱼被大风吹走,现场工作人...
shān dōng jì nán wǎng hóng jù xíng kōng piāo 鳌 yú bèi dà fēng chuī zǒu , xiàn chǎng gōng zuò rén . . .
Giant Floating Sea Turtle at Jinan's Viral Attraction Blown Away by Strong Winds, Staff on Site...
“泉”在济南过大年丨烟火年味浓!济南芙蓉街客流持续...
quán zài jì nán guò dà nián 丨 yān huǒ nián wèi nóng ! jì nán 芙 蓉 jiē kè liú chí xù . . .
Celebrating Chinese New Year in Jinan's "Fountain City" The festive atmosphere is in full swing! Foot traffic continues to surge on Jinan's Furong Street...
俄外长:俄美已商定建立双边经济工作组
é wài cháng é měi yǐ shāng dìng jiàn lì shuāng biān jīng jǐ gōng zuò zǔ
Russian Foreign Minister: Russia and the US have agreed to set up a bilateral economic working group
对严格限制经济的批评蜂拥而来。
Duì yángé xiànzhì jīngjì de pīpíng fēngyōng ér lái.
Critics are coming down hard on tightened economic restrictions.
这座城镇发展成为了一个经济中心。
Zhè zuò chéngzhèn fāzhǎn chéngwéi le yī gè jīngjì zhōngxīn.
The town developed into the center of the economy.
这个岛的经济依靠的是渔业。
Zhège dǎo de jīngjì yīkào de shì yúyè.
The economy of the island is dependent on the fishing industry.
他是权威的经济学家。
Tā shì quánwēi de jīngjìxuéjiā.
He is a great authority on economics.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 氵 (water) component
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