接 (jiē): to receive, to connect
接 (jiē) is a Chinese character meaning “to receive, to connect.” Classified as HSK Level 3 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 扌 (semantic) and 妾 (phonetic). It ranks #247 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 接 hand. Its radical form 扌 (hand) appears in many related characters such as 手 (shǒu, hand), 打 (dǎ, hit, make), 找 (zhǎo, to look for).
Definitions
- to receive, to connect
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 接
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 接受verb | jiē shòu | to accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc) | 4 |
| 直接adjective | zhí jiē | direct (opposite: indirect 間接|间接) | 4 |
| 接着verb/adverb | jiē zhe | to catch and hold on | 4 |
| 接近verb | jiē jìn | to approach | 5 |
| 接触verb | jiē chù | to touch | 5 |
| 连接verb | lián jiē | to link | 5 |
| 迎接verb | yíng jiē | to welcome | 5 |
| 接收verb | jiē shōu | reception (of transmitted signal) | 5 |
| 接待verb | jiē dài | to receive | 5 |
| 间接adjective | jiàn jiē | indirect | 6 |
| 接连verb/adverb | jiē lián | on end | 6 |
| 链接verb | liàn jiē | to link | 6 |
| 对接verb | duì jiē | to join up | 6 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 接到verb | jiē dào | to receive (letter etc) |
| 接下来 | jiē xià lái | to accept |
| 接吻verb | jiē wěn | to kiss |
| 接手verb | jiē shǒu | to take over (duties etc) |
| 接通verb | jiē tōng | to connect |
| 接管verb | jiē guǎn | to take over |
| 接替verb | jiē tì | to replace |
| 接球verb | jiē qiú | to receive a served ball (volleyball, tennis etc) |
| 接头verb | jiē tóu | connector |
| 接纳verb | jiē nà | to admit or welcome (into a group) |
| 接待员noun | jiē dài yuán | receptionist |
| 接生verb | jiē shēng | to deliver (a newborn child) |
| 接入verb | jiē rù | to access (a network) |
| 接线员 | jiē xiàn yuán | switchboard operator |
| 接见verb | jiē jiàn | to receive sb |
接 appears in 105 compound words: 68 as the first character, 31 as the last, and 1 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 接 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (17)
to carry on one's ancestral line; to go on from generation to generation
to graft one twig on another; to graft; to stealthily substitute one thing for another
Showing 12 of 17 idioms containing 接.
Example Sentences
请接听电话，是客户打来的，可能有急事。
Qǐng jiētīng diànhuà, shì kèhù dǎ lái de, kěnéng yǒu jíshì.
Please answer the phone; it's the client calling, and it might be urgent.
浙江男子铁锅里泡澡,底下还烧着火,一个接一个!杭州..
zhè jiāng nán zǐ tiě guō lǐ pāo zǎo , de xià hái shāo zhe huǒ , yī gě jiē yī gě ! háng zhōu . .
Zhejiang man in the iron pot bath, underneath the fire, one after another! Hangzhou ...
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dōng ào huì dōng jì liǎng xiàng nán zǐ . gōng lǐ jiē lì fǎ guó duì nì zhuǎn . .
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春节假期首日北京市属公园接待游客20.95万人次,..
chūn jié jiǎ qī shǒu rì běi jīng shì shǔ gōng yuán jiē dāi yóu kè . mò rén cì , . .
On the first day of the Spring Festival holiday, Beijing's municipal parks welcomed 209,500 visitors.
一马当先南京年|站台上演“暖心接力”,南京人合力护..
yī mǎ dāng xiān nán jīng nián zhàn tái shǎng yǎn nuǎn xīn jiē lì , nán jīng rén gě lì hù . .
Nanjing Takes the Lead in the New Year | A Heartwarming Relay at the Platform, Nanjing Residents Join Forces to Protect...
伊朗总统:伊朗愿就其核工业和平性质接受任何形式核查
yī lǎng zǒng tǒng yī lǎng yuàn jiù qí hé gōng yè hé píng xìng zhì jiē shòu rèn hé xíng shì hé chá
Iranian President: Iran is willing to accept any form of verification regarding the peaceful nature of its nuclear industry.
你明早7点来接我吗？
Nǐ míngzǎo qī diǎn lái jiē wǒ ma?
Are you picking me up at 7 tomorrow morning?
这条路是不是直接通往普拉多博物馆？
Zhè tiáo lù shìbùshì zhíjiē tōngwǎng Pǔlā duō bówùguǎn?
Is this the direct way to the Prado?
请你接听一下电话，好吗？
Qǐng nǐ jiētīng yīxià diànhuà, hǎo ma?
Answer the telephone, will you?
巴士会在哪里接我们？
Bāshì huì zài nǎlǐ jiē wǒmen?
Where will the bus pick us up?
Character Family
Frequently Asked Questions
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