介 (jiè): to introduce, to lie between, between
介 (jiè) is a Chinese character meaning “to introduce.” Classified as HSK Level 2 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 人 (structural). It ranks #831 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 介 a border 八 dividing people 人. Its radical form 亻 (person) appears in many related characters such as 人 (rén, person), 什 (shén, what), 今 (jīn, now).
Definitions
- to introduce
- to lie between
- between
Etymology & Origin
ideographicA border 八 dividing people 人
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 介
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 介绍verb | jiè shào | to introduce (sb to sb) | 2 |
| 中介noun | zhōng jiè | to act as intermediary | 5 |
| 简介verb/noun | jiǎn jiè | summary | 6 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 介意 | jiè yì | to care about |
| 介入 | jiè rù | to intervene |
| 介于 | jiè yú | between |
| 媒介 | méi jiè | intermediary |
| 介绍信 | jiè shào xìn | letter of introduction |
| 介子 | jiè zǐ | meson |
| 推介 | tuī jiè | promotion |
| 婚介所 | hūn jiè suǒ | matchmaking agency |
| 婚介 | hūn jiè | matchmaking |
| 介词 | jiè cí | preposition |
| 仲介 | zhòng jiè | (Tw) middleman |
| 介质 | jiè zhì | medium |
| 介怀 | jiè huái | to mind |
| 蒋介石 | jiǎng jiè shí | Chiang Kai-shek (1887-1975), military leader, head of the Nationalist government in China 1928-1949 and the governmen... |
| 介面 | jiè miàn | (Tw) interface (computing) |
介 appears in 63 compound words: 38 as the first character, 27 as the last, and 35 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 介 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
Example Sentences
正如大家所料，这场比赛非常激烈。
Zhèngrú dàjiā suǒ liào, zhè chǎng bǐsài fēicháng jīliè.
As everyone expected, this match was very intense.
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Taiwan's strength is rising! Zhou Dongyu praises pitching staff Kondo Kensuke: The first game is crucial
聯發科董座蔡明介:今年 AI 還是很熱 機會很多要持續投...
聯 發 kē dǒng zuò 蔡 míng jiè jīn nián 還 shì hěn 熱 機 會 hěn duō yāo chí 續 tóu . . .
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你可以介绍一间附近的好餐厅吗？
Nǐ kěyǐ jièshào yī jiān fùjìn de hǎo cāntīng ma?
Could you recommend a nice restaurant near here?
您介不介意我把灯关了？
Nín jiè bù jièyì wǒ bǎ dēng guānle?
Do you mind if I turn off the light?
有没有什么好菜推介？
Yǒuméiyǒu shénme hǎo cài tuījiè?
What would you recommend we eat?
我们早点走你会介意吗？
Wǒmen zǎodiǎn zǒunǐ huì jièyì ma?
Do you mind our leaving a little earlier?
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