据 (jù): according to, to act in accordance with, to depend on, to seize, to occupy
据 (jù) is a Chinese character meaning “according to.” Classified as HSK Level 3 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 扌 (semantic) and 居 (phonetic). It ranks #313 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 据 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
- according to
- to act in accordance with
- to depend on
- to seize
- to occupy
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 据
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 证据noun | zhèng jù | evidence | 5 |
| 根据verb/preposition/noun | gēn jù | according to | 3 |
| 数据noun | shù jù | data | 5 |
| 据说verb | jù shuō | it is said that | 5 |
| 占据verb | zhàn jù | to occupy | 6 |
| 依据noun/verb/preposition | yī jù | according to | 5 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 数据库 | shù jù kù | (computing) database |
| 收据 | shōu jù | receipt |
| 据点 | jù diǎn | stronghold |
| 据为己有 | jù wéi jǐ yǒu | (idiom) to illegally take possession of |
| 论据 | lùn jù | grounds (for an argument) |
| 据称 | jù chēng | it is said |
| 票据 | piào jù | negotiable instrument (draft, note etc) |
| 实据 | shí jù | factual evidence |
| 据此 | jù cǐ | accordingly |
| 数据流 | shù jù liú | data stream |
| 单据 | dān jù | receipts |
| 根据地 | gēn jù dì | base of operations |
| 据理力争 | jù lǐ lì zhēng | to contend on strong grounds |
| 字据 | zì jù | written pledge |
| 拮据 | jié jū | hard pressed for money |
据 appears in 87 compound words: 29 as the first character, 39 as the last, and 32 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 据 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (8)
Example Sentences
据报道，明天会有大雨，大家出门记得带伞。
Jù bàodào, míngtiān huì yǒu dàyǔ, dàjiā chūmén jìde dài sǎn.
According to reports, there will be heavy rain tomorrow; remember to bring umbrellas when going out.
豪赌AI却让普通员工买单?Meta据称连续两年削减..
háo dǔ A I què ràng pǔ tōng yuán gōng mǎi dān ? M e t a jù chèn lián xù liǎng nián xiāo jiǎn . .
Gambling on AI but making ordinary employees pay? Meta is said to have cut for two consecutive years:
存储概念股普涨 西部数据(WDC.US)涨逾3%
cún chǔ gài niàn gǔ pǔ zhǎng xī bù shǔ jù ( W D C . U S ) zhǎng yú 3
Storage concept stocks rose across Western Digital (WDC. US) rose more than 3%
西部数据计划出售部分闪迪股份,筹资31.7亿美元
xī bù shǔ jù jì huá chū shòu bù fēn shǎn dí gǔ fèn , chóu zī . yì měi yuán
Western Digital plans to sell some SanDisk shares to raise $3.17 billion
西部数据拟出售部分闪迪股份 筹资31.7亿美元用...
xī bù shǔ jù nǐ chū shòu bù fēn shǎn dí gǔ fèn chóu zī . yì měi yuán yòng . . .
Western Digital plans to sell part of its SanDisk shares to raise $3.17 billion for...
印度声称将斥巨资建数据中心
yìn dù shēng chèn jiāng chì jù zī jiàn shǔ jù zhōng xīn
India claims it will invest heavily in building data centers
据说《哈姆雷特》是写出来的最有意思的剧本。
Jùshuō 《 Hāmǔléitè 》 shì xiě chūlái de zuì yǒu yìsi de jùběn.
It is said that "Hamlet" is the most interesting play ever written.
我的演讲稿就是依据这个理论写的。
Wǒ de yǎnjiǎng gǎo jiùshì yījù zhège lǐlùn xiě de.
This is the ideology to which my speech is written.
根据圣经记载，上帝用6天创造了世界。
Gēnjù Shèngjīng jìzǎi, Shàngdì yòng 6 tiān chuàngzào le shìjiè.
According to the Bible, God made the world in six days.
警方根据现场遗下的证物把贼子找了出来。
Jǐngfāng gēnjù xiànchǎng yí xià de zhèngwù bǎ zéi zǐ zhǎo le chūlái.
The burglar was traced by one of the things he had left on the scene.
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