How to say “meet” in Chinese

“Meet” in Chinese is 接, jiē: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.

How to pronounce it

接 is read jiē. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.

How to write it

Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “接”.

Examples

Sentences from the course lessons with 接. Tap the sound icon to listen.

• 他没接电话tāméijiēdiànhuàHe didn't answer the phone.
• 她接受了我的邀请tājiēshòulewǒdeyāoqǐngShe accepted my invitation.
• 有问题可以直接问我yǒuwèntíkěyǐzhíjiēwènwǒIf you have questions, just ask me directly.
• 经理派小王去机场接客人jīnglǐpàixiǎoWángqùjīchǎngjiēkèrénThe manager sent Xiao Wang to the airport to meet the guests.
• 我的手机连接不上网络，怎么办？wǒdeshǒujīliánjiēbushàngwǎngluò,zěnmebànMy phone won't connect to the network, what should I do?
• 他们昨天在机场热情地迎接了我们。tāmenzuótiānzàijīchǎngrèqíngdeyíngjiēlewǒmenYesterday they gave us a warm welcome at the airport.

More characters by topic — happiness, luck, strength, nature — on the page “Chinese characters with meanings”.

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• 关于 about
• 根据 according to
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Look up another word in the Chinese–English dictionary: in English, in pinyin or in characters.

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