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截
Mandarin · pinyin jié
Meanings
- to cut off (a length)
- to stop
- to intercept
- section
- chunk
- length
Characters in this entry
- 截
- jié · cut off, stop, obstruct, intersect
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Mandarin tones
2 · jie2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
zit6
Cantonese word readings for 截. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character
- to cut off; to sever; to slice
- to bar; to stop; to obstruct; to block
- to close; to end
- section
- Classifier for sections or lengths of objects.
- neat; well-ordered; orderly
- (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 接 (jiē, “to pick up”)
- a surname, Jie
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