jié
verb HSK 7 #3,734

Meanings

  1. 1 to rob
  2. 2 to plunder
  3. 3 calamity
  4. 4 disaster

Examples

Yínháng bèi jié le.
The bank was robbed.
Jīnglì le zhè chǎng hàojié zhīhòu, chéngshì mànmàn huīfù le.
After going through this catastrophe, the city slowly recovered.

Tips

usage
As a verb, means to rob (劫持, 打劫). As a noun, it means catastrophe/calamity (浩劫, ). In Buddhism, (kalpa) refers to an immensely long period of time.

In Pop Culture

Jié
Zed
League of Legends champion, the Master of Shadows. A shadow-cloning ninja assassin whose name plays on the character's meaning of calamity.

Stroke Order

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