I'm on a diet.
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节
Traditional: 節
jiē
HSK 3.0 · 2HSK 2.0 · 5
jiē
jié · zit3 (Jyutping)
- joint; node
- (bound form) section; segment
- solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar)
- seasonal festival
- (bound form) to economize; to save
- (bound form) moral integrity; chastity
- classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc
- knot (nautical miles per hour)
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Character breakdown
节
- Meaning
- knot, node, joint; section
- Radical
- 艹
- Strokes
- 5
- Components
- ⿱艹？
- Cangjie
- TSL
- Four-corner
- 4422
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Example sentences
She's dieting.
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