节 (節) jié

  1. jié noun festival; a special day
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Leisure
    Notes: In the sense of 节日 (CCD 1 '节' 4; Guoyu '節' n 7; Kroll 2015 '節' 2b, p. 209; Mathews 1931 '節', p. 108; XHZD '节' 4)
  2. jié measure word section; segment; piece
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
    Notes: 节 is used for 1. educational classes and 2. segmented objects (CCD 1 '节' 3; Guoyu '節' n 12; Kroll 2015 '節' 2, p. 209; Mathews 1931 '節', p. 108; Unihan '節'; XHZD '节' 3).
  3. jié verb to economize; to save; to moderate
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 俭省 (CCD 1 '节'6; Guoyu '節' v 2; Mathews 1931 '節', p. 108; XHZD '节' 7)
  4. jié noun a node
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Of bamboo of another plant (Guoyu '節' n 1; Kroll 2015 '節' 1, p. 209; Mathews 1931 '節', p. 108; XHZD '节' 1)
  5. jié verb to regulate; to restrain
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '節' v 1; Kroll 2015 '節' 3, p. 209)
  6. jié noun section; segment; piece
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Of an animal (CCD 1 '节' 2; Guoyu '節' n 2; Mathews 1931 '節', p. 108; XHZD '节' 3)
  7. jié noun a knot; a joint
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CCD 1 '节' 1; Kroll 2015 '節' 1a, p. 209; Mathews 1931 '節', p. 108; XHZD '节' 2)
  8. jié noun courtesy
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 礼仪 (Guoyu '節' n 8; XHZD '节' 5)
  9. jié noun rate; pitch
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In music (Guoyu '節' n 10; XHZD '节' 6)
  10. jié noun chastity; moral integrity; personal integrity
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 操守; as in 节操 (CCD 1 '节'8; Guoyu '節' n 4; Kroll 2015 '節' 4, p. 209; Wu, and Tee 2015, loc. 1259; XHZD '节' 6)
  11. jié noun an item
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 事项 (CCD 1 '节'7; XHZD '节' 9)
  12. jié noun credentials for an envoy
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In imperial China (Guoyu '節' n 9; Kroll 2015 '節' 5, p. 209; XHZD '节' 10)
  13. jié verb to abridge
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 删节 (CCD 1 '节' 5)
  14. jié proper noun Jie
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: In the sense of 删节 (CCD 1 '节' 9; Guoyu '節' n 13)
  15. jié noun knot; nautical miles per hour
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: A unit of speed in shipping and aviation (CCD 2 '节')
  16. jié noun season
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in 季节 (Guoyu '節' n 6; Mathews 1931 '節', p. 108)
  17. jié noun jie
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: One of the divinitory symbols in the 易经 ”Book of Changes” (Guoyu '節' n 11; Kroll 2015 '節' 8, p. 209)
  18. jié noun bamboo clappers
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Used in folk music (Kroll 2015 '節' 7, p. 209)
  19. jié noun rhythm
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in 节奏 (Mathews 1931 '節', p. 108)
  20. jié adjective towering
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Mathews 1931 '節', p. 108)
  21. jié noun capital of a column
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Mathews 1931 '節', p. 108)

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