节 jié▶ ส่วน, เทศกาล

Stroke order

节 is written in 5 strokes.

• 节

Senses

1. joint; node
2. (bound form) section; segment
3. solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar)
4. seasonal festival
5. (bound form) to economize; to save
6. (bound form) moral integrity; chastity
7. classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc
8. knot (nautical miles per hour)

Example sentences

• 今天有三节课。Jīntiān yǒu sān jié kè.There are three class sections today.
• 这节课很有意思。Zhè jié kè hěn yǒu yìsi.This class section is very interesting.

Related words

• 节约ช่วย; เก็บ; ประหยัด
• 季节ฤดู, ปรุงรส
• 细节รายละเอียด
• 节日เทศกาล
• 节目โปรแกรม
• 节省ช่วย; เก็บ; ประหยัด

节 is pronounced jié and means “ส่วน, เทศกาล”. You will meet it in HSK 4, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 节 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.