Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/接-jiē-receive,-meet,-welcome

接 jiē receive, meet, welcome in Mandarin Chinese

Definition

Radical is 手 shŏu “hand”, which at the left side of a character is written as 扌 and is referred to colloquially as 提手 tíshŏu “raised hand.” Phonetic is 妾 qiè “concubine.”

Examples

• 接风 (接風) jiēfēng give a welcome dinner [VO]
• 替…接风 (替…接風) tì...jiēfēng give a welcome dinner for... [PT]
• 接电话 (接電話) jiē diànhuà receive or take a phone call [PH]

Sources

Book: Intermediate Written Chinese by Cornelius C. Kubler

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