介 jiè
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 人 — man, person
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
介绍
jièshào
to introduce
Characters in this word
绍 shào
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 召 imperial decree
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我给你介绍我的朋友。 Wǒ gěi nǐ jièshào wǒ de péngyou. Let me introduce you to my friend.
- 我来介绍一下。 Wǒ lái jièshào yíxià. Let me introduce myself.
- 谢谢你介绍我们认识！ Xièxie nǐ jièshào wǒmen rènshi! Thanks for introducing us!
- 老师给学生介绍中国。 Lǎoshī gěi xuésheng jièshào Zhōngguó. The teacher introduces China to the students.
- 请介绍一下儿新同学。 Qǐng jièshào yíxiàr xīn tóngxué. Please introduce the new classmate.
- 李月给我介绍了这本书。 Lǐ Yuè gěi wǒ jièshào le zhè běn shū. Li Yue introduced this book to me.
- 你能介绍这个地方吗？ Nǐ néng jièshào zhè ge dìfang ma? Can you tell me about this place?
- 小王没介绍他的家人。 Xiǎo Wáng méi jièshào tā de jiārén. Xiao Wang didn't introduce his family.
- 王明想介绍他的女朋友。 Wáng Míng xiǎng jièshào tā de nǚpéngyou. Wang Ming wants to introduce his girlfriend.
- 妈妈给我们介绍了北京。 Māma gěi wǒmen jièshào le Běijīng. Mom introduced Beijing to us.
Related words
- 中介 zhōngjiè agent
- 简介 jiǎnjiè to introduce briefly; brief introduction
- 介入 jièrù to intervene; to get involved
- 介意 jièyì to mind; to object to
- 介于 jièyú to be between; to lie between
- 媒介 méijiè medium; intermediary
- 的 de possessive particle ('s, of)
- 认识 rènshi to know (someone), to recognize
- 也 yě also, too
- 人 rén person, people
- 呢 ne particle for questions (what about…?) and ongoing actions
- 叫 jiào to call, to be called; to shout