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结束

jiéshù

to end; to finish

HSK 3 · Topic “Time and duration”
A person tying a closed box
Memory picture

Characters in this word

结 jié

Strokes
9
Radical
纟 — silk
Made of
纟 silk 吉 lucky, propitious, good
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

束 shù

Strokes
7
Radical
木 — tree
Made of
木 tree 口 mouth
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 会议结束了。 Huìyì jiéshù le. The meeting is over.
  • 课快结束了。 Kè kuài jiéshù le. Class is almost over.
  • 电影结束了吗？ Diànyǐng jiéshù le ma? Is the movie over?

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