接 jiē
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 妾 concubine
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
接见
jiējiàn
to receive; to grant an audience
Characters in this word
见 jiàn
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 见 — to see, to observe, to meet, to appear
- Made of
- 冂 frame 儿 son, child
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 代表团抵达当天，部长亲自接见了几位基层社区的负责人。 Dàibiǎotuán dǐdá dāngtiān, bùzhǎng qīnzì jiējiàn le jǐ wèi jīcéng shèqū de fùzérén. On the day the delegation arrived, the minister personally received several leaders from grassroots communities.
- 校长接见了来访的外国学生。 Xiàozhǎng jiējiàn le láifǎng de wàiguó xuésheng. The headteacher received the visiting foreign students.
- 王经理今天上午要接见几位重要的客户。 Wáng jīnglǐ jīntiān shàngwǔ yào jiējiàn jǐ wèi zhòngyào de kèhù. Manager Wang is going to receive several important clients this morning.
Related words
- 接 jiē to pick up; to answer
- 接到 jiēdào to receive
- 接受 jiēshòu to accept
- 接下来 jiēxiàlái next; after this
- 接着 jiēzhe then; to continue
- 直接 zhíjiē directly; straight
- 接待 jiēdài to receive guests
- 接近 jiējìn to be close to; to approach
- 迎接 yíngjiē to welcome; to meet
- 间接 jiànjiē indirect
- 接触 jiēchù to touch; to have contact with
- 接连 jiēlián one after another