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
接力
jiēlì
relay; to take over in succession
Characters in this word
力 lì
- Strokes
- 2
- Radical
- 力 — strength, power
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这项长期研究需要几代学者接力，不能指望一届团队完成。 Zhè xiàng chángqī yánjiū xūyào jǐ dài xuézhě jiēlì, bù néng zhǐwàng yí jiè tuánduì wánchéng. This long-term study requires several generations of scholars to carry it forward; it cannot be completed by a single team.
- 运动会上，他们四个人跑接力赛，最后拿了第一名。 Yùndònghuì shàng, tāmen sì ge rén pǎo jiēlìsài, zuìhòu ná le dì yī míng. At the sports meet, the four of them ran the relay and finally took first place.
- 志愿者们接力把物资送到了山里。 Zhìyuànzhěmen jiēlì bǎ wùzī sòng dào le shān lǐ. The volunteers took turns relaying the supplies into the mountains.
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