洁 jié
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 吉 lucky, propitious, good
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
洁白
jiébái
pure white; spotless
Characters in this word
白 bái
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 白 — white
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 雪后山顶一片洁白，反而衬得远处的矿区格外刺眼。 Xuě hòu shāndǐng yí piàn jiébái, fǎn'ér chènde yuǎn chù de kuàngqū géwài cìyǎn. After the snow, the mountaintop was pure white, which made the distant mining area look especially glaring by contrast.
- 洁白的云朵慢慢飘过山顶。 Jiébái de yúnduǒ mànmàn piāoguò shāndǐng. Pure white clouds drift slowly over the mountaintop.
- 桌上铺着一块洁白的桌布。 Zhuō shang pūzhe yí kuài jiébái de zhuōbù. A spotless white tablecloth is spread on the table.
Related words
- 清洁 qīngjié clean
- 纯洁 chúnjié pure; clean; to purify
- 简洁 jiǎnjié concise; succinct; simple and clear
- 洁净 jiéjìng clean; pure
- 廉洁 liánjié honest and clean; incorruptible
- 整洁 zhěngjié neat; tidy; clean and orderly
- 白 bái white
- 白天 báitiān daytime, during the day
- 明白 míngbai to understand; clear
- 白色 báisè white
- 白 bái in vain; for free
- 白菜 báicài Chinese cabbage