jié = ji + e2
(emperor of Xia dynasty) / cruel
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How to pronounce 桀

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= ji initial

Ji is for Joan of Arc.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ e2 final

In the elevator’s kitchen.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago

桀 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
chuǎn = chu + an3
mistaken / erroneous / contradictory
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= mu + Ø4
(bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive; numb; wooden
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Characters with 桀 as component

old variant of 乘[cheng2]
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jié = ji + e2
(bound form) hero / heroic / outstanding person / prominent / distinguished
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zhé = zh + e2
old term for the right-falling stroke in Chinese characters (e.g. the last stroke of 大[da4]), now called 捺[na4] / sound made by birds (onom.) / (literary) to dismember (form of punishment) / to spread
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Words with 桀

arrogant and obstinate (idiom) / unyielding
King Jie, the final ruler of the Xia dynasty (until c. 1600 BC), a notoriously cruel and immoral tyrant
brutal, greedy, arrogant and deceitful (idiom)

Sentences with 桀

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jié

(emperor of Xia dynasty) / cruel

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