戒指

戒指 jièzhi

Ring

戒指 in a sentence HSK 5 jiezhi

What 戒指 means

Ring

These meanings come from the same dictionary that powers the Chinese to Pinyin translator and the Chinese to English translator, so a whole sentence containing 戒指 will read it the same way this page does.

Recognise a piece of 戒指 but not the character it belongs to? Pick the parts in the component character finder and it will name the character for you — free for every character, with nothing to sign in to.

Character by character

戒指 is written with 2 characters. Chinese words are usually easier to remember once you can see what each part contributes.

戒

jiè

Abstain (warning)

指

zhǐ

Indicate (point out - refer to - finger)

Words that share a character with 戒指

How to write 戒指

Stroke order is not decoration — it is what makes handwriting legible and what dictionary lookup by stroke count depends on.

Practise 戒指 on printable 田字格 sheets, trace it in the writing practice tool, or watch any other character in the Stroke Order Animator.

戒指 in a sentence

她手上戴着一枚戒指。

Tā shǒu shàng dài zhe yì méi jièzhi.

She is wearing a ring on her hand.

这枚戒指是奶奶传下来的。

Zhè méi jièzhi shì nǎinai chuán xiàlái de.

This ring was handed down from my grandmother.

Every sentence on this site that uses 戒指 is collected on the 戒指 sentence page. Want pinyin above a sentence of your own? Paste it into the Pinyin Annotator.

Sounds the same as 戒指

These are also written jiezhi without tone marks. Tones and context are what keep them apart — which is why the tone is part of the word, not an accent on it.

节制 jiézhì 截止 jiézhǐ 截至 jiézhì

Train the difference in the Tone Trainer or the Similar Sounds Quiz.

Questions about 戒指

What does 戒指 mean in English?

戒指 is pronounced jièzhi and means Ring.

How do you pronounce 戒指?

戒指 is jièzhi in pinyin — written jiezhi without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.

What are the characters in 戒指?

戒指 is written with 2 characters: 戒 (jiè) Abstain (warning), 指 (zhǐ) Indicate (point out - refer to - finger). Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.

Is 戒指 an HSK word?

Yes — 戒指 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.

Studied around the same time

结合 jiéhé 结论 jiélùn 结账 jiézhàng 戒 jiè 届 jiè 借口 jièkǒu 金属 jīnshǔ 尽快 jǐnkuài

Keep going

Translate a whole sentence containing 戒指 with the Chinese to Pinyin translator, study it alongside the rest of HSK 5, drill it with HSK flashcards, or save it above and review it on your review deck.

Browse the dictionary

Every word on this site links to its entry — tap any word in a graded reader, a translation result or an HSK list to land on a page like this one.

Dictionary index