戒 (jiè) means Abstain (warning). Below are 9 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
医生让他 戒 酒。
Yīshēng ràng tā jiè jiǔ.
The doctor told him to give up alcohol.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 戒
现场 戒 备十分森严。
Xiànchǎng jièbèi shífēn sēnyán.
Security at the scene is extremely tight.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 戒备
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.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 戒指
他对陌生人一直有 戒 备。
Tā duì mòshēngrén yìzhí yǒu jièbèi.
He is always on his guard with strangers.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 戒备
戒 指上镶嵌着一颗宝石。
Jièzhi shang xiāngqiànzhe yì kē bǎoshí.
A gem is set in the ring.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 镶嵌
戒 指上镶着一颗小钻石。
Jièzhi shang xiāngzhe yì kē xiǎo zuànshí.
A small diamond is set in the ring.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 钻石
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.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 戒指
他终于 戒 掉了酗酒的习惯。
Tā zhōngyú jiè diào le xùjiǔ de xíguàn.
He finally gave up his heavy drinking.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 酗酒
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Words that contain 戒
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Questions about 戒
How is 戒 used in a sentence?
This page shows 9 sentences using 戒 (jiè, "Abstain (warning)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 戒 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 戒 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 戒 an HSK word?
Yes — 戒 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 戒?
The dictionary page for 戒 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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