键 (jiàn) means Key. Below are 6 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
关 键 是要坚持下去。
Guānjiàn shì yào jiānchí xiàqù.
The key is to keep at it.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 关键
这是最关 键 的一步。
Zhè shì zuì guānjiàn de yí bù.
This is the most crucial step.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 关键
他的 键 盘坏了一个 键 。
Tā de jiànpán huài le yí ge jiàn.
One key on his keyboard is broken.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 键盘
这个 键 盘用起来很舒服。
Zhège jiànpán yòng qǐlái hěn shūfu.
This keyboard is comfortable to use.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 键盘
这是整个流程中最关 键 的环节。
Zhè shì zhěnggè liúchéng zhōng zuì guānjiàn de huánjié.
This is the most crucial link in the whole process.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 环节
关 键 时刻的果断挽救了整个项目。
Guānjiàn shíkè de guǒduàn wǎnjiù le zhěnggè xiàngmù.
Decisiveness at the critical moment saved the whole project.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 果断
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Words that contain 键
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 键
How is 键 used in a sentence?
This page shows 6 sentences using 键 (jiàn, "Key"), 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 键 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 键 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 键?
The dictionary page for 键 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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