festival; holiday; node; joint; section; segment; part; to economize; to save; to abridge; moral integrity; classifier for segments, e.g. lessons, train wagons, biblical verses
betrayal; defection; turncoat; to change sides politically
薄弱环节薄弱環節bo2 ruo4 huan2 jie2
weak link; loophole
不拘小节不拘小節bu4 ju1 xiao3 jie2
to not bother about trifles (idiom)
重复节重複節chong2 fu4 jie2
repeated segment (networking)
重阳节重陽節chong2 yang2 jie2
Double Ninth or Yang Festival; 9th day of 9th lunar month
春节春節chun1 jie2
Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)
春节联欢晚会春節聯歡晚會chun1 jie2 lian2 huan1 wan3 hui4
CCTV New Year's Gala, Chinese New Year special; abbr. to 春晚
大节大節da4 jie2
major festival; important matter; major principle; high moral character
大斋节大齋節da4 zhai1 jie2
great fast; Christian lent
单音节單音節dan1 yin1 jie2
monosyllabic; a monosyllable
灯节燈節deng1 jie2
the Lantern Festival (15th of first month of lunar calendar)
电视节目電視節目dian4 shi4 jie2 mu4
television program
电影节電影節dian4 ying3 jie2
film festival
冬节冬節dong1 jie2
see 冬至
端午节端午節duan1 wu3 jie2
Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month)
端阳节端陽節duan1 yang2 jie2
see 端午節|端午节
多音节词多音節詞duo1 yin1 jie2 ci2
polysyllabic word; Chinese word made up of three or more characters
多字节多字節duo1 zi4 jie2
multibyte
剁手节剁手節duo4 shou3 jie2
(jocularly) a day of frenetic online spending, such as Singles' Day
二节棍二節棍er4 jie2 gun4
nunchaku (weapon with two rods joined by a short chain, used in martial arts)
二十四节气二十四節氣er4 shi2 si4 jie2 qi5
the 24 solar terms, calculated from the position of the sun on the ecliptic, that divide the year into 24 equal periods
繁文缛节繁文縟節fan2 wen2 ru4 jie2
convoluted and overelaborate (document); unnecessarily elaborate writing; mumbo-jumbo
分节分節fen1 jie2
segmented
风湿关节炎風濕關節炎feng1 shi1 guan1 jie2 yan2
rheumatoid arthritis
风湿性关节炎風濕性關節炎feng1 shi1 xing4 guan1 jie2 yan2
rheumatoid arthritis
封斋节封齋節feng1 zhai1 jie2
Lent
逢年过节逢年過節feng2 nian2 guo4 jie2
at the Chinese New Year or other festivities
奉节奉節feng4 jie2
Fengjie county in Wanzhou suburbs of north Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan
奉节县奉節縣feng4 jie2 xian4
Fengjie County in Wanzhou suburbs of north Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan
复活节復活節fu4 huo2 jie2
Easter
复活节岛復活節島fu4 huo2 jie2 dao3
Easter Island
妇女节婦女節fu4 nv3 jie2
International Women's Day (March 8)
父亲节父親節fu4 qin1 jie2
Father's Day
感恩节感恩節gan3 en1 jie2
Thanksgiving Day
高风峻节高風峻節gao1 feng1 jun4 jie2
a high class upright character (idiom)
高风亮节高風亮節gao1 feng1 liang4 jie2
of noble character and unquestionable integrity (idiom)
恭贺佳节恭賀佳節gong1 he4 jia1 jie2
season's greetings (idiom)
宫内节育器宮內節育器gong1 nei4 jie2 yu4 qi4
intrauterine device (IUD)
箍节儿箍節兒gu1 jie5 er5
short length; small section or portion
古尔邦节古爾邦節gu3 er3 bang1 jie2
Eid al-Adha or Festival of the Sacrifice (Qurban), celebrated on the 10th day of the 12th month of the Islamic calendar
骨关节炎骨關節炎gu3 guan1 jie2 yan2
osteoarthritis
骨节骨節gu3 jie2
joint (of the skeleton)
骨头节儿骨頭節兒gu3 tou5 jie2 er5
joint (of the skeleton)
关节關節guan1 jie2
joint (physiology); key point; critical phase
关节面關節面guan1 jie2 mian4
articular facet (anatomy); surface in joint
关节囊關節囊guan1 jie2 nang2
articular capsule (of joint such as knee in anatomy)
关节腔關節腔guan1 jie2 qiang1
articular cavity; joint cavity
关节炎關節炎guan1 jie2 yan2
arthritis
光棍节光棍節guang1 gun4 jie2
Singles' Day, celebrated on November 11 (11⁄11)
光明节光明節guang1 ming2 jie2
Hanukkah (Chanukah), 8 day Jewish holiday starting on the 25th day of Kislev (can occur from late Nov up to late Dec on Gregorian calendar); also called 哈努卡節|哈努卡节 and simply 哈努卡
广播节目廣播節目guang3 bo1 jie2 mu4
radio program; broadcast schedule
国际儿童节國際兒童節guo2 ji4 er2 tong2 jie2
International Children's Day (June 1)
国际妇女节國際婦女節guo2 ji4 fu4 nv3 jie2
International Women's Day (March 8)
国际劳动节國際勞動節guo2 ji4 lao2 dong4 jie2
May Day; International Labor Day (May 1)
国庆节國慶節guo2 qing4 jie2
PRC National Day (October 1st)
过节過節guo4 jie2
to celebrate a festival; after the celebrations (i.e. once the festival is over)
过节儿過節兒guo4 jie2 er5
(coll.) grudge; strife; good manners
哈努卡节哈努卡節ha1 nu3 ka3 jie2
Hanukkah (Chanukah), 8 day Jewish holiday starting on the 25th day of Kislev (can occur from late Nov up to late Dec on Gregorian calendar); also called 光明節|光明节 and simply 哈努卡
横生枝节橫生枝節heng2 sheng1 zhi1 jie2
to deliberately complicate an issue (idiom)
呼吸调节器呼吸調節器hu1 xi1 tiao2 jie2 qi4
regulator (diving)
花朝节花朝節hua1 zhao1 jie2
Birthday of the Flowers, spring festival on lunar 12th or 15th February
Corpus Christi (Catholic festival on second Thursday after Whit Sunday)
吉字节吉字節ji2 zi4 jie2
gigabyte (2^30 or approximately a billion bytes)
季节季節ji4 jie2
time; season; period
季节性季節性ji4 jie2 xing4
seasonal
佳节佳節jia1 jie2
festive day; holiday
建党节建黨節jian4 dang3 jie2
CPC Founding Day (July 1st)
建军节建軍節jian4 jun1 jie2
Army Day (August 1)
降临节降臨節jiang4 lin2 jie2
Advent (Christian period of 4 weeks before Christmas)
教师节教師節jiao4 shi1 jie2
Teachers' Day (September 10th in PRC and Confucius's birthday, September 28th in Taiwan)
节骨眼節骨眼jie1 gu5 yan3
(dialect) critical juncture; crucial moment; Taiwan pr.
节骨眼儿節骨眼兒jie1 gu5 yan3 er5
erhua variant of 節骨眼|节骨眼
节子節子jie1 zi5
gnarl; knot
节哀顺变節哀順變jie2 ai1 shun4 bian4
restrain your grief, accept fate (condolence phrase)
节疤節疤jie2 ba1
gnarl; knot
节本節本jie2 ben3
abridged version
节操節操jie2 cao1
integrity; moral principle
节点節點jie2 dian3
node
节电節電jie2 dian4
to save electricity; power saving
节度使節度使jie2 du4 shi3
Tang and Song dynasty provincial governor, in Tang times having military and civil authority, but only civil authority in Song
节候節候jie2 hou4
season; time of year
节假日節假日jie2 jia4 ri4
public holiday
节间節間jie2 jian1
between joints
节俭節儉jie2 jian3
frugal; economical
结节結節jie2 jie2
nodule; tubercle
节节節節jie2 jie2
step by step; little by little
节烈節烈jie2 lie4
(of a woman) indomitably chaste
节流節流jie2 liu2
to control flow; to choke; weir valve; a throttle; a choke
节瘤節瘤jie2 liu2
knot (in wood)
节流阀節流閥jie2 liu2 fa2
a throttle
节流踏板節流踏板jie2 liu2 ta4 ban3
throttle pedal; accelerator
节录節錄jie2 lu4
to extract; to excerpt; excerpt
节律節律jie2 lv4
rhythm; pace
节略節略jie2 lve4
abbreviation
节略本節略本jie2 lve4 ben3
abridged version
节目節目jie2 mu4
program; item (on a program)
节能節能jie2 neng2
to save energy; energy-saving
节能灯節能燈jie2 neng2 deng1
compact fluorescent lamp (CFL)
节拍節拍jie2 pai1
beat (music); meter
节拍器節拍器jie2 pai1 qi4
metronome
节期節期jie2 qi1
festival season
节气门節氣門jie2 qi4 men2
throttle
节气節氣jie2 qi5
solar term
节庆節慶jie2 qing4
festival
节日節日jie2 ri4
holiday; festival
节上生枝節上生枝jie2 shang4 sheng1 zhi1
a new branch grows out of a knot (idiom); fig. side issues keep arising
节省節省jie2 sheng3
saving; to save; to use sparingly; to cut down on
节食節食jie2 shi2
to save food; to go on a diet
节水節水jie2 shui3
to save water
节外生枝節外生枝jie2 wai4 sheng1 zhi1
a new branch grows out of a knot (idiom); fig. side issues keep arising
节选節選jie2 xuan3
excerpt; selection (from a book); to select; to choose an extract
节衣缩食節衣縮食jie2 yi1 suo1 shi2
to save on food and clothing (idiom); to live frugally
节油節油jie2 you2
to economize on gasoline; fuel-efficient
节余節餘jie2 yu2
to save; savings
节育節育jie2 yu4
to practice birth control
节约節約jie2 yue1
to economize; to conserve (resources); economy; frugal
节支節支jie2 zhi1
to save on expenditure
节肢动物節肢動物jie2 zhi1 dong4 wu4
arthropod
节支动物節支動物jie2 zhi1 dong4 wu4
arthropod
节肢介体病毒節肢介體病毒jie2 zhi1 jie4 ti3 bing4 du2
arbovirus
节制節制jie2 zhi4
to control; to restrict; to moderate; to temper; moderation; sobriety; to administer
节奏節奏jie2 zou4
rhythm; tempo; musical pulse; cadence; beat
节奏布鲁斯節奏布魯斯jie2 zou4 bu4 lu3 si1
Rhythm and Blues R&B
节奏口技節奏口技jie2 zou4 kou3 ji4
beatboxing
节足动物節足動物jie2 zu2 dong4 wu4
arthropod, segmented animals with jointed limbs; same as 節肢動物|节肢动物
筋节筋節jin1 jie2
lit. muscles and joints; by ext. the relations between parts in a speech, composition etc
开源节流開源節流kai1 yuan2 jie2 liu2
lit. to open a water source and reduce outflow (idiom); to increase income and save on spending; to broaden the sources of income and economize on expenditure
开斋节開齋節kai1 zhai1 jie2
Eid al-Fitr or Feast of Breaking the Fast, celebrated on the last day of Ramadan
空气调节空氣調節kong1 qi4 tiao2 jie2
air conditioning
髋关节髖關節kuan1 guan1 jie2
pelvis; hip joint
狂欢节狂歡節kuang2 huan1 jie2
carnival
腊八节臘八節la4 ba1 jie2
Laba rice porridge festival, on the 8th day of the 12th lunar month
劳动节勞動節lao2 dong4 jie2
International Labor Day (May Day)
嫠节嫠節li2 jie2
chastity of a widow (old usage)
礼节禮節li3 jie2
etiquette
厉行节约厲行節約li4 xing2 jie2 yue1
to practice strict economy (idiom)
两节棍兩節棍liang3 jie2 gun4
nunchaku
令节令節ling4 jie2
festive season; happy time; noble principle
六一儿童节六一兒童節liu4 yi1 er2 tong2 jie2
Children's Day (June 1st), PRC national holiday for children under 14
买关节買關節mai3 guan1 jie2
to offer a bribe
卖关节賣關節mai4 guan1 jie2
to solicit a bribe; to accept a bribe
每逢佳节倍思亲每逢佳節倍思親mei3 feng2 jia1 jie2 bei4 si1 qin1
doubly homesick for our dear ones at each festive day (from a poem by Wang Wei 王維|王维)
名节名節ming2 jie2
reputation and integrity
末节末節mo4 jie2
inessentials; minor detail
母亲节母親節mu3 qin1 jie2
Mother's Day
木节木節mu4 jie2
gnarl; knag
牧神节牧神節mu4 shen2 jie2
Lupercalia, Roman festival to Pan on 15th February
年节年節nian2 jie2
the New Year festival
蟠根错节蟠根錯節pan2 gen1 cuo4 jie2
variant of 盤根錯節|盘根错节
盘根错节盤根錯節pan2 gen1 cuo4 jie2
twisted roots and intertwined joints (idiom); complicated and very tricky; knotty and deeply-rooted difficulties
配种季节配種季節pei4 zhong3 ji4 jie2
breeding season
啤酒节啤酒節pi2 jiu3 jie2
Beer Festival
品节品節pin3 jie2
character; integrity
泼水节潑水節po1 shui3 jie2
Songkran (Thai New Year)
七夕节七夕節qi1 xi1 jie2
Qixi Festival or Double Seven Festival on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month; girls' festival; Chinese Valentine's day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女 are allowed their annual meeting
气节氣節qi4 jie2
moral integrity; unflinching righteousness
千字节千字節qian1 zi4 jie2
kilobyte
勤俭节约勤儉節約qin2 jian3 jie2 yue1
diligent and thrifty (idiom)
擒人节擒人節qin2 ren2 jie2
(jocularly) Valentine's Day, referring to the rising number of extramarrital affairs being discovered on that day
清风劲节清風勁節qing1 feng1 jing4 jie2
pure and high-minded (idiom)
清明节清明節qing1 ming2 jie2
Qingming or Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day, celebration for the dead (in early April)
青年节青年節qing1 nian2 jie2
Youth Day (May 4th), PRC national holiday for youths of 14 and upwards
清谈节目清談節目qing1 tan2 jie2 mu4
talk show
情节情節qing2 jie2
plot; circumstances
情人节情人節qing2 ren2 jie2
Valentine's Day
全节流全節流quan2 jie2 liu2
full throttle; top speed
日光节约时日光節約時ri4 guang1 jie2 yue1 shi2
daylight saving time
肉孜节肉孜節rou4 zi1 jie2
see 開齋節|开斋节
萨噶达娃节薩噶達娃節sa4 ga2 da2 wa2 jie2
Tibetan festival on 15th April marking Sakyamuni's birthday
删节刪節shan1 jie2
to abridge; to cut a text down to size for publication
圣诞节聖誕節sheng4 dan4 jie2
Christmas time; Christmas season; Christmas
圣佛明节聖佛明節sheng4 fo2 ming2 jie2
Fiesta de Saint Fermin, festival held annually in Pamplona, Spain
圣灰节聖灰節sheng4 hui1 jie2
Ash Wednesday (first day of Lent)
圣母升天节聖母升天節sheng4 mu3 sheng1 tian1 jie2
Assumption of the Virgin Mary (Christian festival on 15th August)
圣体节聖體節sheng4 ti3 jie2
Corpus Christi (Catholic festival on second Thursday after Whit Sunday)
圣心节聖心節sheng4 xin1 jie2
Feast of the Sacred Heart
圣烛节聖燭節sheng4 zhu2 jie2
Candlemas (Christian Festival on 2nd February)
失节失節shi1 jie2
to be disloyal (to one's country, spouse etc); to lose one's chastity
时节時節shi2 jie2
season; time
使节使節shi3 jie2
(diplomatic) envoy
使节团使節團shi3 jie2 tuan2
a diplomatic group; a delegation
视频节目視頻節目shi4 pin2 jie2 mu4
video program
收获节收穫節shou1 huo4 jie2
harvest festival
守节守節shou3 jie2
faithful (to the memory of betrothed); constant (of widow who remains unmarried)
双节棍雙節棍shuang1 jie2 gun4
nunchaku
双节棍道雙節棍道shuang1 jie2 gun4 dao4
nunchaku martial arts
双十节雙十節shuang1 shi2 jie2
Double Tenth, the anniversary of the Wuchang Uprising 武昌起義|武昌起义 of October 10th, 1911; (Taiwan) National Day
双音节雙音節shuang1 yin1 jie2
bisyllable
四旬节四旬節si4 xun2 jie2
First Sunday of Lent
松节油松節油song1 jie2 you2
turpentine
宋干节宋干節song4 gan1 jie2
Songkran (Thai New Year festival)
酸奶节酸奶節suan1 nai3 jie2
Lhasa Shoton festival or yogurt banquet, from first of July of Tibetan calendar
缩衣节食縮衣節食suo1 yi1 jie2 shi2
to economize on clothes and food; to scrimp and save (idiom)
天使报喜节天使報喜節tian1 shi3 bao4 xi3 jie2
Annunciation (Christian festival on 25th March); Lady day
调节調節tiao2 jie2
to adjust; to regulate; to harmonize; to reconcile (accountancy etc)
调节器調節器tiao2 jie2 qi4
regulator
通关节通關節tong1 guan1 jie2
to facilitate by means of bribery
屠妖节屠妖節tu2 yao1 jie2
Deepavali (Hindu festival)
退伍军人节退伍軍人節tui4 wu3 jun1 ren2 jie2
Veterans' Day
脱节脫節tuo1 jie2
to come apart
万灵节萬靈節wan4 ling2 jie2
All Saints' Day (Christian festival on 2nd November)
万圣节萬聖節wan4 sheng4 jie2
All Saints (Christian festival)
万圣节前夕萬聖節前夕wan4 sheng4 jie2 qian2 xi1
All Saints' Eve; Halloween
网路节点網路節點wang3 lu4 jie2 dian3
network node
网路节点介面網路節點介面wang3 lu4 jie2 dian3 jie4 mian4
network node interface
未删节版未刪節版wei4 shan1 jie2 ban3
unabridged edition; uncut edition
乌节路烏節路wu1 jie2 lu4
Orchard Road, Singapore (shopping and tourist area)
五旬节五旬節wu3 xun2 jie2
Pentecost
五月节五月節wu3 yue4 jie2
Dragon Boat Festival (the 5th day of the 5th lunar month)
细节細節xi4 jie2
details; particulars
细微末节細微末節xi4 wei1 mo4 jie2
tiny insignificant details; niceties
细枝末节細枝末節xi4 zhi1 mo4 jie2
minor details; trifles
小节小節xiao3 jie2
a minor matter; trivia; bar (music)
小节线小節線xiao3 jie2 xian4
barline (music)
谢肉节謝肉節xie4 rou4 jie2
carnival (esp. Christian)
新春佳节新春佳節xin1 chun1 jia1 jie2
Chinese New Year festivities
选秀节目選秀節目xuan3 xiu4 jie2 mu4
talent show; talent competition
雪顿节雪頓節xue3 dun4 jie2
Lhasa Shoton festival or yogurt banquet, from first of July of Tibetan calendar
循环节循環節xun2 huan2 jie2
recurring section of a rational decimal
殉节殉節xun4 jie2
to sacrifice one's life by loyalty (to one's prince, one's husband etc)
亚音节单位亞音節單位ya4 yin1 jie2 dan1 wei4
sub-syllabic unit
岩仓使节团岩倉使節團yan2 cang1 shi3 jie2 tuan2
the Iwakura mission (Japanese diplomatic and exploratory mission to US and Europe of 1871)
耶诞节耶誕節ye1 dan4 jie2
Christmas (Tw)
耶稣降临节耶穌降臨節ye1 su1 jiang4 lin2 jie2
Advent (Christian period of 4 weeks before Christmas)
耶稣升天节耶穌升天節ye1 su1 sheng1 tian1 jie2
Ascension Day (Christian festival forty days after Easter)
耶稣受难节耶穌受難節ye1 su1 shou4 nan4 jie2
Good Friday
一节诗一節詩yi1 jie2 shi1
stanza
仪节儀節yi2 jie2
etiquette; ceremonial protocol
艺术节藝術節yi4 shu4 jie2
arts festival
音节音節yin1 jie2
syllable
音节体音節體yin1 jie2 ti3
syllabic script
音乐节音樂節yin1 yue4 jie2
music festival
有节有節you3 jie2
segmented
有节制有節制you3 jie2 zhi4
temperate
愚人节愚人節yu2 ren2 jie2
April Fools' Day
逾越节逾越節yu2 yue4 jie2
Passover (Jewish holiday)
元宵节元宵節yuan2 xiao1 jie2
Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春節|春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar
宰牲节宰牲節zai3 sheng1 jie2
see 古爾邦節|古尔邦节
章节章節zhang1 jie2
chapter; section
兆字节兆字節zhao4 zi4 jie2
megabyte (2^20 or approximately a million bytes)
折节读书折節讀書zhe2 jie2 du2 shu1
to start reading furiously, contrary to previous habit (idiom)
贞节貞節zhen1 jie2
chastity; virginity (of women); moral integrity (of men); loyalty; constancy
贞节牌坊貞節牌坊zhen1 jie2 pai2 fang1
memorial arch in honor of a chaste widow
枝节枝節zhi1 jie2
branches and knots; fig. side issue; minor peripheral problem
枝节横生枝節橫生zhi1 jie2 heng2 sheng1
side issues keep arising (idiom)
植树节植樹節zhi2 shu4 jie2
Arbor Day (March 12th), also known as National Tree Planting Day 全民義務植樹日|全民义务植树日
指关节指關節zhi3 guan1 jie2
knuckle
中秋节中秋節zhong1 qiu1 jie2
the Mid-Autumn Festival on 15th of 8th lunar month
中元节中元節zhong1 yuan2 jie2
Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased