jiézhì 截至 PREP by, up to
jié 捷 ADJ prompt, nimble, quick (See mǐnjié 敏 捷.)
jiě 姐 N same as 姐姐 jiějie
jiějie 姐姐 N elder sister ■ 我姐姐对我很好。Wǒ jiějie duì wǒ hěn hǎo. My elder sister is very nice
to me. ■ 你有没有姐姐？ Nǐ yǒu méiyǒu jiějie? Do you have an elder sister?
jiě 解 V untie, undo ■ 医生：请你把上衣解开，我 要听听你的心肺。Yīshēng: Qǐng nǐ bǎ shàngyī
jiě kāi, wǒ yào tīngting nǐ de xīnfèi. Doctor: Please undo your jacket. I want to listen to your heart
and lungs.
jiěchú 解除 V remove, relieve 解除职务 jiěchú zhíwù remove someone of his/ her post
jiědá 解答 [comp: 解 untie + 答 reply] V provide an answer, give an explanation ■ 这个问题谁会解
答？Zhè ge wèntí shuí huì jiědá? Who can answer this question?
jiěfàng 解放 [comp: 解 untie + 放 release] V set free, liberate, emancipate ■ 美国南北战争解放了 南
方的黑人。Měiguó nánběi zhànzhēng jiěfàngle nánfāng de hēirén. The American South-North
War (→ the American Civil War) emancipated Black people in the South.
jiěgù 解雇 [v+obj: 解 release + 雇 employment] V dismiss (an employee), discharge
jiějué 解决 [comp: 解 dissect + 决 finalize] V solve (a problem), settle (an issue) ■ 这个问题还 没有
解决。Zhè ge wèntí hái méiyǒu jiějué. This problem has not been resolved. ■ 要解决目前的 困
难，必须和各方面合作。Yào jiějué mùqián de kùnnán, bìxū hé gè fāngmiàn hézuò. We must
cooperate with all parties if the present difficulties are to be overcome.
jiěpōu 解剖 [comp: 解 dissect + 剖 cut open] V 1 dissect 2 analyze, probe
jiěsàn 解散 V dismiss, disband
jiěshì 解释 [comp: 解 untie + 释 clarify] V & N ex- plain, account for; explanation, interpretationn ■ 请你
解释一下这个句子。Qǐng nǐ jiěshì yíxià zhè ge jùzi. Please explain this sentence to me. ■ 对这
种现象，我有一个解释。Duì zhè zhǒng xiànxiàng, wǒ yǒu yí ge jiěshì. I have an explanation for
this phenomenon.
jiětǐ 解体 V disintegrate, fall apart
jiè 介 V intervene
jièshào 介绍 [comp: 介 intervene + 绍 connect] V introduce ■ 我来介绍一下，这位是李先生， 这位
是王小姐。Wǒ lái jièshào yíxià, zhè wèi shì Lǐ xiānsheng, zhè wèi shì Wáng xiǎojiě. Let me
introduce [the people here]. This is Mr Li. This is Miss Wang. ■ 你刚从中国回来，请你介绍一下
中 国的情况。Nǐ gāng cóng Zhōngguó huílai, qǐng nǐ jièshao yíxià Zhōngguó de qíngkuàng. As
you’ve just come back from China, please tell us something about the current situation in China.
jièshào rén 介绍人 N 1 matchmaker, go-between 2 sponsor (for membership in a club, a political party, an
association etc.)
jiè 届 MEASURE WORD (used for a conference or congress held at regular intervals, for graduating classes) ■
我是那个中学九九届的毕业生。Wǒ shì nà ge zhōngxué jiǔjiǔ jiè de bìyèshēng. I was a graduate
of the class of ’99 of that high school. ■ 第十届国际生物学大会将于十二月在新加坡举 行。Dì-
shì jiè guójì shēngwùxué dàhuì jiāng yú Shí’èr yuè zài Xīnjiāpō jǔxíng. The 10th International
Conference on Biology will be held in Singapore in December.
jiè 界 N realm (See shìjiè 世界.)
jièxiàn 界限 [comp: 界 boundary + 限 limit] N dividing line, limits
jiè 戒 V guard against
jièbèi 戒备 [comp: 戒 guard + 备 prepare] V take precaution, be on alert
jièzhi 戒指 N (finger) ring
jiè 借 V borrow, lend
NOTE: This verb may mean either borrow or lend, depending on the patterns in which it occurs: A 借给 B
... A jiègei B ... A lends B ..., e.g. ■ 他借给我一百元。Tā jiègei wǒ yìbǎi yuán. He lent me one hundred dollars.
A 向 B 借... A xiàng B jiè... A borrows ... from B ■ 我向他借了一百元。Wǒ xiàng tā jièle yìbǎi yuán. I borrowed
one hundred dollars from him.