接jiēto meet; to answer (a call)
How 接 is written
Stroke order matters: it sets the proportions of the character and how a reader will parse it. In the trainer these same boxes reject a stroke drawn out of turn.
Examples
请接电话。
Qǐng jiē diànhuà.
Please answer the phone.
- 请qǐngto ask
- 接jiēto meet; to answer (a call)
- 电diànelectricity
- 话huàspeech; words
我去机场接朋友。
Wǒ qù jīchǎng jiē péngyou.
I am going to the airport to meet a friend.
- 我wǒI
- 去qùto go
- 机场jīchǎngairport
- 接jiēto meet; to answer (a call)
- 朋友péngyoufriend
Not to be confused with
Characters that look or sound alike. The trainer mixes them into the answer options for exactly that reason — so the difference sticks.
- 借jièto borrow; to lend
- 节jiéfestival; joint
- 戒