jie

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See also jiē, jié, jiě, and jiè

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[edit] Lithuanian

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Pronoun

jie m. pl.

  1. (third-person masculine plural) they

[edit] Declension


[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Noun

jie (Pinyin jie1, traditional and simplified )

  1. street

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Pinyin

jie (form of jie0 or jie5)

  1. :
  2. : ashamed
  3. : to entertain, feast; a feast, banquet

[edit] Pinyin syllable

jie

  1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of four tones, jiē, jié, jiě, or jiè.

[edit] Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.