jie
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[edit] Lithuanian
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: [jæ]
[edit] Pronoun
jie m. pl.
- (third-person masculine plural) they
[edit] Declension
declension of jie
[edit] Mandarin
[edit] Noun
jie (Pinyin jie1, traditional and simplified 街)
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Pinyin
[edit] Pinyin syllable
jie
- 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.