節節

Chinese

		festival; section; segment festival; section; segment; point; part; to economize; to save; temperate	festival; section; segment festival; section; segment; point; part; to economize; to save; temperate
trad. (節節)		節	節
simp. (节节)		节	节

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiéjié

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zit³ zit³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiéjié
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiéjié
    • Wade–Giles: chieh²-chieh²
    • Yale: jyé-jyé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyejye
    • Palladius: цзецзе (czecze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 孑孑 節節／节节 結節／结节

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zit³ zit³
    • Yale: jit jit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzit⁸ dzit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: jid³ jid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːt̚³ t͡siːt̚³/

Adverb

節節

1. one after another; step by step; little by little; successively; steadily

   • 為著節節抵抗以求消耗敵人和爭取餘裕時間之目的，而採取半陣地性的所謂「運動性的防禦」，更是屬於運動戰的必要部分。 [MSC, trad.]
     为着节节抵抗以求消耗敌人和争取余裕时间之目的，而采取半阵地性的所谓「运动性的防御」，更是属于运动战的必要部分。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1938, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論持久戰》 (On Protracted War), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Wèizhe jiéjié dǐkàng yǐ qiú xiāohào dírén hé zhēngqǔ yúyù shíjiān zhī mùdì, ér cǎiqǔ bànzhèndìxìng de suǒwèi “yùndòngxìng de fángyù”, gèng shì shǔyú yùndòngzhàn de bìyào bùfen. [Pinyin]

     Semi-positional "mobile defence" is a still more essential part of mobile warfare undertaken for the purpose of resisting the enemy at every step, thereby depleting his forces and gaining extra time.