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戒

jiè

B1 Level 5
Verb

戒 (jiè) is a Chinese word meaning “to guard against”. It sits at TOCFL Level 5 (CEFR B1) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard.

Definition

  1. to guard against
  2. to exhort
  3. to admonish or warn
  4. to give up or stop doing sth
  5. Buddhist monastic discipline
  6. ring (for a finger)

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Example

為了健康，他決定戒菸。

For his health, he decided to quit smoking.

Related words at this level

解開解渴解說屆藉口借用戒指禁不住

Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).