Chinese Word: 決 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

決 (Simplified: 决)HSK 3

Pinyin: jué

English Definition: to decide; to determine; to execute (sb); (of a dam etc) to breach or burst; definitely; certainly

Chinese Definition:
①排除阻塞物，疏通水道：“禹決江疏河”。
②堤岸被水衝開：決口。潰決。
③斷定，拿定主意：決定。決斷。決計。決然。決勝。決議。猶豫不決。
④一定(用在否定詞前)：決不後退。
⑤決定最後勝敗：決賽。決戰。
⑥執行死刑：處決。槍決。

Total strokes: 7; Radical: 水

Pictophonetic: 氵 indicates the sound; 夬 (decisive) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

Similar Characters: 决

決定	jué dìng	to decide (to do something); to resolve; decision; Classifiers: 个 ; certainly	HSK 3
決心	jué xīn	determination; resolution; determined; firm and resolute; to make up one's mind; Classifiers: 个	HSK 5
決策	jué cè	strategic decision; decision-making; policy decision; to determine policy	HSK 6

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1		guān jiàn 關鍵 shí kè 時刻 de 的 jué dìng 決定 Decisions at a crucial moment
2		tā 他 jué dìng 決定 bú zài 不再 huí lai 回來 le 了。 He decided that he would never come back again.
3		wǒ 我 yǐ jīng 已經 zuò chū 做出 le 了 jué dìng 決定。 I have already made a decision.
4		zhè 這 yī 一 jué dìng 決定 lìng rén 令人 yì wài 意外。 This decision is unexpected.
5		zhè ge 這個 wèn tí 問題 gāi 該 zěn me 怎麼 jiě jué 解決？ How should we solve this problem?

1		guān jiàn 關鍵 shí kè 時刻 de 的 jué dìng 決定 Decisions at a crucial moment
2		tā 他 jué dìng 決定 bú zài 不再 huí lai 回來 le 了。 He decided that he would never come back again.
3		wǒ 我 yǐ jīng 已經 zuò chū 做出 le 了 jué dìng 決定。 I have already made a decision.
4		zhè 這 yī 一 jué dìng 決定 lìng rén 令人 yì wài 意外。 This decision is unexpected.
5		zhè ge 這個 wèn tí 問題 gāi 該 zěn me 怎麼 jiě jué 解決？ How should we solve this problem?