紧
接
着

Immediately afterwards in Chinese: 紧接着 (jǐn jiē zhe)

jǐn jiē zhe

immediately afterwards

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 緊接著1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1immediately afterwards
  2. 2shortly after that

Stroke order

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紧
接
着

Zhuyin

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ㄐㄧㄣˇ

jǐn

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄣ/ enˇ/ third tone

ㄐㄧㄝ

jiē

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄝ/ ê—/ first tone

˙ㄓㄜ

zhe

˙/ neutral toneㄓ/ zhㄜ/ e

Simplified & traditional

紧接着

Simplified

緊接著

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 他先做了自我介绍，紧接着开始演讲。

    tā xiān zuò le zì wǒ jiè shào， jǐn jiē zhe kāi shǐ yǎn jiǎng。

    He first introduced himself, and immediately afterwards began his speech.

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Related words

着

zhe

aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state

接

jiē

to receive

紧

jǐn

tight

着急

zháo jí

to worry

接受

jiē shòu

to accept

紧张

jǐn zhāng

nervous

随着

suí zhe

along with

直接

zhí jiē

direct (opposite: indirect 间接)

赶紧

gǎn jǐn

hurriedly

接触

jiē chù

to touch

接待

jiē dài

to receive (a visitor)

接近

jiē jìn

to approach

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