键

Key (on a piano or computer keyboard) in Chinese: 键 (jiàn)

jiàn

key (on a piano or computer keyboard)

HSK 3.0 Level 5Traditional: 鍵1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1key (on a piano or computer keyboard)
  2. 2button (on a mouse or other device)
  3. 3chemical bond
  4. 4linchpin

Stroke order

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键

Zhuyin

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ㄐㄧㄢˋ

jiàn

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄢ/ anˋ/ fourth tone

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键

Simplified

鍵

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 我按错了一个键，电脑就关机了。

    wǒ àn cuò le yí gè jiàn， diàn nǎo jiù guān jī le。

    I pressed the wrong key and the computer shut down.

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Related words

关键

guān jiàn

crucial point

键盘

jiàn pán

keyboard

按键

àn jiàn

button or key (on a device)

将

jiāng

will

将要

jiāng yào

will

奖励

jiǎng lì

to reward

交代

jiāo dài

to transfer (duties to sb else)

胶带

jiāo dài

adhesive tape

脚步

jiǎo bù

footstep

接连

jiē lián

on end

解除

jiě chú

to remove

戒

jiè

to guard against

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