接
Meaning
- to receive
- to answer (the phone)
- to meet or welcome sb
Example sentence
接一下电话。
Pick up the phone.
The character 接
接 is 扌, a hand, beside 妾: taking what is handed across. To receive — 接电话, 接到 — to meet someone off a train, 接人 — and to join: 接着, 直接, 接近.
Words containing 接
- 接到 jiē dào to receive (letter etc)
- 接受 jiē shòu to accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc); to acquiesce
- 接下来 jiē xià lái to accept
- 接着 jiē zhe to catch and hold on
- 直接 zhí jiē direct (opposite: indirect 间接)
- 接待 jiē dài to receive; to entertain; to host (guests, visitors or clients)
- 接近 jiē jìn to approach; to get close to
- 迎接 yíng jiē to welcome; to greet