接着

Character by character

• 接jiē11 strokesHSK 2receive; continue; catch; connect
• 着zhe12 strokesHSK 1 traditional 著make move, take action

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 接着. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 着zheHSK 1

  aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state

• 接jiēHSK 2

  to receive; to answer (the phone); to meet or welcome sb; to connect; to catch; to join; to extend; to take one's turn on duty; to take over for sb

• 接受jiē shòuHSK 2

  to accept; to receive

• 直接zhí jiēHSK 2

  direct (opposite: indirect 间接); immediate; straightforward

• 意味着yì wèi zheHSK 5

  to signify; to mean; to imply

• 接到jiē dàoHSK 2

  to receive (letter etc)

• 接近jiē jìnHSK 3

  to approach; to get close to

• 接触jiē chùHSK 5

  to touch; to contact; access; in touch with

• 有着yǒu zheHSK 5

  to have; to possess

• 睡着shuì zháoHSK 4

  to fall asleep

• 接下来jiē xià láiHSK 2

  to accept; to take; next; following

• 穿着chuān zhuóHSK 7

  attire; clothes; dress

• 随着suí zheHSK 5

  along with; in the wake of; following

• 连接lián jiēHSK 5

  to link; to join; to connect

• 沿着yán zheHSK 6

  to go along; to follow

• 迎接yíng jiēHSK 3

  to welcome; to greet

• 着急zháo jíHSK 4

  to worry; to feel anxious; to feel a sense of urgency; to be in a hurry; Taiwan pr. [zhāo jí]

• 着手zhuó shǒuHSK 7

  to put one's hand to it; to start out on a task; to set out

• 接收jiē shōuHSK 6

  reception (of transmitted signal); to receive; to accept; to admit; to take over (e.g. a factory); to expropriate

• 接待jiē dàiHSK 3

  to receive (a visitor); to admit (allow sb to enter)

• 顺着shùn zheHSK 7

  to follow; following; along

• 朝着cháo zheHSK 7

  towards

• 怀着huáizheHSK 7

  Be with

• 着想zhuó xiǎngHSK 7

  to give thought (to others); to consider (other people's needs); also pr. [zháo xiǎng]