季节
HSK 3 (exam 2025)HSK 4 (2021)Old HSK 3
季节 (jìjié) · season
季节 (jìjié) means “season”. It is written with 2 characters: 季 (season) + 节 (measure word for classes). It is an HSK 3 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 季节 is built
The characters
季 jì · season
What 季 is made of
- 禾hé — cereal
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 木mù — tree
- 十 — ten
- 八bā — eight
- 子zǐ — child
- 了liǎo / le — finish
- 乛 — bent stroke
- 亅 — hook
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 了liǎo / le — finish
Origin hint: The time for planting seeds 子 of grain 禾 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
节 jié · measure word for classes
What 节 is made of
- 艹cǎo — grass
Origin hint: Simplified form of 節; sections of bamboo ⺮ (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
你最喜欢哪个季节？Nǐ zuì xǐhuan nǎge jìjié?Which season do you like best?
秋天是北京最好的季节。Qiūtiān shì Běijīng zuì hǎo de jìjié.Autumn is the best season in Beijing.
Questions about 季节
What does 季节 mean?
季节 (jìjié) means “season”.
How do you pronounce 季节?
季节 is pronounced jìjié.
Which HSK level is 季节?
季节 is in HSK 3 (exam 2025) and HSK 4 (2021) and Old HSK 3.
Related words
- 春季chūnjìspring (season)
- 冬季dōngjìwinter
- 季度jìdùquarter (of a year)
- 秋季qiūjìautumn
- 夏季xiàjìsummer
- 淡季dànjìoff season
- 季军jìjūnthird place
- 四季sìjìthe four seasons
- 季jìseason
- 春节ChūnjiéSpring Festival (Chinese New Year)
Learn 季节 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 67: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.