Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jie

/d͡ʒjɛ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.73 in modern English

Syllables: jie
IPA: /d͡ʒjɛ/

10

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An ancient tribe of northern China, who were regarded as one of the Five Barbarians by the Han people.

name

The language spoken by the Jie people, attested only in a fragment in the Book of Jin.

Etymology

Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 羯 (Jié), from Middle Chinese 羯 (kjot), itself borrowed from Jie.

Word Breakdown

Root: -, ^羯, 羯

Inflected Forms

Chieh (alternative)

Synonyms

Kjet

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce jie?: The recorded pronunciation is /d͡ʒjɛ/.
What does jie mean?: An ancient tribe of northern China, who were regarded as one of the Five Barbarians by the Han people.
Where does jie come from?: Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 羯 (Jié), from Middle Chinese 羯 (kjot), itself borrowed from Jie.

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