HSK · Level 67
75 words
Chinese word
届
Pronunciation
Pinyinjiè
Meaning
- measure wordedition
Example
我们参加了第四届比赛。wǒ men cān jiā le dì sì jiè bǐ sài
We participated in the fourth edition of the competition.
More examples
去年上届会议讨论了这个问题。qù nián shàng jiè huì yì tǎo lùn le zhè ge wèn tí
The previous meeting last year discussed this issue.
Core concept
One officially scheduled occurrence in a repeating series of events.
Common phrases
第一届大会dì yí jiè dà huì
first conference
上届会议shàng jiè huì yì
previous meeting
第四届比赛dì sì jiè bǐ sài
fourth edition of the competition
Similar words
次cì: Counts the number of times a common action or event occurs.
场chǎng: Counts a single match, film showing, performance, or similar event.
回huí: Counts an occurrence of an action or event.
趟tàng: Counts each trip made by a person or object, including a trip there and back.
Definition in Chinese
作量词，表示会议、比赛、典礼等按届次举行的次数，常与“第+数字+届”连用来表示第几次举办。zuò liàng cí biǎo shì huì yì bǐ sài dián lǐ děng àn jiè cì jǔ xíng de cì shù cháng yǔ dì shù zì jiè lián yòng lái biǎo shì dì jǐ cì jǔ bàn
Word origin
届 (jiè, "reach") originally referred to arriving or reaching; its measure-word use treats each new scheduled event as another arrival in the sequence.
Usage tips
- In formal event names, the ordinal number comes directly before this measure word, which forms part of the event's official numbering rather than standing alone.
Other meanings
- sessionmeasure word
- termmeasure word