VocabularyHSK 3 · core

结束

jiéshù

to end

Part of speech · verb

Pattern visualization

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Examples

电影结束了。
The movie ended.
会议结束之后。
After the meeting ends.

Collocations

结束了结束之后正式结束

Mnemonic

结束 jiéshù "to end" — 结 (tie, traditional 結) + 束 (bundle, conclude). False friend across CJK: ZH 结束 = "end / conclude", but JA/KO 結束 (kessoku / gyeolsok) = "solidarity / unity". Same characters, different sense.

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