接
jiē HSK2

receive

接 jiē
receive verb
to receive, catch, or meet and welcome someone or something

我去机场接我的朋友。

wǒ qù jī​chǎng jiē wǒ de péng​you.

I am going to the airport to pick up my friend.

answer verb
to receive or answer a telephone call

他现在不方便接电话。

tā xiàn​zài bù fāng​biàn jiē diàn​huà.

It is not convenient for him to answer the phone right now.

take over verb
to take one's turn on duty or take over a role or task for someone

下周由他来接我的班。

xià​zhōu yóu tā lái jiē wǒ de bān.

He will take over my shift next week.

connect verb
to connect, join, or extend

把这两根绳子接起来。

bǎ zhè liǎng gēn shéng​zi jiē qi​lai.

Tie these two ropes together.

Frequency
Character
Written text
247th most common 906.8 per million
Movie subtitles
222nd most common 792.3 per million appears in 96% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
327.0 per million appears in 67% of films
Written text
230.3 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Strokes
11
Unicode
U+63A5

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)