节
jié
joint; node
(bound form) section; segment; solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar); seasonal festival; (bound form) to economize; to save; (bound form) moral integrity; chastity; classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc; knot (nautical miles per hour)
a picture of 节 → the joint where a bamboo stalk segments
Bamboo nodes are perhaps the most vivid natural example of a joint dividing one section from the next. From that concrete image, 节 extends to any division point — a lesson, a festival marking a turn in the calendar, or the moral 'spine' of a person.
这节课我们学了很多新单词。
zhè jié kè wǒ men xué le hěn duō xīn dān cí。
In this lesson we learned many new words.
竹子每隔一段就有一个节。
zhú zi měi gé yī duàn jiù yǒu yī gè jié。
Bamboo has a joint at every interval.
Words with 节
枝节
zhī jié
branches and knots
劳动节
láo dòng jié
International Labor Day (May Day)
植树节
zhí shù jié
Arbor Day (March 12th), also known as National Tree Planting Day 全民義務植樹日|全民义务植树日[Quan2 min2 Yi4 wu4 Zhi2 shu4 ri4]
节子
jiē zi
gnarl
父亲节
fù qīn jié
Father's Day
节略
jié lüè
abbreviation
七夕节
qī xī jié
girls' festival
季节性
jì jié xìng
seasonal
节食
jié shí
to save food
奉节县
fèng jié xiàn
Fengjie, a county in Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4]
勤俭节约
qín jiǎn jié yuē
(idiom) diligent and thrifty
泼水节
pō shuǐ jié
Songkran (Thai New Year)