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杰出 (jié chū) — outstanding; remarkable; distinguished

Definition

杰出 means 'outstanding, distinguished' — used for people and their achievements, more formal than 出色 and stronger than 突出, which can also mean 'conspicuous'.

adjective
outstandingremarkabledistinguished

Examples

  • 杰出。
    Tā shì yí wèi jié chū de lǐng xiù.
    He is an outstanding leader.
  • 杰出。
    Tā de jié chū cái huá dé dào le dà jiā de rèn kě.
    Her remarkable talent has been recognized by everyone.
  • 杰出。
    Zhè xiàng jié chū chéng guǒ huò dé le guó jì dà jiǎng.
    This distinguished achievement won an international award.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
主谓zhǔwèiSubject + predicate

A small sentence frozen into a word: something, and what it does or is.

杰jiétalent
出chūsurpass

'杰' refers to talent and '出' means to surpass, so talent that surpasses is outstanding.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 傑; 杰 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
亻Written in full as人rénperson
Sound part声符shēngfú
桀
桀jié傑jié
Same sound today

The traditional form 傑 pairs 亻 (person) with 桀 as a sound part; the simplified 杰 is a later shorthand, so its current parts are not the original parts.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

出 combines 止 (foot) and 凵 (cave) to show a foot stepping out of a cave.

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