Chinese symbol for “preposition”
介词
jiè cí
Traditional: 介詞
preposition
The closest CC-CEDICT match for preposition is 介词 (jiè cí), defined as: preposition.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “preposition”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 介词.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 介绍 (介紹) | jiè shào | to introduce (sb to sb); to give a presentation |
| 简介 (簡介) | jiǎn jiè | summary; brief introduction |
| 介入 | jiè rù | to intervene; to get involved |
| 中介 | zhōng jiè | to act as intermediary; to link |
| 媒介 | méi jiè | intermediary; vehicle |
| 介于 (介於) | jiè yú | between; intermediate |
| 歌词 (歌詞) | gē cí | song lyric; lyrics |
| 词汇 (詞匯) | cí huì | variant of 词汇 (cí huì) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “preposition”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.