際
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jì · border, boundary, juncture

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13Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 際

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Example sentences

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Tā kàn qǐ lái bǐ tā de shí jì nián líng dà.他看起來比他的實際年齡大。

He looks old for his age.

Source: Tatoeba #848220 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā de shí jì nián líng bǐ tā kàn qǐ lái lǎo dé duō.他的實際年齡比他看起來老得多。

He is much older than he looks.

Source: Tatoeba #881178 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā zài wǎng jì wǎng lùshang, suǒ yǐ tā yí dìng shì zhēn shí de.它在網際網路上,所以它一定是真實的。

It's in the internet, so it must be true.

Source: Tatoeba #816899 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zhè gè nán hái shí jì shàng shì yào qù zuò.這個男孩實際上是要去做。

The boy actually was going to do it.

Source: Tatoeba #770211 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ qù nà gè pài duì chún cuì shì wéi le jiāo jì.我去那個派對純粹是為了交際。

I attended the party just to be sociable.

Source: Tatoeba #346087 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā zài yào jié hūn zhī jì jué dìng huán shì bù jié hūn le.他在要結婚之際決定還是不結婚了。

Shortly before his wedding, he decided not to get married.

Source: Tatoeba #10518599 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Turn reference into recall

How to study 際 in context

  1. Say jì, then recall the core meaning: border, boundary, juncture.
  2. Write all 13 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 際 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.