Chinese word dictionary

缴械

jiǎo xiè · to disarm; (of an enemy) to lay down one's weapons; to surrender

Practice word

Word information

Simplified缴械

Traditional繳械

Pinyinjiǎo xiè

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

缴jiǎo

to deliver, to submit, to hand over

械xiè

weapons; tools; instruments

How to learn 缴械

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Words with the same characters

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机械jīxiè

machine; machinery; mechanical; (old) cunning; scheming

缴纳jiǎonà

to pay (taxes etc)

器械qìxiè

apparatus; instrument; equipment; weapon

上缴shàng jiǎo

to transfer (income, profits etc) to higher authorities

缴交jiǎo jiāo

to hand in; to hand over; to pay (a fee etc)

收缴shōu jiǎo

to recover (illegally obtained property); to seize; to capture