How to pronounce jie shu (结束) in Chinese
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结束
jié shù
Characters & meanings
to tie; to conclude
surname Shu
Common mistake
Rising + falling (2-4): jié climbs (palatal j), then shù falls with the retroflex sh into a pure u — the rise-then-drop arc gives the word its sense of closure.
Example sentence
会议结束了。
Huìyì jiéshù le.
The meeting is over.
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