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结束

jié shù
HSK 2.0 Level 3 HSK 3.0 Level 3 Verb Very common

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Definitions

  1. 1. termination
  2. 2. to finish
  3. 3. to end
  4. 4. to conclude
  5. 5. to close

Word relationships

Antonyms

1 item
开始
kāi shǐ

to begin

结束 means 'to end', while 开始 means 'to begin'.

Related words

2 items
终止
zhōng zhǐ

to stop

终止 is a formal term for 'termination', often used in legal or contractual contexts.
停止
tíng zhǐ

to stop; to halt; to cease

停止 means 'to stop', but unlike 结束 it does not imply a natural conclusion.

Usage notes

Collocations

Commonly used with nouns like 会议 (meeting), 战争 (war), 活动 (event). Avoid using 结束 with small, personal actions like eating or reading.

Common mistakes

结束 cannot take a direct object indicating the thing finished; use 结束 + event, not 结束 + thing. For example, say 会议结束了 (The meeting ended), not 我结束了会议.

Example Sentences

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会议 结束 了。
The meeting ended.
演出圆满 结束 了。
The performance ended successfully.
失败并不意味着 结束 。
Failure doesn't mean the end.

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Words Containing 结束

未结束
wèi jié shù

unfinished

结束工作
jié shù gōng zuò

to finish work

结束语
jié shù yǔ

concluding remarks

行将结束
xíng jiāng jié shù

approaching the end

Child Words of 结束

束
shù

to bind

结
jiē

(of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds)

结
jié

knot