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Chieh

Chieh is the alternative form of Jie.

Meaning of Jie

Noun

Jie pl (plural only)

  1. (historical, plural, plural-only) An ancient tribe of northern China, who were regarded as one of the Five Barbarians by the Han people.
    Synonyms:
    Kjet

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Origin of Chieh

Borrowed from the Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 羯 (Jié): Chieh².

Questions about Chieh

What is Chieh the alternative form of?
Chieh is the alternative form of Jie.

Words near Chieh in the dictionary

  1. chieftains
  2. chieftainship
  3. chieftainships
  4. chieftess
  5. chieftesses
  6. Chieh
  7. Chieh-yang
  8. Chiehhsiu
  9. Chiehmo
  10. Chiehshih
  11. Chieko

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Chieh (page history and authors); Jie (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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