📘 Intermediate — key word for HSK 3-4
Meaning
Classifier for sections, segments, lessons, and batteries.
🏮 Cultural Story
中文 Chinese
"节"本义是竹节，后来变成分段的代名词：一节课、两节电池、一节车厢。竹子一节一节，所以凡是一段一段的东西都用"节"——电池是一节一节的，车厢是一节一节的，连竹子本身也是"一节竹子"。一个量词，把整个分段世界收编了。
English
**节 (jié)** originally meant a bamboo joint, then became the symbol of "segmentation": 一节课, 两节电池, 一节车厢. Bamboo grows joint by joint, so anything in segments uses 节 — batteries, train cars, even bamboo itself is 一节竹子. One classifier, enlisting the entire segmented world.
💡 Memory Tip
节 is for sections or segments. A class period, a battery, a train car — all are 节.
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Classifier for sections, segments, lessons, and batteries.