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title: "Jiejing Meaning: 洁净 (clean) or 结晶 (crystal)?"
description: "洁净 (traditional 潔淨, jiéjìng) means “clean; spotless”. Not the jiejing you heard? See 结晶, 捷径. Hear its tones, see what 洁 and 净 each mean and a real sentence that uses it."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/jiejing"
published: "2026-10-21"
updated: "2026-11-06"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
---

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# What does 洁净 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

洁净 jiéjìng

## clean; spotless

## Its characters

1. 洁 jié clean
2. 净 jìng clean

## In a sentence

医院的病房非常洁净。 The hospital wards are spotlessly clean.

[More about 洁净](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%B4%81%E5%87%80)

## Other words said jiejing

- [结晶jiéjīngcrystal](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E7%BB%93%E6%99%B6)
- [捷径jiéjìngshortcut](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%8D%B7%E5%BE%84)

## More words with 洁 or 净

- [纯洁 chúnjié](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/chunjie)
- [干净 gānjìng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/ganjing)
- [净化 jìnghuà](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/jinghua)
- [清洁 qīngjié](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/qingjie)
- [整洁 zhěngjié](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/zhengjie)

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