结果
result; as a result
HSK level
- Pinyin
- jiéguǒ
- Part of speech
- noun
- Level
- HSK 4
- Strokes
- 17
- Register
- neutral
- Measure word
- 个
- In episodes
- 4
Stroke order for 结果
结果 is written with 17 strokes (结: 9, 果: 8). The animation replays automatically.
What does 结果 mean?
结果 (jiéguǒ) has two everyday roles.
As a noun it means "result, outcome, consequence" — 比赛结果 (the match result), 检查结果 (test results). As a connective at the start of a clause it means "as a result / in the end / but then," often introducing an outcome that is surprising or contrary to expectation: 我以为会赢，结果输了 ("I thought we'd win, but in the end we lost"). This narrative use is extremely common in speech.
The characters are 结 (to tie / form) and 果 (fruit), literally "the fruit that forms" — the outcome. Keep it distinct from 后果 (hòuguǒ), which is specifically a negative consequence, and from 效果 (xiàoguǒ), which is the effect or effectiveness of something. 结果 is neutral: a result can be good, bad, or simply what happened.
Note: Neutral. As a connective ("as it turned out") it is common in storytelling and speech.
Character by character
Memory hook: The 果 (fruit) that 结 (forms) at the end = the result.
Hear 结果 in real episodes
结果 appears in 4 Fluentide podcast episodes at natural native speed. Each sentence plays at the easiest difficulty it exists in — switch it to hear the same moment at your level, with full pinyin and English throughout.
首先，科学家对墙里的木头做了碳测年，结果显示，这道墙建于公元前两百年到公元前十年之间。
First, scientists carbon-dated wood from the wall, and the results show it was built between 200 BC and 10 BC.
A 2,000-Year-Old Wall Dug Up Under a Paris Hospital May Show Where Paris Began
他们说，有的人每天都看这些数字，结果越来越睡不好。
They said some people check these numbers every day and end up sleeping worse and worse.
The Economist's Joke Memo: A Company Tries to Fix Its Staff's Sleep, and Everything Goes Wrong
吉利里面的人对这个结果并不意外。
People inside Geely were not surprised by this outcome.
The Man Who Bought Volvo Just Handed His Carmaker to Someone Who Is Not Family
这不是坏了，这正是他们要的结果。
This is not a malfunction; it is exactly the result they were after.
MIT Built a Battery You Can Swallow. It Powered a Device Inside a Pig for Three Days, Then Dissolved.
Example sentences
考试结果明天公布。
Kǎoshì jiéguǒ míngtiān gōngbù.
The exam results come out tomorrow.
neutral
我们努力了，但没有结果。
Wǒmen nǔlì le, dàn méiyǒu jiéguǒ.
We tried hard, but it came to nothing.
spoken
他跑得太快，结果摔倒了。
Tā pǎo de tài kuài, jiéguǒ shuāidǎo le.
He ran too fast, and as a result he fell.
spoken
这个结果让所有人都很意外。
Zhège jiéguǒ ràng suǒyǒu rén dōu hěn yìwài.
This outcome surprised everyone.
neutral
Common phrases with 结果
Synonyms
后果 is a negative consequence you may have to answer for (承担后果, bear the consequences). 结果 is neutral — any outcome, good or bad.
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