| jié | (emperor of Xia dynasty)/cruel |
| 桀 | (emperor of Xia dynasty) cruel |
| 桀犬吠尧 | tyrant Jie's cur yapping at the sage |
| 桀王 | King Jie, the final ruler of the Xia dynasty (until c. 1600 BC), a notoriously cruel and immoral tyrant |
| 桀纣 | Jie and Zhou, last rulers of the Xia and Shang Dynasties respectively |
| 桀贪骜诈 | brutal, greedy, arrogant and deceitful (idiom) |
| 桀骜不逊 | arrogant and obstinate (idiom); unyielding |
| 桀骜不驯 | stubborn and unruly |