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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jī | ji1
English translation
to hit
to strike
to break
Taiwan pr. [jí]
to strike, to hit, to beat; to attack, to fight

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Number of strokes

5

Traditional form

Contains the radical

qiǎn

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

Simplified form of ; shǒu provides the meaning

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿱? qiǎn

Explanation

Simplified form of . Depicts a hand ( shǒu ) hitting something with a spear ( shū ). The traditional component shū was removed for simplification. The traditional component shǒu was removed for simplification.

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yīn shòu ér téng wān xià le shēn .

He doubled up with the pain of the bolw.

de hòu 减轻 jiǎn qīng le 打击 dǎjī de 力量 lìliang .

My thick clothing deadened the blow.

德国 Dé guó rén 早已 zǎo yǐ 严阵以待,他们 tā men 憋足 le , 还击 huán jī 起来 qǐlai jué 手软 shǒu ruǎn .

The German lines are aroused and furious, return the fire cruelly.

huì shì shuí 发起 fā qǐ 这么 zhè me 卑鄙 bēibǐ de 攻击 gōngjī ne ?

Who could have carried out such a vile attack?

神圣 shénshèng 愤怒 fènnù -0.36仇恨 chóu hèn měi ( 0.003仇恨每 miǎo )

Holy Wrath - 36 threat per hit ( 003 threat per second )

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
攻击 gōngjī to attack攻擊
to hit
袭击 xíjī raid襲擊
打击 dǎjī to hit打擊
击败 jī bài to defeat擊敗
冲击 chōngjī to attack衝擊
射击 shèjī to shoot射擊
击中 jī zhòng to strike擊中
反击 fǎn jī to strike back反擊
目击者 mù jī zhě eyewitness目擊者
枪击 qiāng jī to shoot with a gun槍擊
目击 mù jī to witness目擊
拳击 quán jī boxing拳擊
撞击 zhuàng jī to strike撞擊
突击 tū jī assault突擊
出击 chū jī to sally出擊
狙击手 jū jī shǒu sniper狙擊手
击球 jī qiú to bat擊球
电击 diàn jī electric shock電擊
击倒 jī dǎo to knock down擊倒
击落 jī luò to shoot down (a plane)擊落
狙击 jū jī to snipe (shoot from hiding)狙擊
还击 huán jī to hit back還擊
击毙 jī bì to kill擊斃
突击队 tū jī duì commando unit突擊隊

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