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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
qí | qi2
English translation
his
her
its
theirs
that
such
it (refers to sth preceding it)
his, her, its, their; that

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Pronoun / 代词 dài cí Dàicí

Etymology of

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Positional decomposition

Gān 一八

Explanation

Pictograph of a basket, now written as . The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

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直到 zhí dào 看到这幅 huà de 说明 shuōmíng cái lòng dǒng 意思 yìsi .

I didn't understand the drawing until I read the caption.

我们 wǒmen hǎo shuì 小为 guì ( 尤其 yóuqí zài zhè 集成电路 jí chéng diàn lù 时代 Shídài ).

Small , we claim , is beautiful ( especially in the age of the microchip ).

快速 kuài sù ròu 油煎一下 yīxià ,保住 bǎo zhù 美味 měi wèi .

Fry quickly to seal in the flavor of the meat.

rén 穿 chuān de 鞋子 xié zi huì yīn 吸饱 le Shuǐ ér biàn jǐn , wéi 本人 běnrén huì ( zuì ).

A man's shoes get tight by imbibe water, but he do not.

Yán 费用 fèi yòng 应当 yīng dāng zài 有效 yǒu xiào 经济 jīngjì 寿命 shòumìng nèi tān xiāo , 我国 wǒ guó 规定 guīdìng de 摊销 tān xiāo 超过 chāoguò 10 Nián .

Give delay charge to ought to be in its are effective the amortize inside economic life, the amortize that our country sets

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
其他 qítā other其他 qítā
his
其实 qíshí actually其實
其中 qízhōng among其中 qízhōng
其它 qí tā other其它 qí tā
尤其 yóuqí especially尤其 yóuqí
及其 jí qí and及其 jí qí
尤其是 yóu qí shì especially尤其是 yóu qí shì
其次 qícì next其次 qícì
其余 qíyú the rest其餘
极其 jíqí extremely極其
与其 yǔqí rather than...與其
土耳其 Tǔ ěr qí Turkey土耳其 Tǔ ěr qí
莫名其妙 mòmíngqímiào (idiom) baffling莫名其妙 mòmíngqímiào
其后 qí hòu next其後
其一 qí yī the first其一 qí yī
其间 qí jiān in between其間
名副其实 míngfùqíshí not just in name only, but also in reality (idiom)名副其實
其二 qí èr secondly其二 qí èr
突如其来 tū rú qí lái to arise abruptly突如其來
若无其事 ruò wú qí shì nonchalantly若無其事
马其顿 Mǎ qí dùn Macedonia馬其頓
出其不意 chū qí bù yì to do sth when least expected (idiom); to catch sb off guard出其不意 chū qí bù yì
顺其自然 shùn qí zì rán to let nature take its course (idiom)順其自然

Decomposition & Compounds

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Compounds

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      • Sāi
        • sāi , sài ,
      • , , ,
      • , ,
    • qiān
      • qiān
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