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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jī | ji1
English translation
odd (number)
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
qí | qi2
English translation
strange
odd
weird
wonderful
surprisingly
unusually
strange, unusual, odd; uncanny, occult

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Adjectival morpheme / 形语素 Xíng yǔ sù

Learning hint

A person  riding a horse 

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

大可

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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经常 jīngcháng mèng dào Bié de 地方 dìfāng de 奇观 qí guān Jǐng .

She often dreamed about the wonders of the world beyond.

安妮 Ān nī 昨晚 zuó wǎn zuò le 奇特 qí tè de mèng .

Annie dreamed an extraordinary dream last night.

dài zhāo 肆无忌惮 sìwújìdàn de 好奇 hàoqí qiáo zhāo .

He looked at her with unashamed curiosity.

tái tóu , 看见 kànjiàn 他们 tā men de yǎn qíng dōu 好奇 hàoqí 地望 zhāo .

Looking up, I saw their eyes fixed on me in curiosity.

一千零一金银 jīn yín dǎo dōu shì 传奇 chuán qí 故事 gùshì .

The Arabian Nights and Treasure lsland are romances.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
奇怪 qíguài strange奇怪 qíguài
odd
神奇 shénqí magical神奇 shénqí
奇迹 qíjì miracle奇跡
好奇 hàoqí inquisitive好奇 hàoqí
传奇 chuán qí legendary傳奇
奇妙 qímiào fantastic奇妙 qímiào
惊奇 jīngqí to be amazed驚奇
奇特 qí tè peculiar奇特 qí tè
刘少奇 Liú Shào qí Liu Shaoqi (1898-1969), Chinese communist leader, a martyr of the Cultural Revolution劉少奇
好奇心 hào qí xīn interest in sth好奇心 hào qí xīn
奇异 qí yì fantastic奇異
新奇 xīn qí novelty新奇 xīn qí
离奇 lí qí odd離奇
出奇 chū qí extraordinary出奇 chū qí
米奇 Mǐ qí Mickey or Mitch (name)米奇 Mǐ qí
奇才 qí cái genius奇才 qí cái
奇葩 qí pā exotic flower奇葩 qí pā
道奇 Dào qí Dodge, US automobile brand, division of Chrysler LLC道奇 Dào qí
稀奇 xī qí rare稀奇 xī qí
奇观 qí guān spectacle奇觀
奇幻 qí huàn fantasy (fiction)奇幻 qí huàn
不足为奇 bù zú wéi qí not at all surprising (idiom)不足為奇
平淡无奇 píng dàn wú qí ordinary and mediocre (idiom); nothing to write home about平淡無奇

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