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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Jì | Ji4
English translation
surname Ji
season
the last month of a season
fourth or youngest amongst brothers
classifier for seasonal crop yields
a quarter-year, a season; surname

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

The time for planting seeds  of grain 

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

禾子

Explanation

Based on the original meaning "young". represents short stalks of grain, represents a young child.

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chūn Xià 秋冬 shì 四季 sì jì .

Spring summer, autumn and winter are four seasons.

利季娅转身 zhuǎn shēn 憋住 Xiàng 楼梯 lóu tī páo .

Lydia turned and ran, choking, toward the staircase.

一年 yǒu , zhè 四季 sì jì shì chūn Xià Qiū dōng .

There are four seasons in a year. They are spring, summer, autumn and winter.

一年 de 四季 sì jì shì chūn Xià Qiū dōng .

The four seasons of 1 year are spring, summer, autumn and winter.

春季 chūn jì 干燥 gānzào duō fēng , qíng duō shǎo , duō piān 南风.

In the spring dry windy, rainy, sunny little more southerly wind.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
season
赛季 sài jì season (sports)賽季
季度 jìdù quarter of a year季度 jìdù
季节 jìjié time季節
冬季 dōng jì winter冬季 dōng jì
夏季 xià jì summer夏季 xià jì
秋季 qiū jì autumn秋季 qiū jì
春季 chūn jì springtime春季 chūn jì
季军 jìjūn third in a race季軍
四季 sì jì four seasons, namely: spring chūn , summer Xià , autumn Qiū and winter dōng 四季 sì jì
第一季度 dì yī jì dù first quarter (of financial year)第一季度 dì yī jì dù
旺季 wàng jì busy season旺季 wàng jì
第三季度 dì sān jì dù third quarter (of financial year)第三季度 dì sān jì dù
第二季度 dì èr jì dù second quarter (of financial year)第二季度 dì èr jì dù
雨季 yǔ jì rainy season雨季 yǔ jì
季节性 jì jié xìng seasonal季節性
淡季 dànjì off season淡季 dànjì
一年四季 yī nián sì jì all year round一年四季 yī nián sì jì
季风 jì fēng monsoon季風
花季 huā jì youthful time花季 huā jì
季报 jì bào quarterly report季報
季莫申科 Jì mò shēn kē Tymoshenko (name)季莫申科 Jì mò shēn kē
季刊 jì kān quarterly publication季刊 jì kān
四季豆 sì jì dòu green bean四季豆 sì jì dòu
月季 yuè jì Chinese rose (Rosa sinensis)月季 yuè jì

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