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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
qī | qi1
English translation
variant of [qī]
grief
sorrow
variant of
>[qī]
relative
parent
surname Qi
ashamed, grieving; related to; relative

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

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A younger brother  shū killed in a war

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

戊尗

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Molinas一家人 yī jiā rén 准备 zhǔnbèi 亲戚 qīnqi 一起 yīqǐ Guò 感恩节 Gǎn ēn jié .

She and the Molinas are going to spend Thanksgiving with their cousins.

丽莉受不了 shòubùliǎo qióng 亲戚 qīnqi men 那种 nà zhǒng 乞丐 qǐgài 般的日子 rìzi .

Lily had no mind for the vagabond life of the poor relation.

de qióng 亲戚 qīnqi dōu dào 他家 lái 度假 dù jià .

All his poor kinfolks came to spend their holidays at his home.

拜访 bàifǎng qióng 亲戚 qīnqi shí 穿 chuān 比较 bǐjiào 俭朴 jiǎn pǔ , 以免 yǐmiǎn yīn 摆阔 bǎi kuò ér 伤害 shānghài 他们 tā men de 感情 gǎnqíng .

She dressed down to visit her poor relatives, so as not to offend them by a show of her wealth.

qióng 亲戚 qīnqi men bèi 安排 ānpái zài cháng 餐桌 cān zhuō de 末座 mò zuò .

The poor relations were seated at the bottom of the long table.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
亲戚 qīnqi a relative (i.e. family relation)親戚
relative
走亲戚 zǒu qīn qi to visit relatives走親戚
戚戚 qī qī intimate戚戚 qī qī
休戚相关 xiū qī xiāng guān to be closely related休戚相關
戚继光 Qī Jì guāng Qi Jiguang (1528-1588), military leader戚繼光
悲戚 bēi qī mournful悲戚 bēi qī
皇亲国戚 huáng qīn guó qī the emperor relatives (idiom); person with powerful connections皇親國戚
戚友 qī yǒu relatives and friends戚友 qī yǒu
哀戚 aī qī sorrow哀戚 aī qī
戚墅堰 Qī shù yàn Qishu district of Changzhou city 常州市 Cháng zhōu shì [Cháng​zhōu​shì], Jiangsu慼墅堰
戚墅堰区 Qī shù yàn qū Qishu district of Changzhou city 常州市 Cháng zhōu shì [Cháng​zhōu​shì], Jiangsu慼墅堰區
戚谊 qī yì relation戚誼
自贻伊戚 zì yí yī qī to create trouble for oneself (idiom)自貽伊戚

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