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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jì | ji4
English translation
border
edge
boundary
interval
between
inter-
to meet
time
occasion
to meet with (circumstances)
border, boundary, juncture

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

Learning hint

hill

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

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Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

shì

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and shì represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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咱们 zámen 来说 diǎn 实际 shíjì de , shuí lái 维修费?

Let's get down to the nitty - gritty . Who's going to pay for the renovations

zài xià jiē Zhōng 我们 wǒmen jiāng 考虑 kǎolǜ 国际 guójì 资本 zīběn de 流量 liú liàng .

In the next section we shall ignore international capital flows.

yāo jiǎng 实际 shíjì ma —— 他们 tā men zhēng shì 这么 zhè me zuò de .

The sensible thing - they had done the sensible thing.

zài 波峰 bō fēng 波谷 bō gǔ 重合 chóng hé 之处, zǒng 振幅 zhèn fú 实际上 shí jì shàng wéi líng .

Where a trough and crest coincide we get the total amplitude zero.

这个 zhè ge 皮箱 pí xiāng 看上去 kàn shang qu hěn chóng ,实际上 shí jì shàng hěn qīng .

This suitcase looks heavy but actually it is very light.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
实际上 shí jì shàng in fact實際上
国际 guójì international國際
实际 shíjì reality實際
之际 zhījì during之際
星际 xīng jì interstellar星際
border
国际化 guó jì huà to internationalize國際化
交际 jiāojì communication交際
人际关系 rén jì guān xì interpersonal relationship人際關系
不切实际 bù qiè shí jì unrealistic不切實際
交际舞 jiāo jì wǔ social dance交際舞
国际象棋 guó jì xiàng qí chess國際象棋
国际贸易 guó jì mào yì international trade國際貿易
人际 rén jì interpersonal人際
洲际 zhōu jì intercontinental洲際
国际性 guó jì xìng international國際性
天际 tiān jì horizon天際
国际法 guó jì fǎ international law國際法
边际 biān jì limit邊際
一望无际 yī wàng wú jì as far as the eye can see (idiom)一望無際
不着边际 bù zhuó biān jì not to the point不著邊際
际会 jì huì chance際會
无边无际 wú biān wú jì boundless無邊無際
际遇 jì yù luck際遇

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Decomposition

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