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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jī | ji1
English translation
to amass
to accumulate
to store
measured quantity (such as area of volume)
product (the result of multiplication)
to integrate (math.)
to solve (or integrate) an ordinary differential equation (math.)
old
long-standing
to store up, to amass, to accumulate

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

grain

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

禾只

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

zhǐ

Explanation

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

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对于 duìyú zhè ,微积分 wēi jī fēn 一点 yī diǎn yòng shǎng .

This is a problem where calculus won't help at all.

锯屑堆积如山 duī jī rú shān .

Saw - dust piled up in a great cone.

蓄积 xù jī 已久 yǐ jiǔ de 怒气 nù qì , jiù xiàng 雷电 léi diàn bān 倾泻 qīng xiè zài 莫德身上 shēn shang .

All his accumulated nervous agitation was discharged on Maud like a thunderbolt.

生财之道遍地 biàn dì jiē shì , 然而 ránér 许多 xǔduō rén 一生 yī shēng 积攒 jī zǎn 下来 xià lai de Qián 转眼 zhuǎn yǎn 之间 zhī jiān 付之东流 fù zhī dōng liú .

Get - rich - quick schemes abounded, and many people lost their savings.

gāi 遗址 yí zhǐ 位于 wèiyú Dōng 辽河 Liáo Hé 沿岸 yán àn ,面积 miànjī 2万余平方米 píng fāng mǐ .

The site, distributed over 2000 m 2, is situated by the Dong Liao River.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
积极 jījí active積極
面积 miànjī surface area面積
to amass
积累 jīlěi to accumulate積累
积蓄 jī xù to save積蓄
积分 jī fēn integral (calculus)積分
体积 tǐjī volume體積
积极性 jī jí xìng zeal積極性
累积 lěi jī to accumulate累積
堆积 duījī to pile up堆積
微积分 wēi jī fēn calculus微積分
公积金 gōng jī jīn official reserves公積金
积水 jī shuǐ to pond積水
沉积 chén jī sediment沉積
积聚 jī jù to coalesce積聚
积木 jī mù toy building blocks積木
囤积 tún jī to stock up囤積
积压 jī yā to pile up積壓
积雪 jī xuě snow積雪
积攒 jī zǎn to accumulate積攢
堆积如山 duī jī rú shān to pile up like a mountain (idiom)堆積如山
积德 jī dé to do good積德
处心积虑 chǔ xīn jī lǜ scheming處心積慮
积极分子 jī jí fèn zǐ enthusiast積極分子
容积 róng jī volume容積

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