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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
qǐ | qi3
English translation
to plan a project
to stand on tiptoe
Taiwan pr. [qì]
abbr. for 企業
>企业 qǐyè [qǐ yè]
to plan a project; to stand on tiptoe

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Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

Contains the radical

rén

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

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A man  rén on his feet  zhǐ zhǐ also provides the pronunciation

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

人止

Explanation

Depicts a person ( rén ) standing on their feet ( zhǐ ).

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企图 qǐtú 这些 zhè xiē mèng 重新 chóngxīn 回忆 huíyì 出来 chū lái .

He tried to reconstruct his dreams.

眼珠子 yǎn zhū zi 咄咄 duō duō rén de 盯住 dīng zhù 郭世富, 企图 qǐtú 逼他屈服 qūfú .

He looked at Guo Shifu compellingly . He wanted to force him to submit.

zhè zéi 企图 qǐtú 盗窃 dàoqiè 这些 zhè xiē 秘密 mìmì 文件 wénjiàn .

The thief had designs upon the secret documents.

企鹅 qǐ é shì zhǒng 不会 bù huì fēi de diǎo .

The penguin is a flightless bird.

挤出 jǐ chū 几滴眼泪 yǎn lèi ,企图 qǐtú 以此 yǐ cǐ lái 赢得 yíng dé 大家 dàjiā de 同情 tóngqíng .

She made with the tears and tried to win everyone's sympathy.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
企业 qǐyè company企業
企图 qǐtú to attempt企圖
企鹅 qǐ é penguin企鵝
企业家 qǐ yè jiā entrepreneur企業家
to plan a project
国有企业 guó yǒu qǐ yè nationalized business國有企業
中小企业 zhōng xiǎo qǐ yè small and medium enterprise中小企業
企盼 qǐ pàn to expect企盼 qǐ pàn
国企 guó qǐ state enterprise國企
企及 qǐ jí to hope to reach企及 qǐ jí
企望 qǐ wàng hope企望 qǐ wàng
企求 qǐ qiú to seek for企求 qǐ qiú
外资企业 wài zī qǐ yè abbr. for 外商獨資企業|外商独资企业 wài shāng dú zī qǐ yè [wài​shāng​dú​zī​qǐ​yè]外資企業
企业主 qǐ yè zhǔ owner of enterprise企業主
企业集团 qǐ yè jí tuán business conglomerate企業集團
外企 wài qǐ foreign enterprise外企 wài qǐ
企划 qǐ huà to plan企劃
三资企业 sān zī qǐ yè foreign, private and joint ventures三資企業
另有企图 lìng yǒu qǐ tú to have an axe to grind (idiom)另有企圖
翘企 qiáo qǐ to long for翹企
延颈企踵 yán jǐng qǐ zhǒng to stand on tiptoe and crane one's neck (idiom); fig. to yearn for sth延頸企踵

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