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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
qī | qi1
English translation
paint
lacquer
CL: dào [dào]
to paint (furniture, walls etc)
varnish, lacquer; paint

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

The sap  shuǐ of the varnish tree  also provides the pronunciation

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

氵桼

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我们 wǒmen zhè zuò 房子 fáng zi shí jiù 约定 yuē dìng hǎo mǒu 房间 fángjiān 必须 bìxū 油漆 yóuqī .

We rented the house on the stipulation that certain rooms should be painted.

Xīn shuā de 颜色 yánsè 较浅, 使 shǐ 原来 yuánlái 的漆显露 xiǎn lù 出来 chū lái .

The new color is lighter, and the old paint shows through.

油漆 yóuqī guàn 刷子 shuā zi 上来 shàng lái .

Pass up the paint pot and brush.

shuā céng 油漆 yóuqī huì 使 shǐ 房间 fángjiān 焕然一新 huàn rán yī xīn .

A coat of paint will freshen this room up.

他们 tā men zài 飞机 fēijī de 底部 dǐ bù shǎng le céng Hēi .

They painted the underside of their planes with a black varnish.

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
paint
油漆 yóuqī oil paints油漆 yóuqī
漆黑 qī hēi pitch-black漆黑 qī hēi
喷漆 pēn qī lacquer噴漆
漆器 qī qì lacquerware漆器 qī qì
生漆 shēng qī raw lacquer生漆 shēng qī
如胶似漆 rú jiāo sì qī joined at the hip如膠似漆
漆树 qī shù lac tree (Rhus vernicifera)漆樹
底漆 dǐ qī primer底漆 dǐ qī
漆黑一团 qī hēi yī tuán pitch-black漆黑一團
一团漆黑 yī tuán qī hēi pitch-black一團漆黑
雕漆 diāo qī carved lacquerware雕漆 diāo qī
漆雕 qī diāo carved or engraved lacquerware漆雕 qī diāo
漆布 qī bù linoleum漆布 qī bù
乌漆墨黑 wū qī mò hēi jet-black烏漆墨黑

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