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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jī | ji1
English translation
to seize
to arrest
Taiwan pr. [qì]
to sieze, to arrest; to stich closely
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
qī | qi1
English translation
to stitch finely

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

thread

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

纟咠

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

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yīn 谋杀 móu shā 一名地方 dìfāng 法官 fǎ guān ér bèi 通缉 tōngjī

He was wanted for the murder of a magistrate.

shì 欧洲 Ōuzhōu zuì 重要 zhòngyào de 通缉犯 tōng jī fàn 之一 zhī yī

He is one of the most wanted criminals in Europe.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
通缉 tōngjī to list as wanted通緝
缉毒 jī dú drug enforcement緝毒
通缉犯 tōng jī fàn wanted criminal通緝犯
to seize
缉拿 jī ná to arrest緝拿
缉私 jī sī to suppress smugglers緝私
缉捕 jī bǔ to seize緝捕
查缉 chá jī to search for and seize (criminals, smuggled goods etc)查緝
追缉 zhuī jī to pursue追緝
侦缉 zhēn jī to track down偵緝
缉毒犬 jī dú quǎn sniffer dog緝毒犬
缉获 jī huò to arrest緝獲
缉查 jī chá to raid緝查
缉访 jī fǎng to search and enquire緝訪

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Decomposition

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