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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
qí | qi2
English translation
a river in Henan province

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Isolated morpheme / 语素 yǔ sù Yǔsù

Learning hint

water

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵其

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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我们 wǒmen dào Lán líng chī 冰淇淋 bīng qí lín .

We went to Blue Bell for ice cream.

yòu lái 乳酪 rǔ lào 饼干 bǐnggān , 酒味 jiǔ wèi 冰淇淋 bīng qí lín , 乔治 Qiáo zhì 李子 lǐ zi 早熟 zǎo shú de 绿葡萄 pútao .

She offered cheese and biscuits, rum - flavored ice cream, plums from Georgia, and early green grapes.

āi , 你们 nǐ men kān ,冰淇淋 bīng qí lín ,我们 wǒmen 买点蛋卷 dàn juǎn 冰淇淋 bīng qí lín .

Oh , look . I see an ice cream shop. Let's get ice cream cones.

běn 课题 kètí 研制 yán zhì le 豆乳 乳酸 rǔ suān 发酵 fā jiào 豆乳豆乳冰淇淋 bīng qí lín , bìng 探讨 tàntǎo le 较佳 de 脱腥方式 fāngshì 生产 shēngchǎn 工艺 gōng yì 原料 yuánliào 配方 pèi fāng ,基本 jīběn 获得 huòdé 成功 Chénggōng .

The soya - beau milk , lactic fermentation soya - bean milk and ice cream of soya - bean milk have been developed.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
冰淇淋 bīng qí lín ice cream冰淇淋 bīng qí lín
name of a river
舒淇 Shū Qí Shu Qi (1976-), Taiwanese actress舒淇 Shū Qí
淇县 Qí xiàn Qi county in Hebi 鶴壁|鹤壁 Hè bì [Hè​bì], Henan淇縣
淇滨区 Qí bīn qū Qibin district of Hebi city 鶴壁市|鹤壁市 Hè bì shì [Hè​bì​shì], Henan淇濱區
淇滨 Qí bīn Qibin district of Hebi city 鶴壁市|鹤壁市 Hè bì shì [Hè​bì​shì], Henan淇濱
麦淇淋 mài qí lín margarine (loanword)麥淇淋

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