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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
qì | qi4
English translation
deed, bond, contract; to engrave

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

A contract signed by cutting  Dāo  notches  fēng  in wood  (now changed to )

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿱⿰丰刀大

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他们 tā men zài 伦敦 Lún dūn 公寓 gōngyù de 再过 yuè jiù 期满 qī mǎn le .

The lease on their London flat runs out in a few months.

目前 mùqián shì 世界 shìjiè 基督徒 Jī dū tú 团契 tuán qì de 主任医师

He is presently the medical director for the Fellowship of World Christians.

五点钟之前 zhī qián shuí dōu 离开 líkāi de 默契 mò qì

an unwritten understanding that nobody leaves before five o'clock

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
默契 mò qì rapport默契 mò qì
契约 qì yuē agreement契約
契机 qì jī opportunity契機
to carve
契合 qì hé agreement契合 qì hé
契丹 Qì dān Qidan or Khitan, ethnic group in ancient China, a branch of the Eastern Hu people inhabiting the valley of the Xar Murun River in the upper reaches of the Liao River 遼河|辽河 Liáo Hé [Liáo​Hé]契丹 Qì dān
地契 dì qì deed (for land)地契 dì qì
房契 fáng qì deed (for a house)房契 fáng qì
契诃夫 Qì hē fū Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904), Russian writer famous for his short stories and plays契訶夫
普契尼 Pǔ qì ní Puccini普契尼 Pǔ qì ní
索契 Suǒ qì Sochi (city on the Black Sea in Russia)索契 Suǒ qì
契据 qì jù deed契據
阿巴拉契亚 Ā bā lā qì yà Appalachian Mountains in North America阿巴拉契亞
投契 tóu qì congenial投契 tóu qì

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