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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
qì | qi4
English translation
to pile up, to build; stone steps; rock wall

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Shí

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

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To cut  qiē stone  Shí qiē also provides the pronunciation

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

石切

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我们 wǒmen de 邻居 línjū qiáng hěn Gāo .

Our neighbours built their walls high.

窗外 de Xuě 不住 bù zhù de zài xià , chě mián cuō 一般 yībān , 绿 shǎng 匀整 yún zhěng de 堆砌 duī qì 上几 dào 雪沟.

Outside the windows snow fell like balls of cotton wool, piling over the green - glazed roof - files.

jìn 河边 hé biān yǒu Shí dèng , jiàn yǒu 护栏, 大树 Dà shù Chéng Yīn .

Assemble a stone bench near the river, built a fence, tree shade.

Xīn qiáng yòng de zhuān dōu 准备 zhǔnbèi hǎo le , duī zài 那边 nà bian .

The bricks are stacked up over there, all ready to be used for the new wall.

条点 zhāo 昏暗 hūn àn 灯光 dēng guāng de 灰色 huī sè zhuān tōng dào 通往 tōng wǎng 电梯 diàntī de bìng dào .

A gray brick tunnel, dimly lighted, led to the elevator shaft.

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
to build by laying bricks or stones
堆砌 duī qì to pack堆砌 duī qì
砌块 qì kuài building block砌塊
砌砖 qì zhuān to lay bricks砌磚
铺砌 pū qì to pave鋪砌
砌末 qiè mo stage props砌末 qiè mo

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