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七

qī

HSK 1 Character

What 七 means

1. seven
2. 7

Example sentences

• 七个？
  Seven?
• 七点了。
  It is seven now.
• 海伦十七岁。
  Helen is seventeen years old.
• 她十七岁了。
  She is aged seventeen.
• 七点叫醒我。
  Wake me up at seven.
• 她七点起床。
  She gets up at seven.

Words starting with 七

• 七十qī shíseventy; 70
• 七月Qī yuèJuly; seventh month (of the lunar year)
• 七嘴八舌qī zuǐ bā shélively discussion with everybody talking at once
• 七彩qī cǎiseven colors; a variety of colors; multicolored; rainbow-colored
• 七夕Qī xīdouble seven festival, evening of seventh of lunar seventh month; girls' festival…
• 七律qī lǜverse form consisting of 8 lines of 7 characters, with rhyme on alternate lines…
• 七旬qī xún70 years; one's seventies; 70 days
• 七上八下qī shàng bā xiàat sixes and sevens; perturbed state of mind; in a mess
• 七手八脚qī shǒu bā jiǎo(idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)
• 七月份qī yuè fènJuly
• 七情六欲qī qíng liù yù(idiom) various emotions and desires
• 七事qī shì(archaic) the seven duties of a sovereign
• 七喜Qī xǐ7 Up (soft drink); Hedy Holding Co., PRC computer manufacturer
• 七孔qī kǒngthe seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth
• 七情qī qíngseven emotional states; seven affects of traditional Chinese medical theory and therapy…
• 七方qī fāng(Chinese medicine) the seven kinds of prescriptions 大方
• 七曜qī yàothe seven planets of premodern astronomy…
• 七窍qī qiàothe seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth
• 七声qī shēngtones of the musical scale
• 七魄qī pòseven mortal forms in Daoism, representing carnal life and desires…
• 七分熟qī fēn shúmedium well (of steak)
• 七和弦qī hé xiánseventh (musical cord)
• 七堵区Qī dǔ QūQidu, a district of Keelung City 基隆市
• 七夕节Qī xī jiéQixi Festival or Double Seven Festival on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month…

Words containing 七

• 十七shí qīseventeen; 17
• 乱七八糟luàn qī bā zāo(idiom) chaotic; in disorder; muddled
• 五七wǔ qīmemorial activity 35 days after a person's death
• 横七竖八héng qī shù bāin disorder; at sixes and sevens (idiom)
• 三七二十一sān qī èr shí yīthree sevens are twenty-one (idiom); the facts of the matter; the actual situation
• 杂七杂八zá qī zá bāan assortment; a bit of everything; lots of different (skills)
• 三七sān qīpseudoginseng (Panax pseudoginseng), hemostatic herb
• 田七tián qīpseudo-ginseng; radix notoginseng
• 头七tóu qīthe 7th day after a person's death; the first 7-day period after a person's death
• 三七仔sān qī zǐ(slang) pimp
• 三七开sān qī kāiratio seventy to thirty; thirty percent failure, seventy percent success
• 二七区Èr qī QūErqi, a district of Zhengzhou City 郑州市
• 参宿七Shēn xiù qīRigel (star); lit. seventh star of the Three Stars Chinese constellation
• 三魂七魄sān hún qī pòthree immortal souls and seven mortal forms in Daoism, contrasting the spiritual and…
• 五七干校Wǔ Qī Gàn xiàoMay 7 cadre school…
• 五劳七伤wǔ láo qī shāng(TCM) "five strains and seven impairments", five referring to the five viscera 五脏
• 北斗七星Běi dǒu Qī xīng(astronomy) Big Dipper
• 十七孔桥Shí qī kǒng QiáoSeventeen-Arch Bridge in the Summer Palace 颐和园
• 夹七夹八jiā qī jiā bācompletely mixed up; in a muddle
• 战国七雄zhàn guó qī xióngSeven Powerful States of the Warring States, namely: 齐
• 武经七书Wǔ jīng Qī shūSeven Military Classics of ancient China viz "Six Secret Strategic Teachings" 六韬
• 乌七八糟wū qī bā zāoeverything in disorder (idiom); in a hideous mess; obscene
• 说七说八shuō qī shuō bāafter all
• 三七开定论sān qī kāi dìng lùnthirty percent failure, seventy percent success, the official PRC verdict on Mao Zedong

Sounds the same

Read qī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 期a period of time; phase; stage
• 妻(bound form) wife
• 戚(bound form) relatives; kin; (bound form) grief; sorrow; (old) battle-axe
• 欺to take unfair advantage of; to deceive; to cheat
• 凄intense cold; frigid; dismal
• 漆paint; lacquer; to paint (furniture, walls etc)
• 栖to perch; to rest (of birds); to dwell
• 缉to stitch finely
• 沏to brew (tea)
• 嘁whispering sound
• 柒seven (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
• 蹊used in 蹊跷; Taiwan pr. xī