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丐

gài

HSK 6 Character

What 丐 means

1. to beg for alms
2. beggar

Other readings

丐 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• gàivariant of {丐|gài}
• gàivariant of {丐|gài}

Example sentences

• 我不是乞丐。
  Wǒ bù shì qǐgài.
  I'm not a beggar.
• 这名乞丐在收集干面包。
  The beggar is collecting stale bread.
• 他很富有，但活得像个乞丐。
  Tā hěn fùyǒu, dàn huó de xiàng gè qǐgài.
  He is rich yet he lives like a beggar.
• 我把身上的钱全都给了那个乞丐。
  Wǒ bǎ shēnshang de qián quándōu gěi le nàge qǐgài.
  I gave the beggar all the money I had.

Words starting with 丐

• 丐帮gài bāngbeggars' union; a group of beggars
• 丐版gài bǎn(slang) basic version (of a product)

Words containing 丐

• 乞丐qǐ gàibeggar

Characters that look like 丐

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 可kě(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit
• 弓gōnga bow (weapon); to bend; to arch (one's back etc)

Sounds the same

Read gài, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 概(bound form) general; approximate; without exception; categorically…
• 盖lid; top; cover
• 溉to irrigate
• 钙calcium (chemistry)
• 乢ancient variant of 盖; ancient variant of 丐
• 戤(dialect) to counterfeit (a brand-name product)
• 芥see 芥蓝
• 槪variant of 概