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伎

jì

Character

What 伎 means

1. artistry
2. talent
3. skill
4. (in ancient times) female entertainer

Example sentences

• 比起歌舞伎，我更喜欢能乐表演，因为我觉得后者比前者优雅。
  Bǐqǐ gēwǔjì, wǒ gèng xǐhuan néngyuè biǎoyǎn, yīnwèi wǒ juéde hòuzhě bǐ qiánzhě yōuyǎ.
  I prefer Noh to Kabuki because I find the former to be more elegant than the latter.

Words starting with 伎

• 伎俩jì liǎngtrick; scheme; ploy; skill

Words containing 伎

• 歌舞伎gē wǔ jìkabuki
• 故伎gù jìusual trick; old tactics
• 艺伎yì jìgeisha (Japanese female entertainer); also written 艺妓
• 故伎重演gù jì chóng yǎnto repeat an old stratagem; up to one's old tricks

Characters built on 支

These share the phonetic component 支 (zhī), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 技jìskill
• 歧qídivergent; side road
• 妓jìprostitute
• 枝zhībranch; classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc
• 肢zhīlimb
• 翅chì(bound form) wing (of a bird or insect)
• 吱zhī(onomatopoeia) creaking or groaning
• 岐Qísurname Qi; also used in place names

Characters that look like 伎

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

• 住zhùto live; to reside; to stay; to stop; to cease…
• 佐zuǒto assist; assistant; aide
• 攸yōudistant, far; adverbial prefix
• 仗zhàngweaponry; to hold (a weapon); to wield
• 伉kàngspouse; big and tall; strong
• 佤WǎWa ethnic group

Sounds the same

Read jì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 记to record; to note; to memorize
• 既already; since; both... (and...)
• 季season; the last month of a season; fourth or youngest amongst brothers
• 绩to spin (hemp etc); merit; accomplishment
• 际border; edge; boundary
• 计to calculate; to compute; to count
• 技skill
• 济to cross a river; to aid or relieve; to be of help
• 继to continue; to follow after; to go on with
• 纪order; discipline; age
• 寄to entrust; to place in sb's care; (bound form) to depend on; to attach oneself to…
• 迹(bound form) trace; mark; vestige; clue; Taiwan pr. jī