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侈

chǐ

HSK 6 Character

What 侈 means

1. extravagant
2. wasteful
3. exaggerating

Example sentences

• 广告怂恿我们买奢侈品。
  Guǎnggào sǒngyǒng wǒmen mǎi shēchǐpǐn.
  Advertisements urge us to buy luxuries.
• 我觉得这钻石戒指太奢侈了。
  Wǒ juéde zhè zuànshí jièzhi tài shēchǐ le.
  This diamond ring is too extravagant for me.

Words starting with 侈

• 侈谈chǐ tánto prate
• 侈靡chǐ míwasteful; extravagant
• 侈糜chǐ mívariant of 侈靡

Words containing 侈

• 奢侈shē chǐluxurious; extravagant
• 奢侈品shē chǐ pǐnluxury item
• 穷奢极侈qióng shē jí chǐextravagant in the extreme (idiom)
• 莫不逾侈mò bù yú chǐthere is no-one who is not extravagant

Characters built on 多

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

• 移yíto move; to shift; to change
• 黟yīblack and shining ebony
• 眵chī(bound form) sleep (dried mucus in the corner of the eye)

Characters that look like 侈

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

• 修xiūto decorate; to embellish; to repair
• 怪guàiodd; strange; uncanny; (bound form) monster; supernatural being; to find strange…
• 恨hènto hate; to regret
• 俘fúto take prisoner; prisoner of war
• 侪cháia class; a company; companion
• 佯yángto feign; to pretend

Sounds the same

Read chǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 尺a Chinese foot; one-third of a meter; a ruler
• 齿(bound form) tooth; (bound form) to regard as worthy of mention
• 耻(bound form) shame; humiliation; disgrace
• 豉salted fermented beans
• 呎foot (unit of length equal to 0.3048 m); old form of modern 英尺
• 褫to strip; to deprive of; to discharge
• 扡drag along
• 欼drink
• 誃to separate
• 奓old variant of 侈