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凯

kǎi

Character Traditional 凱

What 凯 means

1. bound formtriumphal music
2. Taiwancolloquialgenerous with money; lavish in spending
3. chi (Greek letter Χχ)

Other readings

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

• Kǎisurname Kai

Example sentences

• 凯特感冒了。
  Kate has a cold.
• 凯特还没到吗？
  Hasn't Kate arrived yet?
• 凯特不比安高。
  Kate is not as tall as Anne.
• 凯西也去了吗？
  Did Cathy go, too?
• 我准许凯特回家。
  Wǒ zhǔnxǔ Kǎitè huíjiā.
  I allowed Kate to go home.
• 凯特养了一只狗。
  Kate keeps a dog.

Words starting with 凯

• 凯歌kǎi gētriumphal hymn; victory song; paean
• 凯旋kǎi xuánto return in triumph; to return victorious
• 凯旋门kǎi xuán méntriumphal arch
• 凯利Kǎi lìKelly (person name)
• 凯蒂Kǎi dì(name) Kitty, Cathy, Katy, Caddy etc
• 凯撒Kǎi sāCaesar or Kaiser (name)
• 凯恩斯Kǎi ēn sī(name) Keynes; John Maynard Keynes (1883–1946), influential British economist…
• 凯子kǎi zi(slang) rich, good-looking guy
• 凯文Kǎi wénKevin (person name)
• 凯夫拉Kǎi fū lāKevlar
• 凯尼恩Kǎi ní ēn(name) Kenyon; Canyon
• 凯林赛kǎi lín sàikeirin cycle race (paced stadium event) (loanword from Japanese 競輪 "keirin")
• 凯里市Kǎi lǐ ShìKaili, a county-level city in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔东南苗族侗族自治州
• 凯尔特人Kǎi ěr tè rénCelt
• 凯迪拉克Kǎi dí lā kèCadillac
• 凯达格兰Kǎi dá gé lánKetagalan, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan, esp. northeast corner
• 凯法劳尼亚Kǎi fǎ láo ní yàKefalonia, Greek Island in the Ionian sea
• 凯达格兰族Kǎi dá gé lán zúKetagalan, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan, esp. northeast corner
• 凯蒂猫Kǎi dì māoHello Kitty
• 凯悦Kǎi yuèHyatt (hotel company); Hyatt Regency (hotel brand)
• 凯撒酱Kǎi sā jiàngCaesar salad dressing
• 凯芙拉Kǎi fú lāKevlar
• 凯撒肋雅Kǎi sā lèi yǎCaesarea (town in Israel, between Tel Aviv and Haifa)
• 凯门鳄kǎi mén è(zoology) caiman

Words containing 凯

• 袁世凯Yuán Shì kǎiYuan Shikai (1859-1916), senior general of late Qing, subsequently warlord and…
• 陈凯歌Chén Kǎi gēChen Kaige (1952-), Chinese movie director
• 鲁凯族Lǔ kǎi zúRukai, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
• 皮特凯恩群岛Pí tè kǎi ēn Qún dǎoPitcairn Islands
• 迈凯伊Mài kǎi yīMcKay or Mackay (name)
• 迈凯轮Mài kǎi lúnMcLaren; MacLaren
• 圣凯瑟琳Shèng kǎi sè línSaint Catherine
• 钓凯子diào kǎi zi(slang) (of women) to hunt for rich, attractive guys
• 麦凯斯菱Mài kǎi sī língrhombus of Michaelis (anatomy)
• 比什凯克Bǐ shí kǎi kèBishkek, capital of Kyrgyzstan
• 海伦·凯勒Hǎi lún · Kǎi lèHelen Keller (1880-1968), famous American deaf-blind author and activist…
• 兴凯刺鳑鲏xīng kǎi cì páng píAcanthorhodeus chankaensis (small carp)
• 特克斯和凯科斯群岛Tè kè sī hé Kǎi kē sī Qún dǎoTurks and Caicos Islands
• 米凯拉Mǐ kǎi lāMichaela (name)
• 麦凯恩Mài kǎi ēnMcCain (name); John McCain (1936-2018), US Republican politician, Senator for Arizona…

Characters built on 岂

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

• 皑ái(literary) white as snow
• 恺kǎijoyful; kind
• 铠kǎiarmor
• 剀kǎiused in 剀切
• 硙áiused in 硙硙
• 垲kǎidry terrain

Characters that look like 凯

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

• 削xuēto pare; to reduce; to remove
• 氛fēnmiasma; vapor
• 轭èyoke
• 氡dōngradon (chemistry)
• 眈dānused in 眈眈
• 钒fánvanadium (chemistry)

Sounds the same

Read kǎi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 慨indignant; generous; to sigh (with emotion)
• 恺joyful; kind
• 楷model; pattern; regular script (calligraphic style)
• 铠armor
• 锴high quality iron
• 剀used in 剀切
• 垲dry terrain
• 闿to loosen; to open
• 颽balmy; genial as wind
• 岂old variant of 恺; old variant of 凯