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叽

jī

Character Traditional 嘰

What 叽 means

1. grumble

Words starting with 叽

• 叽叽喳喳jī jī zhā zhā(onomatopoeia) chirp; twitter; buzzing
• 叽哩咕噜jī li gū lū(onomatopoeia) to jabber; to rumble
• 叽叽咕咕jī ji gū gū(onomatopoeia) to mutter; to mumble; to whisper
• 叽叽嘎嘎jī ji gā gā(onomatopoeia) giggling noise
• 叽叽歪歪jī ji wāi wāi(colloquial) to go on and on (annoyingly); to mouth off; to make a fuss
• 叽咋柳莺jī zǎ liǔ yīng(bird species of China) common chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
• 叽里咕噜jī li gū lūsee 叽哩咕噜

Words containing 叽

• 磨叽mò ji(dialect) to dawdle; to waste time; also written 墨迹
• 不拉叽bù lā jī(nasty, stupid etc) as can be
• 哔叽bì jīserge (loanword)
• 毛哔叽máo bì jīserge
• 东方叽咋柳莺dōng fāng jī zǎ liǔ yīng(bird species of China) mountain chiffchaff (Phylloscopus sindianus)
• 咔叽kǎ jīkhaki (loanword)

Characters that look like 叽

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

• 吸xīto breathe; to suck in; to absorb
• 玑jī(literary) baroque pearl; irregular pearl

Sounds the same

Read jī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 机(bound form) machine; mechanism; (bound form) aircraft; (bound form) an opportunity
• 鸡fowl; chicken; (slang) prostitute
• 击to hit; to strike; to break
• 基(bound form) base; foundation; (bound form) radical (chemistry)…
• 积to amass; to accumulate; to store up; (math) product (the result of multiplication)…
• 激to arouse; to incite; to excite
• 圾used in 垃圾; Taiwan pr. sè
• 肌(bound form) flesh; muscle
• 饥(bound form) hungry
• 缉to seize; to arrest; Taiwan pr. qì
• 讥to ridicule
• 姬woman; concubine; female entertainer (archaic)