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啻

chì

Character

What 啻 means

1. only (classical, usually follows negative or question words)
2. (not) just

Words containing 啻

• 不啻bù chìjust as; no less than; like (sth momentous)
• 何啻hé chì(literary) far more than; not limited to
• 不啻天渊bù chì tiān yuānno less than from heaven to the abyss (idiom); differing widely; worlds apart…

Characters built on 帝

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

• 缔dì(archaic) to bind up inextricably; (bound form) to form an enduring union…
• 蒂dìstem (of fruit)
• 蹄tíhoof; pig's trotters
• 啼tí(bound form) to cry; to weep loudly; (bound form) (of a bird or animal) to crow; to hoot…
• 谛dìto examine; truth (Buddhism)
• 碲dìtellurium (chemistry)

Characters that look like 啻

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

• 量liàngcapacity; quantity; amount
• 曾céngonce; already; ever (in the past)
• 董dǒngto supervise; to direct; director
• 雪xuěsnow; (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc)
• 曹cáoclass or grade; generation; plaintiff and defendant (old)
• 菅jiān(grass); Themeda forsbali

Sounds the same

Read chì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 翅(bound form) wing (of a bird or insect)
• 赤red; scarlet; bare
• 斥to blame; to reprove; to reprimand
• 敕imperial orders
• 炽to burn; to blaze; splendid
• 叱to scold; shout at; to hoot at
• 彳step with the left foot (Kangxi radical 60); see also 彳亍
• 踅walk with one leg
• 饬(bound form) to put in order; to arrange properly; circumspect
• 抶beat; flog
• 傺to detain; to hinder
• 敇Imperial command or edict