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圭

guī

Character

What 圭 means

1. jade tablet, square at the base and rounded or pointed at the top, held by the nobility at ceremonies
2. sundial
3. (ancient unit of volume) a tiny amount; a smidgen; a speck

Example sentences

• 巴拉圭是一个南美洲的国家。
  Bālāguī shì yī gè Nánměizhōu de guójiā.
  Paraguay is a country in South America.
• 马蒂亚斯来自乌拉圭。他是乌拉圭人。
  Mǎ dì yà sī láizì Wūlāguī. tā shì Wūlāguī rén.
  Matías is from Uruguay. He is Uruguayan.

Words starting with 圭

• 圭亚那Guī yà nàGuyana

Words containing 圭

• 乌拉圭Wū lā guīUruguay
• 利隆圭Lì lóng guīLilongwe, capital of Malawi
• 安圭拉Ān guī lāAnguilla
• 巴拉圭Bā lā guīParaguay
• 法属圭亚那Fǎ shǔ Guī yà nàFrench Guiana
• 崔圭夏Cuī Guī xiàChoe Gyuha (1919-2006), South Korean politician, president 1979-1980
• 荜门圭窦bì mén guī dòuwicker door, hole window (idiom); fig. wretched hovel; living in poverty
• 奉为圭臬fèng wéi guī nièto take as a guiding principle (idiom)

Characters that look like 圭

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

• 全quánall; whole; entire
• 走zǒuto walk; to go; to run
• 坐zuòto sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc)
• 央yāngcenter; end; to beg
• 呈chéngto present to a superior; memorial; petition
• 尘chéndust; dirt; earth

Sounds the same

Read guī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 规compass; a rule; regulation
• 归to return; to go back to; to give back to
• 龟tortoise; turtle; (colloquial) cuckold
• 瑰(semiprecious stone); extraordinary
• 硅silicon (chemistry)
• 闺small arched door; boudoir; lady's chamber; (fig.) women
• 沩name of a river in Shanxi
• 皈to comply with; to follow
• 鲑trout; salmon
• 傀grand; strange; exotic
• 槻zelkova tree
• 巂cuckoo; revolution of a wheel

Go deeper

• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read guī correctly.
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