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圾

jī

HSK 4 Character

What 圾 means

1. used in {垃圾|lā jī}
2. Taiwan pr. sè

Example sentences

• 垃圾桶空了。
  The bin is empty.
• 垃圾箱臭气熏天。
  Lājīxiāng chòuqìxūntiān.
  The garbage-can gave off a bad smell.
• 别在这儿扔垃圾。
  Don't throw trash here.
• 我不吃垃圾食品。
  I don't eat junk food.
• 汤姆屯了很多垃圾。
  Tāngmǔ tún le hěn duō lājī.
  Tom has accumulated a lot of junk.
• 给丢到垃圾桶里去。
  Toss it into the trash.

Words containing 圾

• 垃圾桶lā jī tǒngrubbish bin; trash can; garbage can
• 垃圾lā jītrash; refuse; garbage
• 垃圾箱lā jī xiāngrubbish can; garbage can; trash can
• 垃圾堆lā jī duīgarbage heap
• 垃圾筒lā jī tǒngtrashcan
• 垃圾工lā jī gōnggarbage collector
• 垃圾股lā jī gǔjunk bonds; high-yield bonds
• 垃圾车lā jī chēgarbage truck (or other vehicle)
• 洋垃圾yáng lā jītrash or used goods from Western countries; the dregs of society of Western countries…
• 垃圾分类lā jī fēn lèiwaste sorting; waste separation
• 垃圾邮件lā jī yóu jiànjunk mail; spam; unsolicited mail
• 垃圾食品lā jī shí pǐnjunk food
• 生活垃圾shēng huó lā jīdomestic garbage
• 垃圾电邮lā jī diàn yóusee 垃圾邮件

Characters built on 及

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

• 级jílevel; grade; rank
• 极jíextremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost
• 吸xīto breathe; to suck in; to absorb
• 汲jíto draw (water)
• 岌jílofty peak; perilous
• 笈jítrunks (for books)
• 芨jíBletilla hyacinthina (mucilaginous); Acronym for the Chinese Elder tree 菫草

Characters that look like 圾

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

• 级jílevel; grade; rank
• 返fǎnto return (to)
• 删shānto delete
• 汪wāngexpanse of water; ooze; (onomatopoeia) bark
• 汲jíto draw (water)
• 坂bǎnvariant of 阪

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
• 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)
• 奇odd (number)