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季

jì

HSK 3 Character

What 季 means

1. season
2. the last month of a season
3. fourth or youngest amongst brothers
4. classifier for seasonal crop yields

Other readings

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

• Jìsurname Ji

Example sentences

• 冬季快来了。
  Dōngjì kuài lái le.
  Winter is coming soon.
• 一年有四季。
  Yī nián yǒu sìjì.
  There are four seasons in one year.
• 这是季风季节。
  Zhè shì jìfēng jìjié.
  This is the monsoon season.
• 雨季何时会结束？
  Yǔjì héshí huì jiéshù?
  When will the rainy season be over?
• 现在是旅游旺季。
  Xiànzài shì lǚyóu wàngjì.
  Now is tourist season.
• 棒球赛季开始了。
  Baseball season has begun.

Words starting with 季

• 季节jì jiétime; season; period
• 季度jì dùquarter of a year; season (sports)
• 季军jì jūnthird in a race; bronze medalist
• 季报jì bàoquarterly report
• 季节性jì jié xìngseasonal
• 季风jì fēngmonsoon
• 季羡林Jì Xiàn línJi Xianlin (1911-2009), Chinese linguist and Indologist
• 季刊jì kānquarterly publication
• 季世jì shìfinal phase; end of a historical era
• 季候jì hòuseason
• 季子jì zǐyoungest brother; a period of two or three months
• 季会jì huìquarterly meeting
• 季父jì fùuncle (father's youngest brother)
• 季相jì xiàngcharacteristic nature of some season
• 季经jì jīng(colloquial) menstruation that comes only once every three months
• 季诺jì nuòa promise that can be realized
• 季路Jì LùJi Lu (542-480 BC), disciple of Confucius 孔夫子
• 季后赛jì hòu sàia playoff
• 季黎诺Jì lí nuòQuirinius, governor of Syria (c. 51 BC - AD 21)
• 季夏jì xiàfinal month of summer (i.e. sixth month of lunar calendar)
• 季雨林jì yǔ línmonsoon forest
• 季春jì chūnfinal month of spring (i.e. third month of lunar calendar)
• 季冬jì dōngfinal month of winter (i.e. twelfth month of lunar calendar)
• 季肋jì lèi(anatomy) the floating ribs

Words containing 季

• 淡季dàn jìoff season; slow business season; see also 旺季
• 冬季dōng jìwinter
• 夏季xià jìsummer
• 赛季sài jìseason (sports)
• 秋季qiū jìautumn; fall
• 四季sì jìfour seasons, namely: spring 春
• 春季chūn jìspringtime
• 雨季yǔ jìrainy season
• 旺季wàng jìbusy season; peak period; see also 淡季
• 一年四季yī nián sì jìall year round
• 花季huā jìyouthful time; prime of youth; flowering season
• 月季yuè jìChinese rose (Rosa chinensis)
• 换季huàn jìthe season changes
• 反季fǎn jìoff-season; out-of-season
• 按季àn jìaccording to season; quarterly
• 波季Bō jìPoti, port city in Georgia, on the coast of the Black Sea
• 球季qiú jìseason (of baseball, football etc)
• 当季dāng jìthis season; the current season
• 财季cái jìfiscal quarter; financial quarter
• 食季shí jìeclipse season
• 首季shǒu jìfirst season; first quarter
• 反季节fǎn jì jiéoff-season; out-of-season
• 哈季奇Hā jì qíGoran Hadžić (1958-2016), Croatian Serb leader until 1994, indicted war criminal
• 流感季liú gǎn jìflu season

Characters built on 禾

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

• 利lìsharp; favorable; advantage
• 秘mìsecret; secretary
• 移yíto move; to shift; to change
• 私sīpersonal; private; selfish
• 积jīto amass; to accumulate; to store up; (math) product (the result of multiplication)…
• 秩zhì(literary) salary according to rank; (literary) an official's rank; (literary) order…
• 稀xīsparse; scattered; rare; uncommon; diluted; thin; watery
• 稽jī(bound form) to examine; to check (against records); (literary) to delay; to linger…

Characters that look like 季

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

• 草cǎograss; straw; manuscript
• 李lǐplum
• 卑bēilow; base; vulgar
• 孚fúto trust; to believe in
• 枣zǎo(bound form) jujube; Chinese date (Zizyphus jujuba)
• 帚zhǒubroom

Sounds the same

Read jì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 记to record; to note; to memorize
• 既already; since; both... (and...)
• 绩to spin (hemp etc); merit; accomplishment
• 际border; edge; boundary
• 计to calculate; to compute; to count
• 技skill
• 济to cross a river; to aid or relieve; to be of help
• 继to continue; to follow after; to go on with
• 纪order; discipline; age
• 寄to entrust; to place in sb's care; (bound form) to depend on; to attach oneself to…
• 迹(bound form) trace; mark; vestige; clue; Taiwan pr. jī
• 寂silent; solitary; Taiwan pr. jí