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寄

jì

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 character level 4 Character

寄 (jì) means "to send". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 寄 means

1. to entrust; to place in sb's care
2. bound formto depend on; to attach oneself to; to reside temporarily
3. bound formfoster (as in {寄女|jì nu : 3} foster daughter)
4. to send by post; to mail

Example sentences

• 寄挂号吗？
  By registered letter?
• 航空邮寄它。
  Hángkōng yóujì tā.
  Send it airmail.
• 别忘了寄信。
  Don't forget to post the letter.
• 请帮我寄信。
  Please mail this letter for me.
• 我忘了寄信。
  I've forgotten to post the letter.
• 她忘了寄信。
  She forgot to mail the letter.

Words starting with 寄

• 寄托jì tuōto entrust (to sb); to place (one's hope, energy etc) in…
• 寄宿jì sùto stay; to lodge; to board
• 寄存jì cúnto deposit; to store; to leave sth with sb
• 寄予jì yǔto place (hope, importance etc) on; to express; to show; to give
• 寄生jì shēngto live in or on another organism as a parasite; to live by taking advantage of others…
• 寄语jì yǔto give an earnest message of good wishes, encouragement, or advice etc…
• 寄送jì sòngto send; to transmit
• 寄生虫jì shēng chóngparasite (biology); (fig.) freeloader
• 寄居jì jūto live away from home
• 寄养jì yǎngto place in the care of sb (a child, pet etc); to foster; to board out
• 寄人篱下jì rén lí xiàto lodge under another person's roof (idiom); to live relying on sb else's charity
• 寄放jì fàngto leave sth with sb
• 寄主jì zhǔhost (of a parasite)
• 寄出jì chūto mail; to send by post
• 寄名jì míngadopted name; to take a name (of one's adoptive family)
• 寄售jì shòusale on consignment
• 寄女jì nǚfoster daughter
• 寄子jì zǐfoster son
• 寄怀jì huáiemotions expressed in writing
• 寄望jì wàngto place hopes on
• 寄母jì mǔfoster mother
• 寄父jì fùfoster father
• 寄物jì wùto check in items (at a cloakroom, locker etc)
• 寄发jì fāto dispatch; to send out (mail)

Words containing 寄

• 邮寄yóu jìto mail; to send by post
• 传寄chuán jìto send (message to sb); to communicate; to forward (message)
• 汇寄huì jìremit
• 另寄lìng jìto mail separately
• 投寄tóu jìto send by post
• 转寄zhuǎn jìto forward (a letter, email, package etc)
• 附寄fù jìto enclose
• 槲寄生hú jì shēngmistletoe
• 阃寄kǔn jìmilitary command
• 千里寄鹅毛qiān lǐ jì é máogoose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind…

Characters built on 奇

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

• 骑qíto sit astride; to ride (a horse, bike etc); classifier for saddle horses
• 椅yǐchair
• 倚yǐto lean on; to rely upon
• 崎qímountainous
• 畸jīlopsided; unbalanced; abnormal
• 琦qí(literary) fine jade
• 绮qǐbeautiful; open-work silk
• 旖yǐused in 旖旎

Characters that look like 寄

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

• 普pǔgeneral; popular; everywhere
• 蒂dìstem (of fruit)
• 脊jǐ(bound form) spine; backbone; (bound form) ridge
• 窘jiǒngdistressed; embarrassed
• 菁jīngleek flower; lush; luxuriant
• 莠yǒuSetaria viridis; vicious

Sounds the same

Read jì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 记to record; to note; to memorize
• 既already; since; both... (and...)
• 季season; the last month of a season; fourth or youngest amongst brothers
• 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
• 迹(bound form) trace; mark; vestige; clue; Taiwan pr. jī
• 寂silent; solitary; Taiwan pr. jí

Where 寄 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Requests, permission & obligation (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jì correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.