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戚

qī

HSK 4 Character

What 戚 means

1. bound formrelatives; kin
2. bound formgrief; sorrow
3. oldbattle-axe

Other readings

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

• Qīsurname Qi
• qīvariant of {戚|qī}; grief; sorrow
• qīvariant of {戚|qī}

Example sentences

• 穷人无亲戚。
  The poor man has no relatives.
• 我们不是她的亲戚。
  Wǒmen bù shì tā de qīnqi.
  We are not her relatives.
• 我常常访问我的亲戚。
  Wǒ chángcháng fǎngwèn wǒ de qīnqi.
  I often visit my relatives.
• 你是不是长岛家的亲戚？
  Nǐ shì bù shì Chángdǎo jiā de qīnqi?
  Are you related to the Nagashimas?
• 一个好友胜过十个亲戚。
  Yī gè hǎoyǒu shèngguò shí gè qīnqi.
  One good friend is better than ten relatives.
• 一个好朋友胜过十个亲戚。
  One good friend is better than ten relatives.

Words starting with 戚

• 戚戚qī qīintimate; closely related; sorrowful
• 戚友qī yǒurelatives and friends
• 戚属qī shǔrelative; family member; dependent
• 戚族qī zúfamily members; fellow clansman
• 戚谊qī yìrelation; close friendship
• 戚继光Qī Jì guāngQi Jiguang (1528-1588), military leader

Words containing 戚

• 亲戚qīn qia relative (i.e. family relation)
• 悲戚bēi qīmournful
• 哀戚āi qīsorrow; grief
• 外戚wài qī(historical) consort kin
• 乡戚xiāng qia relative; a family member
• 熊亲戚xióng qīn qi(colloquial) busybody relative
• 走亲戚zǒu qīn qito visit relatives
• 休戚相关xiū qī xiāng guānto share the same interests (idiom); to be closely related; to be in the same boat
• 皇亲国戚huáng qīn guó qīthe emperor relatives (idiom); person with powerful connections
• 鼓盆之戚gǔ pén zhī qīdrumming on a bowl in grief (idiom, refers to Zhuangzi 庄子; fig. grief for a lost wife
• 自贻伊戚zì yí yī qīto create trouble for oneself (idiom)
• 君子坦荡荡，小人长戚戚jūn zi tǎn dàng dàng , xiǎo rén cháng qī qīgood people are at peace with themselves, (but) there is no rest for the wicked

Characters that look like 戚

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

• 裁cáito cut out (as a dress); to cut; to trim
• 康kānghealthy; peaceful; abundant
• 雇gùto employ; to hire; to rent
• 鹿lùdeer
• 崴wǎito sprain (one's ankle); see 崴子
• 淼miǎoa flood; infinity

Sounds the same

Read qī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 期a period of time; phase; stage
• 七seven; 7
• 妻(bound form) wife
• 欺to take unfair advantage of; to deceive; to cheat
• 凄intense cold; frigid; dismal
• 漆paint; lacquer; to paint (furniture, walls etc)
• 栖to perch; to rest (of birds); to dwell
• 缉to stitch finely
• 沏to brew (tea)
• 嘁whispering sound
• 柒seven (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
• 蹊used in 蹊跷; Taiwan pr. xī