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栖

qī

Character Traditional 棲

What 栖 means

1. to perch
2. to rest (of birds)
3. to dwell
4. to live
5. to stay

Other readings

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

• xīused in {栖栖|xī xī}

Example sentences

• 那鱼栖息在淡水域中。
  Nà yú qīxī zài dànshuǐ yù zhōng.
  That fish lives in fresh water.
• 良禽择木而栖，贤臣择主而事。
  Liángqínzémù'érqī, xián chén zé zhǔ ér shì.
  A prudent bird chooses its tree. A wise servant chooses his master.
• 鱼类、两栖类和爬行类都是冷血动物。
  Fish, amphibians, and reptiles are cold-blooded animals.
• 蓝色的鸟栖息在树枝上，兴致昂扬地唱着歌。
  Lánsè de niǎo qīxī zài shùzhī shàng, xìngzhì ángyáng de chàng zhe gē.
  The blue bird is perched on a branch, singing cheerfully.
• 湿地在生态系统中扮演着净化水源、防止洪水和侵蚀、为野生动物提供食物和栖息地的重要角色。
  Wetlands play important roles in the ecosystem in purifying water, protecting against flood and erosion, and as both a source of food and habitat for wild animals.
• 迁移到南加州后，红冠鹦鹉已成为这里的永久栖息者，并被列入加州鸟类记录委员会的本国鸟类清单中。
  As transplants to Southern California, the red-crowned parrots have become such permanent fixtures that they are on the California Bird Records Committee’s list of birds in the state.

Words starting with 栖

• 栖息qī xī(of a bird) to perch; (of creatures in general) to inhabit; to dwell
• 栖身qī shēnto stay at; to live in (temporarily)
• 栖住qī zhùto dwell; to live
• 栖地qī dìhabitat
• 栖居qī jūto inhabit; to live in (forests, mountains or wetlands etc)
• 栖木qī mùroost; perch
• 栖栖xī xī(literary) restless; unsettled
• 栖息地qī xī dìhabitat
• 栖霞区Qī xiá QūQixia, a district of Nanjing City 南京市
• 栖霞市Qī xiá ShìQixia, a county-level city in Yantai City 烟台市
• 栖栖遑遑xī xī huáng huáng(idiom) restless; unsettled
• 栖霞Qī xiásee 栖霞市; see 栖霞区

Words containing 栖

• 两栖liǎng qīamphibious; dual-talented; able to work in two different lines
• 共栖gòng qī(old; biology) to have a commensal relationship with (another organism)
• 树栖shù qīarboreal; tree-dwelling
• 水栖shuǐ qīaquatic; living in water
• 两栖类liǎng qī lèiclass Amphibia; amphibians
• 偏利共栖piān lì gòng qī(biology) to have a commensal relationship with (another organism)
• 两栖动物liǎng qī dòng wùamphibian; amphibious animals
• 底栖生物dǐ qī shēng wùbenthic organism
• 底栖有孔虫dǐ qī yǒu kǒng chóngbenthic foraminifera
• 隐栖动物学yǐn qī dòng wù xuécryptozoology
• 良禽择木而栖liáng qín zé mù ér qīa fine bird chooses a tree to nest in (proverb); fig. a talented person chooses a patron…
• 陆栖lù qī(of an animal) terrestrial; land-based
• 双栖双宿shuāng qī shuāng sùsee 双宿双飞

Characters built on 西

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

• 牺xīsacrifice
• 硒xīselenium (chemistry)
• 恓xītroubled; vexed

Characters that look like 栖

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

• 挑tiǎoto raise; to dig up; to poke
• 柄bǐnghandle or shaft (of an axe etc); (of a flower, leaf or fruit) stem…
• 栅zhàfence; also pr. shān
• 晒shài(of the sun) to shine on; to bask in (the sunshine)…
• 桓huánChinese soapberry (Sapindus mukurossi); big; pillar (old)

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
• 戚(bound form) relatives; kin; (bound form) grief; sorrow; (old) battle-axe
• 欺to take unfair advantage of; to deceive; to cheat
• 凄intense cold; frigid; dismal
• 漆paint; lacquer; to paint (furniture, walls etc)
• 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