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歧

qí

HSK 6 Character

What 歧 means

1. divergent
2. side road

Example sentences

• 此句有歧义
  Cǐ jù yǒu qí yì
  This sentence is ambiguous.
• 我不歧视人。
  Wǒ bù qíshì rén.
  I don't discriminate.
• 他反对种族歧视。
  Tā fǎnduì zhǒngzúqíshì.
  He fought against racial discrimination.
• 问路总比误入歧途好。
  Wènlù zǒng bǐ wùrùqítú hǎo.
  Better to ask the way than go astray.
• 是在这点上我们的意见有分歧。
  Shì zài zhè diǎn shàng wǒmen de yìjiàn yǒu fēnqí.
  It's on this point that our opinions differ.
• 吉姆有时与他的妻子意见分歧。
  Jim sometimes has disagreements with his wife.

Words starting with 歧

• 歧视qí shìto discriminate against; discrimination
• 歧义qí yìambiguity; several possible meanings
• 歧途qí túfork in a road; wrong road
• 歧见qí jiàndisagreement; differing interpretations
• 歧路qí lùdivergent path; (fig.) wrong path
• 歧异qí yìdifference; discrepancy
• 歧路灯Qí lù DēngLamp in the Side Street, novel by Qing dynasty writer Li Lüyuan 李绿园; also written 岐路灯

Words containing 歧

• 分歧fēn qídivergent; difference (of opinion, position); disagreement; (math) bifurcation
• 种族歧视zhǒng zú qí shìracial discrimination; racism
• 误入歧途wù rù qí túto take a wrong step in life (idiom); to go astray
• 分歧点fēn qí diǎnpoint of disagreement
• 消歧义xiāo qí yìto remove ambiguity; disambiguation (in Wikipedia)
• 性别歧视xìng bié qí shìsex discrimination; sexism
• 消除歧义xiāo chú qí yìto disambiguate
• 消除对妇女一切形式歧视公约Xiāo chú duì Fù nǚ Yī qiè Xíng shì Qí shì Gōng yuēConvention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women

Characters built on 支

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

• 技jìskill
• 妓jìprostitute
• 枝zhībranch; classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc
• 肢zhīlimb
• 翅chì(bound form) wing (of a bird or insect)
• 吱zhī(onomatopoeia) creaking or groaning
• 伎jìartistry; talent; skill
• 岐Qísurname Qi; also used in place names

Characters that look like 歧

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

• 彼bǐthat; those; (one) another
• 坡pōslope; sloping; slanted
• 枚méiclassifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs…
• 枝zhībranch; classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc
• 肢zhīlimb
• 坟féngrave; tomb; embankment

Sounds the same

Read qí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 其his; her; its
• 奇strange; odd; weird
• 骑to sit astride; to ride (a horse, bike etc); classifier for saddle horses
• 齐neat; even; level with
• 棋chess; chess-like game; a game of chess
• 旗flag; variant of 旗
• 琪(literary) fine jade
• 祺(literary) good luck; good fortune…
• 祈to implore; to pray; to request
• 崎mountainous
• 琦(literary) fine jade
• 淇name of a river