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淇

qí

Character

What 淇 means

1. name of a river

Example sentences

• 我想吃冰淇凌。
  I want to eat ice cream.
• 热得想吃冰淇淋。
  The heat is making me crave for an ice cream.
• 我不会吃冰淇淋。
  I will not eat ice cream.
• 给我留点冰淇淋。
  Leave me a bit of ice cream.
• 我想吃冰淇淋了。
  I want to eat ice cream.
• 我想去吃个冰淇淋。
  Wǒ xiǎng qù chī gè bīngqílín.
  I want to go eat an ice cream.

Words starting with 淇

• 淇淋qí líncream (loanword)
• 淇县Qí XiànQi County or Qixian, a county in Hebi City 鹤壁市
• 淇滨区Qí bīn QūQibin, a district of Hebi City 鹤壁市
• 淇滨Qí bīnsee 淇滨区

Words containing 淇

• 冰淇淋bīng qí línice cream
• 舒淇Shū QíShu Qi (1976-), Taiwanese actress
• 霜淇淋shuāng qí línsoft ice-cream
• 麦淇淋mài qí lín(loanword) margarine
• 眼睛吃冰淇淋yǎn jing chī bīng qí lín(slang; Taiwan) to be checking out the hotties

Characters built on 其

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

• 斯sī(phonetic); this
• 期qīa period of time; phase; stage
• 基jī(bound form) base; foundation; (bound form) radical (chemistry)…
• 旗qíflag; variant of 旗
• 欺qīto take unfair advantage of; to deceive; to cheat
• 棋qíchess; chess-like game; a game of chess
• 琪qí(literary) fine jade
• 麒qíused in 麒麟

Characters that look like 淇

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

• 俱jù(literary) all; both; entirely; without exception; (literary) to be together…
• 赎shúto redeem; to ransom
• 渎dúdisrespectful; (literary) ditch
• 湛zhàndeep; clear (water)
• 瑛yīng(literary) translucent stone similar to jade; (literary) luster of jade
• 骐qí(literary) black horse

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
• 歧divergent; side road
• 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