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疾

jí

HSK 6 Character

What 疾 means

1. bound formdisease; ailment
2. bound formswift
3. literaryto hate; to abhor

Example sentences

• 汤姆有残疾。
  Tāngmǔ yǒu cánjí.
  Tom is handicapped.
• 污秽导致疾病。
  Wūhuì dǎozhì jíbìng.
  Filth breeds illnesses.
• 她们患有疟疾。
  They're suffering from malaria.
• 你也许会染上疾病。
  Nǐ yěxǔ huì rǎnshàng jíbìng.
  You may get a serious disease.
• 你患了种脑部疾病。
  You have a brain disease.
• 疟疾是由蚊子传染的。
  Nüèjí shì yóu wénzi chuánrǎn de.
  Malaria is carried by mosquitoes.

Words starting with 疾

• 疾病jí bìngdisease; sickness; ailment
• 疾驰jí chíto speed along
• 疾苦jí kǔpain and difficulties; suffering (of the people)
• 疾风jí fēngstrong wind; gale
• 疾步jí bùat a fast pace
• 疾驶jí shǐ(of a vehicle) to travel at high speed
• 疾走jí zǒuto scamper; to scurry
• 疾书jí shūto scribble rapidly
• 疾速jí sùvery fast; at high speed
• 疾首jí shǒuextremely angry; infuriated; enraged
• 疾控中心jí kòng zhōng xīnCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); abbr. for 疾病预防控制中心
• 疾风劲草jí fēng jìng cǎolit. sturdy grass withstands high winds (idiom); fig. strength of character is revealed…
• 疾风知劲草jí fēng zhī jìng cǎolit. sturdy grass withstands high winds (idiom); fig. strength of character is revealed…
• 疾驰而过jí chí ér guòto sweep past; to hurtle past; to swoosh past
• 疾风知劲草，烈火见真金jí fēng zhī jìn cǎo , liè huǒ jiàn zhēn jīnlit. sturdy grass withstands high winds and true gold stands the test of fire (idiom)…
• 疾恶如仇jí è rú chóuvariant of 嫉恶如仇

Words containing 疾

• 残疾cán jídisabled; handicapped; deformity on a person or animal
• 残疾人cán jí réndisabled person
• 痛心疾首tòng xīn jí shǒubitter and hateful (idiom); to grieve and lament (over sth)
• 顽疾wán jístubborn illness; chronic disease; (fig.) deep-seated problem; systemic issue
• 大声疾呼dà shēng jí hūto call loudly (idiom); to get people's attention; to make one's views known
• 痢疾lì jidysentery
• 疟疾nüè jímalaria
• 迅疾xùn jírapid; swift
• 宿疾sù jíchronic ailment
• 眼疾yǎn jíeye disease
• 性疾病xìng jí bìngsexually transmitted disease; venereal disease
• 无疾而终wú jí ér zhōng(lit.) to die without illness (idiom); (fig.) to result in failure…
• 眼疾手快yǎn jí shǒu kuài(idiom) sharp-eyed and adroit
• 积劳成疾jī láo chéng jíto accumulate work causes sickness (idiom); to fall ill from constant overwork
• 精神疾病jīng shén jí bìngmental illness
• 隐疾yǐn jían unmentionable illness (e.g. venereal disease)
• 恶疾è jíunpleasant ailment; foul disease
• 残疾儿cán jí éra child with a birth defect; a deformed child
• 遗传性疾病yí chuán xìng jí bìnggenetic disorder
• 心血管疾病xīn xuè guǎn jí bìngcardiovascular disease
• 脑血管疾病nǎo xuè guǎn jí bìngcerebrovascular disease
• 藏毛性疾病cáng máo xìng jí bìngpilonidal disease
• 慢性疾病màn xìng jí bìngchronic illness; disease that takes effect slowly
• 暗疾àn jíunmentionable disease; a disease one is ashamed of

Characters built on 矢

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

• 知zhīto know; to be aware
• 医yīmedical; medicine; doctor
• 疑yí(bound form) to doubt; to suspect
• 矣yǐclassical final particle, similar to modern 了
• 雉zhìringed pheasant
• 肄yìto learn; to practice or study (old)
• 彘zhìswine

Characters that look like 疾

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

• 病bìngillness; disease; to fall ill
• 桑sāng(bound form) mulberry tree
• 症zhèngdisease; illness
• 痕hénscar; traces
• 浆jiāngthick liquid; to starch
• 屎shǐfeces; excrement; a stool; (bound form) secretion (of the ear, eye etc)

Sounds the same

Read jí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 及and; to reach; up to
• 即namely; that is; i.e.
• 极extremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost
• 级level; grade; rank
• 急urgent; pressing; rapid
• 籍(bound form) book; record; register; (bound form) place of one's family or ancestral…
• 集to gather; to collect; collected works
• 辑to gather up; to collect; to edit
• 吉lucky; giga- (meaning billion or 10^9)
• 嫉jealousy; to be jealous of
• 笈trunks (for books)
• 藉(literary) to tread on; to insult; used in 狼藉