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矶

jī

Character Traditional 磯

What 矶 means

1. breakwater
2. jetty

Example sentences

• 我更喜欢洛杉矶。
  I like L.A. better.
• 我比较喜欢洛杉矶。
  I like L.A. better.
• 他登上了前往洛杉矶的飞机。
  Tā dēngshàng le qiánwǎng Luòshānjī de fēijī.
  He boarded a plane bound for Los Angeles.
• 我应该取消我到洛杉矶的旅行。
  Wǒ yīnggāi qǔxiāo wǒ dào Luòshānjī de lǚxíng.
  I should cancel my L.A. trip.
• 他中途在洛杉矶和芝加哥停留。
  Tā zhōngtú zài Luòshānjī hé Zhījiāgē tíngliú.
  He stopped over at Los Angeles and Chicago.
• 洛杉矶是我想去的其中一个地方。
  Luòshānjī shì wǒ xiǎng qù de qízhōng yī gè dìfang.
  Los Angeles is one of the places that I'd like to visit.

Words starting with 矶

• 矶鹬jī yù(bird species of China) common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)

Words containing 矶

• 洛杉矶Luò shān jīLos Angeles, California
• 洛矶山Luò jī ShānRocky Mountains
• 洛矶山脉Luò jī Shān màiRocky Mountains
• 洛杉矶时报Luò shān jī Shí bàoLos Angeles Times
• 洛杉矶湖人Luò shān jī Hú rénLos Angeles Lakers (NBA team)
• 蓝矶鸫lán jī dōng(bird species of China) blue rock thrush (Monticola solitarius)
• 栗腹矶鸫lì fù jī dōng(bird species of China) chestnut-bellied rock thrush (Monticola rufiventris)
• 白喉矶鸫bái hóu jī dōng(bird species of China) white-throated rock thrush (Monticola gularis)
• 白背矶鸫bái bèi jī dōng(bird species of China) common rock thrush (Monticola saxatilis)
• 加利福尼亚大学洛杉矶分校Jiā lì fú ní yà Dà xué Luò shān jī Fēn xiàoUCLA

Characters that look like 矶

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

• 玩wánto play; to have fun; to trifle with
• 柜guìcupboard; cabinet; wardrobe
• 轨guǐ(bound form) rail; track; course; path
• 肌jī(bound form) flesh; muscle
• 玑jī(literary) baroque pearl; irregular pearl
• 矾fánalum

Sounds the same

Read jī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 机(bound form) machine; mechanism; (bound form) aircraft; (bound form) an opportunity
• 鸡fowl; chicken; (slang) prostitute
• 击to hit; to strike; to break
• 基(bound form) base; foundation; (bound form) radical (chemistry)…
• 积to amass; to accumulate; to store up; (math) product (the result of multiplication)…
• 激to arouse; to incite; to excite
• 圾used in 垃圾; Taiwan pr. sè
• 肌(bound form) flesh; muscle
• 饥(bound form) hungry
• 缉to seize; to arrest; Taiwan pr. qì
• 讥to ridicule
• 姬woman; concubine; female entertainer (archaic)