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稽

jī

Character

What 稽 means

1. bound formto examine; to check (against records)
2. literaryto delay; to linger
3. literaryto dispute; to argue

Other readings

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

• qǐto bow to the ground
• Jīsurname Ji

Example sentences

• 真滑稽。
  Ridiculous.
• 滑稽可笑。
  It was ridiculous.
• 那是无稽之谈。只有傻瓜才会相信。
  Nàshi wújīzhītán. zhǐ yǒu shǎguā cái huì xiāngxìn.
  That's nonsense. Nobody but a fool would believe it.

Words starting with 稽

• 稽查jī cháinspection
• 稽古jī gǔto learn from the ancients; to study the classic texts
• 稽核jī héto audit; to verify; to examine
• 稽考jī kǎo(literary) to examine; to consult (records); to investigate
• 稽查员jī chá yuáninspector; ticket inspector
• 稽古振今jī gǔ zhèn jīnstudying the old to promote the new (idiom)
• 稽查人员jī chá rén yuáninspector
• 稽颡qǐ sǎngto kowtow (touch the forehead to the floor)

Words containing 稽

• 滑稽huá jīcomical; funny; amusing (old pr. gǔ jī); huaji, a form of comedy performance popular in…
• 无稽之谈wú jī zhī tán(idiom) complete nonsense
• 无稽wú jīnonsense
• 钩稽gōu jīto explore; to investigate; to audit (accounts, books etc)
• 荒唐无稽huāng táng wú jīpreposterous
• 荒诞无稽huāng dàn wú jīridiculous; unbelievable; absurd
• 荒谬无稽huāng miù wú jīcompletely ridiculous and unfounded
• 税捐稽征处Shuì juān Jī zhēng chùTaipei Revenue Service (tax office)
• 滑天下之大稽huá tiān xià zhī dà jīto be the most ridiculous thing in the world (idiom)

Characters built on 旨

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

• 指zhǐfinger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to
• 脂zhīfat; rouge (cosmetics); resin
• 酯zhǐester
• 诣yìto go (to visit a superior); one's current attainment in learning or art
• 鮨qísushi; grouper (Portuguese: garoupa); Epinephelus septemfasciatus

Characters that look like 稽

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

• 穆mùsolemn; reverent; calm
• 槽cáotrough; manger; groove
• 樱yīngcherry
• 褶xí(arch.) court dress
• 踵zhǒngto arrive; to follow; heel
• 摺zhédocument folded in accordion form; to fold

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)