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翅

chì

HSK 5 Character

What 翅 means

1. bound formwing (of a bird or insect)

Other readings

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

• chìvariant of {翅|chì}

Example sentences

• 鸟有翅膀。
  A bird has wings.
• 鹰的一只翅膀断了。
  Yīng de yī zhī chìbǎng duàn le.
  One of the hawk's wings is broken.
• 这只燕子的翅膀受伤了。
  Zhè zhī yànzi de chìbǎng shòushāng le.
  This swallow's wings are broken.
• 伊卡洛斯乘着自制的翅膀飞翔。
  Icarus flew on crafted wings.
• 我发现了一只翅膀受了重伤的鸟儿。
  Wǒ fāxiàn le yī zhī chìbǎng shòu le zhòngshāng de niǎor.
  I found a bird whose wing was severely damaged.
• 大多数的昆虫有六只脚和四只翅膀。
  Most insects have six legs and four wings.

Words starting with 翅

• 翅膀chì bǎngwing
• 翅子chì zishark's fin; wing
• 翅展chì zhǎnwingspan
• 翅汤chì tāngshark-fin soup
• 翅膀硬chì bǎng yìng(of a bird) to fledge; (fig.) (of a person) to outgrow the need to be submissive to one's…

Words containing 翅

• 鱼翅yú chìshark fin
• 展翅zhǎn chìto spread wings
• 前翅qián chìfront wing (of insect)
• 后翅hòu chìback wing (of insect)
• 排翅pái chìwhole-piece shark's fin
• 无翅wú chìwingless
• 金翅jīn chìoriental greenfinch (Carduelis sinica)
• 鸡翅jī chìchicken wing
• 半翅目bàn chì mùHemiptera (suborder of order Homoptera, insects including cicadas and aphids)
• 同翅目tóng chì mùHomoptera (insect suborder including cicadas, aphids, plant-hoppers, shield bugs etc)
• 直翅目zhí chì mùOrthoptera (insect order including grasshoppers, crickets and locusts)
• 膜翅目mó chì mùHymenoptera (insect order including ants and bees)
• 金翅雀jīn chì què(bird species of China) grey-capped greenfinch (Chloris sinica)
• 隐翅虫yǐn chì chóngrove beetle
• 双翅目shuāng chì mùDiptera (insect order including flies)
• 鸡翅木jī chì mùwenge or wengue (type of wood)
• 鱼翅汤yú chì tāngshark fin soup
• 鱼翅瓜yú chì guāspaghetti squash (Cucurbita pepo)
• 展翅高飞zhǎn chì gāo fēito spread one's wings and soar (idiom); to develop one's abilities freely
• 插翅难飞chā chì nán fēilit. even given wings, you couldn't fly (idiom); fig. impossible to escape
• 斑翅朱雀bān chì zhū què(bird species of China) three-banded rosefinch (Carpodacus trifasciatus)
• 欧金翅雀ōu jīn chì què(bird species of China) European greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
• 赤翅沙雀chì chì shā què(bird species of China) Eurasian crimson-winged finch (Rhodopechys sanguineus)
• 距翅麦鸡jù chì mài jī(bird species of China) river lapwing (Vanellus duvaucelii)

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
• 歧qídivergent; side road
• 妓jìprostitute
• 枝zhībranch; classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc
• 肢zhīlimb
• 吱zhī(onomatopoeia) creaking or groaning
• 伎jìartistry; talent; skill
• 岐Qísurname Qi; also used in place names

Characters that look like 翅

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

• 颇pōrather; quite; considerably
• 姬jīwoman; concubine; female entertainer (archaic)
• 缀zhuìto sew; to stitch together; to combine
• 涎xiánsaliva
• 掇duōto pick up; to collect; to gather up
• 绫língdamask; thin silk

Sounds the same

Read chì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 赤red; scarlet; bare
• 斥to blame; to reprove; to reprimand
• 敕imperial orders
• 炽to burn; to blaze; splendid
• 叱to scold; shout at; to hoot at
• 彳step with the left foot (Kangxi radical 60); see also 彳亍
• 踅walk with one leg
• 饬(bound form) to put in order; to arrange properly; circumspect
• 啻only (classical, usually follows negative or question words); (not) just
• 抶beat; flog
• 傺to detain; to hinder
• 敇Imperial command or edict