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讥

jī

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 character level 7-9 Character Traditional 譏

What 讥 means

1. to ridicule

Words starting with 讥

• 讥笑jī xiàoto sneer
• 讥讽jī fěngto satirize; to ridicule; to mock
• 讥刺jī cìto ridicule; to mock
• 讥诮jī qiàoto deride; to mock

Words containing 讥

• 反唇相讥fǎn chún xiāng jī(idiom) to answer back sarcastically; to retort

Characters that look like 讥

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

• 讯xùn(bound form) to ask; to inquire; (bound form) to interrogate; to question…

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
• 姬woman; concubine; female entertainer (archaic)
• 奇odd (number)

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