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赤

chì

HSK 6 Character

What 赤 means

1. red
2. scarlet
3. bare
4. naked

Example sentences

• 男孩赤裸着上身。
  Nánhái chìluǒ zhe shàngshēn.
  The boy was shirtless.
• 汤姆赤裸着上身。
  Tāng mu chìluǒ zhe shàngshēn.
  Tom is naked from the waist up.
• 汤姆不习惯赤脚漫步。
  Tāngmǔ bù xíguàn chìjiǎo mànbù.
  Tom isn't used to walking barefooted.
• 我们去年遇到了赤字。
  We went into the red last year.
• 那条船昨天穿过了赤道。
  Nà tiáo chuán zuótiān chuānguò le chìdào.
  That ship crossed the equator yesterday.
• 这场生意正面临着赤字。
  Zhè chǎng shēngyi zhèng miànlín zhe chìzì.
  The business is in the red.

Words starting with 赤

• 赤字chì zì(financial) deficit; red letter
• 赤道chì dàoequator (of the earth or a celestial body); celestial equator
• 赤裸chì luǒnaked; bare
• 赤裸裸chì luǒ luǒbare; naked; (fig.) plain
• 赤脚chì jiǎobarefoot
• 赤诚chì chéngutterly sincere; wholly devoted
• 赤条条chì tiáo tiáostark naked
• 赤子chì zǐnewborn baby; the people (of a country)
• 赤壁Chì bìRed Cliffs, historic battlefield in Huangzhou District 黄州区; see 赤壁市
• 赤手空拳chì shǒu kōng quán(idiom) with one's bare hands (unarmed – also figuratively: without assistance)
• 赤足chì zúbarefoot; barefooted
• 赤膊chì bóbare to the waist
• 赤手chì shǒuwith bare hands
• 赤潮chì cháoalgal bloom
• 赤贫chì pínpoverty-stricken
• 赤身chì shēnnaked
• 赤金chì jīnpure gold
• 赤陶chì táoterracotta; terra cotta
• 赤口日chì kǒu rìthird day of the lunar year…
• 赤城县Chì chéng XiànChicheng, a county in Zhangjiakou City 张家口市
• 赤壁市Chì bì ShìChibi, a county-level city in Xianning City 咸宁市
• 赤峰市Chì fēng ShìChifeng, prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region 内蒙古自治区
• 赤水市Chì shuǐ ShìChishui, a county-level city in Zunyi City 遵义市
• 赤水河Chì shuǐ HéChishui River, tributary of Wei in Shaanxi

Words containing 赤

• 面红耳赤miàn hóng ěr chìflushed with anger (or excitement)
• 努尔哈赤Nǔ ěr hā chìNurhaci (1559-1626), founder and first Khan of the Manchu Later Jin dynasty 后金
• 术赤Zhú chìJöchi (c. 1182–1227) Mongol army commander, eldest of Genghis Khan's four sons
• 足赤zú chìpure gold; solid gold
• 小赤壁Xiǎo chì bìLittle Red Cliff, nickname of Bitan 碧潭
• 打赤脚dǎ chì jiǎoto bare the feet
• 黄赤色huáng chì sègolden colored; yellow red
• 反赤道流fǎn chì dào liúequatorial counter current
• 天球赤道tiān qiú chì dàocelestial equator
• 天行赤眼tiān xíng chì yǎnacute contagious conjunctivitis (TCM)
• 急赤白脸jí chì bái liǎnto worry oneself sick; to fret
• 海外赤子hǎi wài chì zǐpatriotic overseas compatriot
• 达鲁花赤dá lǔ huā chìMongolian daruqachi, local commander in Mongol and Yuan times
• 金无足赤jīn wú zú chìnot all gold is sufficiently red (idiom); no-one is perfect
• 灰赤杨huī chì yánggray alder (Alnus incana); speckled alder
• 绿赤杨lǜ chì yánggreen alder (Alnus viridis)
• 普通赤杨pǔ tōng chì yángalder tree (Alnus glutinosa)
• 白眉赤眼bái méi chì yǎnfor no reason (idiom)
• 打赤膊dǎ chì bóto bare one's chest; bare-chested
• 玉米赤霉烯酮yù mǐ chì méi xī tóngzearalenone
• 近朱者赤，近墨者黑jìn zhū zhě chì , jìn mò zhě hēithose who handle cinnabar are stained red; those who work with ink are stained black…

Characters built on 土

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

• 地dìearth; ground; field
• 里lǐlining; interior; inside
• 基jī(bound form) base; foundation; (bound form) radical (chemistry)…
• 至zhìto arrive; most; to
• 址zhǐ(bound form) site; location
• 壁bìwall; rampart
• 圾jīused in 垃圾; Taiwan pr. sè
• 寺sìBuddhist temple; mosque; government office (old)

Characters that look like 赤

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

• 易yìeasy; amiable; to change
• 杀shāto kill; to slay; to murder; to attack; to weaken; to reduce; (dialect) to smart
• 妻qī(bound form) wife
• 垂chuíto hang (down); droop; dangle
• 吞tūnto swallow; to take
• 参cānto take part in; to participate; to join

Sounds the same

Read chì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 翅(bound form) wing (of a bird or insect)
• 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