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骑

qí

HSK 3 Character Traditional 騎

What 骑 means

1. to sit astride
2. to ride (a horse, bike etc)
3. classifier for saddle horses

Other readings

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

• jìsaddle horse; mounted soldier

Example sentences

• 我想骑马。
  I want to ride a horse.
• 你会骑马吗？
  Nǐ huì qímǎ ma?
  Do you know how to ride a horse?
• 您会骑马吗？
  Nín huì qímǎ ma?
  Can you ride a horse?
• 她骑着骆驼。
  Tā qí zhe luòtuo.
  She rode a camel.
• 你会骑车吗？
  Can you ride a bicycle?
• 他擅长骑马。
  He is good at riding a horse.

Words starting with 骑

• 骑车qí chēto ride a bike (motorbike or bicycle)
• 骑士qí shìknight; cavalier; (Taiwan) bike rider (scooter, bicycle etc)
• 骑马qí mǎto ride a horse
• 骑兵qí bīngcavalry
• 骑手qí shǒuhorse rider; equestrian; jockey
• 骑坐qí zuòto sit astride; to ride
• 骑射qí shèequestrian archery; riding and shooting
• 骑师qí shījockey; horse rider; horseman
• 骑枪qí qiāngcarbine; lance
• 骑楼qí lóuarcade (architecture)
• 骑墙qí qiángto sit on the fence (in a dispute)
• 骑行qí xíngto ride (a bicycle, horse, motorbike etc); cycling; horseback riding; motorbike riding
• 骑术qí shùequestrianism; horsemanship
• 骑警qí jǐngmounted police (on horse or motorbike)
• 骑警队qí jǐng duìmounted police detachment (on horse or motorbike)
• 骑马找马qí mǎ zhǎo mǎ(idiom; colloquial) to continue in an unsatisfactory job (or romantic relationship etc)…
• 骑劫qí jiéto hijack (an airplane, motor vehicle, social media account, discussion etc)
• 骑虎难下qí hǔ nán xiàif you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off (idiom); fig. impossible to stop halfway
• 骑田岭Qí tián lǐngQitian mountain range between south Hunan and Guangdong
• 骑都尉qí dū wèi(archaic) cavalry commandant; cavalry captain
• 骑脖子拉屎qí bó zi lā shǐ(lit.) to take a dump while riding on sb's shoulders (saying)…
• 骑驴找马qí lǘ zhǎo mǎ(idiom; colloquial) to continue in an unsatisfactory job (or romantic relationship etc)…
• 骑驴找驴qí lǘ zhǎo lǘlit. to search for the mule while riding on it (idiom)…
• 骑鹤qí hèto ride a crane (as a Daoist adept)

Words containing 骑

• 坐骑zuò qísaddle horse; mount
• 轻骑qīng qílight cavalry; light motorcycle; moped
• 铁骑tiě qíarmored horses; crack horsemen
• 皇家骑警huáng jiā qí jǐngRoyal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Canadian federal and national police force; Mounties
• 势成骑虎shì chéng qí hǔif you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off (idiom); fig. impossible to stop halfway
• 裸骑luǒ qíto ride (a horse, bicycle etc) naked
• 游侠骑士yóu xiá qí shìa knight-errant
• 宦骑huàn qíhorse guard; imperial cavalry guard (of officials or eunuchs)
• 骣骑chǎn qíto ride bareback
• 一骑绝尘yī qí jué chén(idiom) to lead the pack by a wide margin; to leave one's competitors trailing behind in…

Characters built on 奇

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

• 寄jìto entrust; to place in sb's care; (bound form) to depend on; to attach oneself to…
• 椅yǐchair
• 倚yǐto lean on; to rely upon
• 崎qímountainous
• 畸jīlopsided; unbalanced; abnormal
• 琦qí(literary) fine jade
• 绮qǐbeautiful; open-work silk
• 旖yǐused in 旖旎

Characters that look like 骑

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

• 游yóuto swim; variant of 游
• 烤kǎoto roast; to grill; to broil; to bake; to toast (bread); to warm oneself by a fire
• 脖bóneck
• 凋diāowithered
• 埚guōcrucible
• 绮qǐbeautiful; open-work silk

Sounds the same

Read qí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 其his; her; its
• 奇strange; odd; weird
• 齐neat; even; level with
• 棋chess; chess-like game; a game of chess
• 歧divergent; side road
• 旗flag; variant of 旗
• 琪(literary) fine jade
• 祺(literary) good luck; good fortune…
• 祈to implore; to pray; to request
• 崎mountainous
• 琦(literary) fine jade
• 淇name of a river