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魁

kuí

Character

What 魁 means

1. chief
2. head
3. outstanding
4. exceptional
5. stalwart

Example sentences

• 自由魁北克万岁！
  Long live free Quebec!
• 我们都不认为他是事故的罪魁祸首。
  Wǒmen dōu bù rènwéi tā shì shìgù de zuìkuíhuòshǒu.
  None of us thought he was to blame for the accident.
• 听起来好像他是这场灾难的罪魁祸首。
  Tīngqilai hǎoxiàng tā shì zhè chǎng zāinàn de zuìkuíhuòshǒu.
  It sounds as if he were to blame for the disaster.
• 这前所未闻, 犯罪嫌疑人的律师竟然是真正的罪魁祸首。
  Zhè qiánsuǒwèiwén, fànzuì xiányírén de lǜshī jìngrán shì zhēnzhèng de zuìkuíhuòshǒu.
  It's totally without precedent for the suspect's attorney to be the true culprit.
• 该报文章中将被告人描述成一个罪魁祸首，尽管他已经被证明是无辜的了。
  Gāi bào wénzhāng zhōngjiàng bèigàorén miáoshù chéng yī gè zuìkuíhuòshǒu, jǐnguǎn tā yǐjīng bèi zhèngmíng shì wúgū de le.
  The news article painted the defendant as a guilty man, even though he had been proven innocent.
• 马尼夸根湖是加拿大魁北克的环形湖，是2亿年前一场巨大冲击形成的陨石坑遗迹。
  Mǎ ní kuā gēn hú shì Jiānádà Kuíběikè de huánxíng hú, shì 2 yì niánqián yī chǎng jùdà chōngjī xíngchéng de yǔnshíkēng yíjì.
  Lake Manicouagan, a ring-shaped lake in Quebec, Canada, is all that remains of a crater from a massive impact over 200 million years ago.

Words starting with 魁

• 魁梧kuí wútall and sturdy
• 魁北克Kuí běi kèQuebec province, Canada
• 魁伟kuí wěitall and big; stalwart
• 魁元kuí yuánbrightest and best; chief; first among peers
• 魁星Kuí xīngstars of the Big Dipper that constitute the rectangular body of the dipper…
• 魁首kuí shǒuchief; first; brightest and best
• 魁星阁Kuí xīng gétemple to Kuixing, Daoist God of fate
• 魁北克市Kuí běi kè shìQuebec city, capital of Quebec province of Canada
• 魁蚶kuí hānarc clam (Arca inflata)

Words containing 魁

• 罪魁祸首zuì kuí huò shǒu(idiom) criminal ringleader; main offender; main culprit; main cause of a disaster
• 夺魁duó kuíto win the championship; to take first place
• 渠魁qú kuírebel leader; ringleader; bandit chieftain
• 罪魁zuì kuícriminal ringleader; chief culprit; fig. cause of a problem
• 临魁Lín kuíLinkui (c. 2000 BC), second of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝
• 花魁huā kuíthe queen of flowers (refers esp. to plum blossom)…
• 党魁dǎng kuíparty boss
• 易洛魁Yì luò kuíIroquois
• 祸首罪魁huò shǒu zuì kuísee 罪魁祸首

Characters that look like 魁

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

• 毁huǐto destroy; to ruin; to defame; to slander
• 躲duǒto hide; to dodge; to avoid
• 鲍bàoabalone
• 魅mèidemon; magic; to charm
• 颊jiácheeks
• 鲑guītrout; salmon

Sounds the same

Read kuí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 奎crotch; 15th of the 28th constellations of Chinese astronomy
• 葵used in the names of various herbaceous plants
• 睽separated; stare
• 夔one-legged mountain demon of Chinese mythology; Chinese mythical figure who invented…
• 喹used in 喹啉
• 逵crossroads; thoroughfare
• 蝰used in 蝰蛇
• 馗cheekbone; crossroads; high
• 揆consider; estimate
• 暌in opposition to; separated from
• 戣a lance
• 犪used in 犪牛