Shareables · HSK 1 · 声 · Sound series
声旁 · 其 gives the sound
其 carries the sound in 8 characters, including 期.
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其qíhis/her/its/their/that/such/it (refers to sth preceding it)
同声旁 · SAME SOUND COMPONENT
The component is the clue: once you can read 其, you can guess all of these.
| Character | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 期 | qī | variant of 期/period/cycle/a period of time/phase/stage/classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study/time |
| 斯 | sī | Slovakia/Slovak/abbr. for 斯洛伐克[Si1 luo4 fa2 ke4]/(phonetic)/this |
| 基 | jī | (bound form) base; foundation/(bound form) radical (chemistry)/(bound form) gay (loanword from English into Cantonese, Jyutping: gei1, followed by orthographic borrowing from Cantonese) |
| 旗 | qí | flag/variant of 旗[qi2]/banner/flag/(in Qing times) Manchu (cf. 八旗[Ba1 qi2])/administrative subdivision in inner Mongolia equivalent to 縣|县[xian4] county/CL:面[mian4] |
| 欺 | qī | to take unfair advantage of/to deceive/to cheat |
| 棋 | qí | variant of 棋/chess/chess-like game/a game of chess/chess piece/variant of 棋 |
| 琪 | qí | fine jade |
| 淇 | qí | name of a river |
More from HSK 1
- 成语 · 马马虎虎 — Horse-horse-tiger-tiger: so-so, and the story of how careless gets you killed.
- 您 · Politeness you can see — 您 is 你 with a heart underneath. That is the whole difference.
- 春节 · The words of Chinese New Year — Six words that cover the whole holiday, from the red envelope to the couplets on the door.
- 评 · Comment on your surroundings — Point at something real and say what you notice. This alone is a complete strategy — caveman Chinese is correct Chinese.
- 问 · Ask about their life — Hometown, family, children, grandchildren, work. Memorize a few of these — they get a person to open up about their past.
- 问 · 哪儿 Where — 哪儿 and 哪里 are the same question. It sits where the answer goes, so the word order never moves.
- 问 · 什么 What — 什么 attaches to the noun it asks about: 什么工作, 什么东西, 什么好吃的.
- 问 · 有…吗 Do you have — 有 + noun + 吗 is the whole question. Nothing else changes.
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