丐 (gài): to beg for alms, beggar
丐 (gài) is a Chinese character meaning “to beg for alms.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 下 (structural). It ranks #2496 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically pictographic, 丐 a person leaning forward to ask for help. Its radical form 一 (one) appears in many related characters such as 一 (yī, one), 七 (qī, seven), 三 (sān, three).
Definitions
- to beg for alms
- beggar
Etymology & Origin
pictographicA person leaning forward to ask for help
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 乞丐noun | qǐ gài | beggar |
| 丐帮noun | gài bāng | beggars' union |
| 丐版noun | gài bǎn | (slang) basic version (of a product) |
丐 appears in 3 compound words: 67 as the first character, 33 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 丐 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
丐字由4笔画组成，结构很巧妙。
gài zì yóu bǐ huà zǔ chéng , jié gòu hěn qiǎo miào .
The character "丐" consists of four strokes and has a very ingenious structure.
这个续航，大部分智能表就算开启乞丐模式也做不到。
zhè gè xù háng , dà bù fēn zhì néng biǎo jiù suàn kāi qǐ qǐ gài mó shì yě zuò bù dào .
Most smartwatches can't match this battery life, even when set to ultra-low-power mode.
他很富有，但活得像个乞丐。
Tā hěn fùyǒu, dàn huó de xiàng gè qǐgài.
He is rich yet he lives like a beggar.
我把身上的钱全都给了那个乞丐。
Wǒ bǎ shēnshang de qián quándōu gěi le nàge qǐgài.
I gave the beggar what money I had.
这名乞丐在收集干面包。
Zhè míng qǐgài zài shōují gàn miànbāo.
The beggar is collecting stale bread.
Character Family
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