七 (qī): seven, 7
七 (qī) is a Chinese character meaning “seven.” Classified as HSK Level 1 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 一 (structural) and 乚 (structural). It ranks #530 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- seven
- 7
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 乱七八糟phrase | luàn qī bā zāo | (idiom) chaotic |
| 十七numeral | shí qī | seventeen |
| 七月noun | qī yuè | July |
| 七十numeral | qī shí | seventy |
| 杂七杂八phrase | zá qī zá bā | an assortment |
| 乌七八糟phrase | wū qī bā zāo | everything in disorder (idiom) |
| 三七二十一 | sān qī èr shí yī | three sevens are twenty-one (idiom) |
| 七月份noun | qī yuè fèn | July |
| 七窍noun | qī qiào | the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth |
| 七零八落phrase | qī líng bā luò | (idiom) everything broken and in disorder |
| 七嘴八舌phrase | qī zuǐ bā shé | lively discussion with everybody talking at once |
| 七分之一 | qī fēn zhī yī | one seventh |
| 七老八十phrase | qī lǎo bā shí | in one's seventies (age) |
| 田七noun | tián qī | pseudo-ginseng |
| 七彩noun | qī cǎi | seven colors |
七 appears in 100 compound words: 73 as the first character, 7 as the last, and 20 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 七 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (35)
Showing 12 of 35 idioms containing 七.
Example Sentences
七月的天气很热，很多人都选择去海边避暑。
Qī yuè de tiānqì hěn rè, hěn duō rén dōu xuǎnzé qù hǎibiān bìshǔ.
The weather in July is very hot; many people choose to go to the seaside to escape the heat.
龙七公:“万亿大市”挑大梁支撑基本面
lóng qī gōng : wàn yì dà shì tiāo dà liáng zhī chēng jī běn miàn
Long Qigong: "Trillion big city" takes the lead to support fundamentals
...迈步 第一金投信可望主导 合并后排名看第七
. . . mài bù dì yī jīn tóu xìn kě wàng zhǔ dǎo gě bìng hòu pái míng kàn dì qī
... Step forward First Gold Investment Trust is expected to dominate the ranking after the merger
日本流感疫情持续高位,七成地区达“警报”级别
rì běn liú gǎn yì qíng chí xù gāo wèi , qī chéng dì qū dá jǐng bào jí bié
The influenza epidemic in Japan continues to be high, with 70% of the regions reaching the "alert" level
线下门店排长队 线上订单早高峰 京东七鲜春节双线共..
xiàn xià mén diàn pái cháng duì xiàn shàng dìng dān zǎo gāo fēng jīng dōng qī xiān chūn jié shuāng xiàn gòng . .
Long queues in offline stores, early peak of online orders, JD Qixian Spring Festival double line total:
长城脚下天天有精彩,热闹至初七!怀柔民俗展演引爆新..
cháng chéng jiǎo xià tiān tiān yǒu jīng cǎi , rè nào zhì chū qī ! huái róu mín sú zhǎn yǎn yǐn bào xīn . .
Every day at the foot of the Great Wall, until the seventh day of the Lunar New Year! The Huairou Folklore Show will be a new...
今晚七点老地方见。没问题吧？
Jīnwǎn qī diǎn lǎodìfāng jiàn. méiwèntí ba?
Can you make it to our usual place at 7:00 p.m. tonight?
我七点左右来就可以了吧？
Wǒ qī diǎn zuǒyòu lái jiù kěyǐ le ba?
Would it suffice if I came around 7?
我的朋友十七岁了。
Wǒ de péngyou shíqī suì le.
My friend is seventeen.
他的房间乱七八糟。
Tā de fángjiān luànqībāzāo.
His room was in disorder.
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