淇 (qí): name of a river
淇 (qí) is a Chinese character meaning “name of a river.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 氵 (semantic) and 其 (phonetic). It ranks #2246 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 淇 water. Its radical form 氵 (water) appears in many related characters such as 河 (hé, river), 海 (hǎi, sea), 洋 (yáng, ocean).
Definitions
- name of a river
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 冰淇淋noun | bīng qí lín | ice cream |
| 眼睛吃冰淇淋 | yǎn jing chī bīng qí lín | (slang) (Tw) to be checking out the hotties |
| 舒淇 | shū qí | Shu Qi (1976-), Taiwanese actress |
| 淇县 | qí xiàn | Qi County or Qixian, a county in Hebi City 鶴壁市|鹤壁市, Henan |
| 淇滨区 | qí bīn qū | Qibin, a district of Hebi City 鶴壁市|鹤壁市, Henan |
| 麦淇淋noun | mài qí lín | (loanword) margarine |
| 淇淋noun | qí lín | cream (loanword) |
| 淇滨proper-noun | qí bīn | see 淇濱區|淇滨区 |
| 霜淇淋noun | shuāng qí lín | soft ice-cream |
淇 appears in 9 compound words: 44 as the first character, 11 as the last, and 44 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 淇 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
罗永浩多次公开否认,并回应称,冰淇淋博览会是行业活动,早已安排。
luó yǒng hào duō cì gōng kāi fǒu rèn , bìng huí yīng chēng , bīng qí lín bó lǎn huì shì xíng yè huó dòng , zǎo yǐ ān pái .
Luo Yonghao has repeatedly denied this in public, stating that the Ice Cream Expo is an industry event that had been scheduled long ago.
青年创作者钟淇玲的AI作品《鲸鱼之歌》获得“最佳技术作品”推优荣誉。
qīng nián chuàng zuò zhě zhōng qí líng de A I zuò pǐn jīng yú zhī gē huò dé zuì jiā jì shù zuò pǐn tuī yōu róng yù .
Young artist Zhong Qiling’s AI artwork, *Song of the Whale*, received the “Best Technical Work” recommendation.
其实不光是反复化冻再冻结,光是温度频繁波动就能影响冰的性质,这里举个冰淇淋的例子。
qí shí bù guāng shì fǎn fù huà dòng zài dòng jié , guāng shì wēn dù pín fán bō dòng jiù néng yǐng xiǎng bīng de xìng zhì , zhè lǐ jǔ gè bīng qí lín de lì zǐ .
In fact, it’s not just repeated thawing and refreezing—even frequent temperature fluctuations alone can affect the properties of ice. Let’s take ice cream as an example.
香蕉冰淇淋、蜜瓜冰沙……冷冻水果成新宠,营养价值会打折吗
xiāng jiāo bīng qí lín , mì guā bīng shā lěng dòng shuǐ guǒ chéng xīn chǒng , yíng yǎng jià zhí huì dǎ zhé ma
Banana ice cream, honeydew melon smoothies… Frozen fruit has become the new favorite—but does that mean its nutritional value takes a hit?
不仅是冰镇水果,盛夏时节,冰淇淋、冰镇饮品等也是人们喜爱的消暑选择。
bù jǐn shì bīng zhèn shuǐ guǒ , shèng xià shí jié , bīng qí lín , bīng zhèn yǐn pǐn děng yě shì rén men xǐ ài de xiāo shǔ xuǎn zé .
In addition to chilled fruit, ice cream and cold beverages are also popular ways to beat the heat during the height of summer.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 氵 (water) component
Frequently Asked Questions
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