琪 (qí): (literary) fine jade
琪 (qí) is a Chinese character meaning “(literary) fine jade.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 王 (semantic) and 其 (phonetic). It ranks #2910 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 琪 jade. Its radical form 王 (jade) appears in many related characters such as 现 (xiàn, to appear), 球 (qiú, ball used for playing games (variant of 球)), 环 (huán, ring).
Definitions
- (literary) fine jade
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 安琪儿 | ān qí ér | angel (loanword) |
| 斯沃琪 | sī wò qí | Swatch (Swiss brand) |
| 沙琪玛noun | shā qí mǎ | sachima, sweet (Manchu) pastry made of fried strips of dough coated with syrup, pressed together, then cut into blocks |
| 杜琪峰 | dù qí fēng | Johnnie To (1955-), Hong Kong film director |
| 珣玗琪 | xún yú qí | type of ancient jade |
| 范玮琪 | fàn wěi qí | Christine Fan (1976-), American-born Taiwanese singer and actress |
琪 appears in 6 compound words: 0 as the first character, 50 as the last, and 50 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 琪 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
另一名中国选手杨佩琪排名第四。
lìng yī míng zhōng guó xuǎn shǒu yáng pèi qí pái míng dì sì .
Another Chinese athlete, Yang Peiqi, placed fourth.
前中国女排队员惠若琪在复盘比赛时也提到了具体的技战术环节。
qián zhōng guó nǚ pái duì yuán huì ruò qí zài fù pán bǐ sài shí yě tí dào le jù tǐ de jì zhàn shù huán jié .
Former Chinese women's volleyball player Hui Ruoqi also touched on specific technical and tactical aspects while reviewing the match.
分道扬镳的两人各自为战之际,独自前往香港的琪琪,同样有着自己的使命。
fēn dào yáng 镳 de liǎng rén gè zì wéi zhàn zhī jì , dú zì qián wǎng xiāng gǎng de qí qí , tóng yàng yǒu zhe zì jǐ de shǐ mìng .
While the two, having gone their separate ways, were fighting their own battles, Qiqi, who had traveled to Hong Kong alone, also had her own mission.
潘慧琪结合自己的研究举例,通过期刊史料可以还原一部电影的“社会史”。
pān huì qí jié hé zì jǐ de yán jiū jǔ lì , tōng guò qī kān shǐ liào kě yǐ hái yuán yī bù diàn yǐng de shè huì shǐ .
Pan Huiqi cited examples from her own research, demonstrating that journal archives can be used to reconstruct the “social history” of a film.
随着调查深入,警方发现安琪拉有诈骗前科,而伊恩也并非什么完美男友。
suí zhe diào chá shēn rù , jǐng fāng fā xiàn ān qí lā yǒu zhà piàn qián kē , ér yī ēn yě bìng fēi shén me wán měi nán yǒu .
As the investigation progressed, the police discovered that Angela had a history of fraud, and that Ian wasn't exactly the perfect boyfriend either.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 王 (jade) component
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