骑 (qí): to ride
骑 (qí) is a Chinese character meaning “to ride.” Classified as HSK Level 3 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 马 (semantic) and 奇 (phonetic). It ranks #1390 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 骑 horse. Its radical form 马 (horse) appears in many related characters such as 马 (mǎ, horse), 验 (yàn, to test, to verify), 驶 (shǐ, (of a vehicle, horse etc) to go fast).
Definitions
- to ride
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 骑士noun | qí shì | knight |
| 骑马verb | qí mǎ | to ride a horse |
| 骑车verb | qí chē | to ride a bike (motorbike or bicycle) |
| 骑警noun | qí jǐng | mounted police (on horse or motorbike) |
| 骑兵noun | qí bīng | cavalry |
| 骑手noun | qí shǒu | horse rider |
| 坐骑noun | zuò qí | saddle horse |
| 骑术noun | qí shù | equestrianism |
| 骑虎难下phrase | qí hǔ nán xià | if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off (idiom) |
| 轻骑noun | qīng qí | light cavalry |
| 骑墙verb | qí qiáng | to sit on the fence (in a dispute) |
| 铁骑noun | tiě qí | armored horses |
| 骑马找马 | qí mǎ zhǎo mǎ | (idiom) (coll.) to continue in an unsatisfactory job (or romantic relationship etc) while actively looking for a bett... |
| 骑行verb | qí xíng | to ride (a bicycle, horse, motorbike etc) |
| 皇家骑警 | huáng jiā qí jǐng | Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Canadian federal and national police force |
骑 appears in 37 compound words: 73 as the first character, 16 as the last, and 11 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 骑 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (6)
to get into a situation where both proceeding forward and backing down are difficult
to settle for what one has for the moment (e.g. job, girlfriend, etc.) while actively looking for something better
Showing 5 of 6 idioms containing 骑.
Example Sentences
他每天早上骑自行车上班，既环保又锻炼身体。
Tā měitiān zǎoshang qí zìxíngchē shàngbān, jì huánbǎo yòu duànliàn shēntǐ.
He rides a bike to work every morning; it's both environmentally friendly and good exercise.
福建女孩扶起骑车摔倒老人 遭索赔人民币22万缠讼近1年
fú jiàn nǚ hái fú qǐ qí chē shuāi dǎo lǎo rén zāo suǒ péi rén mín bì 2 2 wàn chán sòng jìn 1 nián
Fujian girl helped up and fell on a bicycle and fell down an old man and was sued for nearly 1 year with a claim of RMB 220,000
外卖骑手黄晓琴:做骑手与社会连接的纽带|在春天...
wài mài qí shǒu huáng xiǎo qín : zuò qí shǒu yǔ shè huì lián jiē de niǔ dài zài chūn tiān . . .
Takeaway rider Huang Xiaoqin: Be the link between riders and society|In spring...
和首都女铁骑,做一天朋友
hé shǒu dū nǚ tiě qí , zuò yī tiān péng yǒu
I'll be friends for a day with the Capital Rangers.
春节不忘训练!侯友宜化身“一日骑警”,体验马术训练..
chūn jié bù wàng xùn liàn ! 侯 yǒu yí huā shēn yī rì qí jǐng , tī yàn mǎ shù xùn liàn . .
Spring Festival training continues! Hou Youyi transforms into a "one-day mounted police officer" to experience equestrian training...
...风中的暖流丨贵安新区市场监督管理局为外卖骑手送去..
. . . fēng zhōng de nuǎn liú 丨 guì ān xīn ōu shì chǎng jiān dū guǎn lǐ jú wéi wài mài qí shǒu sòng qù . .
A Warm Current in the Wind丨Gui'an New Area Market Supervision Administration Delivers Care to Food Delivery Riders...
可以让我骑一会儿这匹马吗？
Kěyǐ ràng wǒ qí yīhuìr zhè pǐ mǎ ma?
Can I ride this horse for a while?
他走路去学校还是骑车去学校？
Tā zǒulù qù xuéxiào háishi qíchē qù xuéxiào?
Does he go to school on foot or by bicycle?
骑自行车不能载人，你不知道吗？
Qí zìxíngchē bù néng zàirén, nǐ bù zhīdào ma?
You can't carry people on your bike, didn't you know?
她骑摩托车的技术不错！
Tā qí mótuōchē de jìshù bù cuò!
She rides a motorcycle well.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 马 (horse) component
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