其 (qí)
its/that/such/actually
How 其 is written
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 甘 — sweet
- Traditional
- 其
- Simplified
- 其 (unchanged)
Components
- 甘 sweet
- 一 one
- 八 eight/divide
Common words using 其
- 其他 qítā
- other; (smth or sb) else; the rest
- 其實 qíshí
- actually; in fact; really
- 其中 qízhōng
- among; in; included among these
- 其它 qítā
- other; the others; else
- 其次 qícì
- next; secondly
- 其餘 qíyú
- the rest; the others; remaining
- 尤其 yóuqí
- especially; particularly
- 尤其是 yóuqíshì
- especially; most of all; above all
- 極其 jíqí
- extremely
- 莫名其妙 mòmíngqímiào
- unfathomable mystery (idiom); subtle and ineffable; unable to make head or tail of it; boring (e.g. movie)
- 順其自然 shùnqízìrán
- to let nature take its course (idiom)
- 上下其手 shàngxiàqíshǒu
- to raise and lower one's hand (idiom); to signal as conspiratorial hint; fig. conspiring to defraud
其 in a sentence
其實我不太喜歡吃辣。
Qíshí wǒ bù tài xǐhuān chī là.
“Actually, I don't really like eating spicy food.”
How common is 其?
其 is the 85th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 38.8% of all running text.
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