寄 (jì)
to mail/to send
How 寄 is written
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 宀 — roof
- Traditional
- 寄
- Simplified
- 寄 (unchanged)
Common words using 寄
- 寄託 jìtuō
- to have sb look after sb; to entrust the care of sb; to place (hope etc) on
- 寄予 jìyú
- to place (hope, importance etc) on; to express; to show
- 寄人籬下 jìrénlíxià
- to lodge under another person's roof (idiom); to live relying on sb else's charity
- 寄件人 jìjiànrén
- sender
- 寄出 jìchū
- to mail; to send by post
- 寄存 jìcún
- to deposit; to store; to leave sth with sb
- 寄宿 jìsù
- to lodge; to live (in rented accommodation)
- 寄望 jìwàng
- to place hopes on
- 寄生 jìshēng
- to live in or on another organism as a parasite; to live by taking advantage of others; parasitism
- 寄養 jìyǎng
- to place in the care of sb (a child, pet etc); to foster; to board out
- 郵寄 yóujì
- to mail; to send by post
- 寄主 jìzhǔ
- host (of a parasite)
寄 in a sentence
我要去郵局寄包裹。
Wǒ yào qù yóujú jì bāoguǒ.
“I need to go to the post office to mail a package.”
How common is 寄?
寄 is the 1,609th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 95.3% of all running text.
Characters that appear with 寄
Master 寄 and 5,000 others.
Flashcards and Writing Practice. Every single character in A Course in Contemporary Chinese 當代中文課程.
寄
Start Learning
Flashcard Add to your deck