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Meaning of 稽

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稽Polyphone (多音字)
Total strokes: 15; Radical: 禾
Pictophonetic:旨 indicates the sound; 禾 (grain) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • ⿰ Left to right
    • 禾 [ hé ] cereal, grain, rice; plant, stalk
    • ⿱ Above to below
      • 尤 [ yóu ] especially, particularly
      • 旨 [ zhǐ ] aim, intention, purpose, will
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Stroke order image for Chinese character 稽
1
Pinyin: jī
English Definition:to inspect; to check; surname Ji
Chinese Definition:
①停留:稽留。稽滞。
②考核:稽核。稽查。稽考。无稽之谈。
③计较:反唇相稽。
④至。
⑤姓氏。

Example Words:
稽查 jī chá inspection
滑稽 huá jī comical; funny; amusing; old pr. [gu3 ji1]; huaji, a form of comedy performance popular in Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang
稽核 jī hé to audit; to verify; to examine; auditing
无稽之谈 wú jī zhī tán complete nonsense (idiom)
荒诞无稽 huāng dàn wú jī ridiculous; unbelievable; absurd
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2
Pinyin: qǐ
English Definition:to bow to the ground
Chinese Definition:
①(稽首)古代的一种礼节,跪下,拱手至地,头也至地。
Example Words:
泣血稽颡 qì xuè qǐ sǎng in mourning for one's parents (used in obituaries) (idiom)
稽颡 qǐ sǎng to kowtow (touch the forehead to the floor)
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Example Sentences
1
我把房间搞得一团稽了吧
?
Have I made a mess of the room?
2
他补充
,
这真是滑天下之大稽
。
What a thing, he added, to ripples of laughter in the audience.
3
如果这条消息是真的
,
那简直就是滑天下之大稽了
。
If this information is true, then it is the most preposterous thing in the world.
4
学术界以往对于
“
稽
”
字的构形和演变不是很清楚
。
The formation and evolution of the character Ji is not clear till now.
5
而现在的问题是
,
这些严厉预防措施所针对的不过是一项运动赛事而已
,
这实在是滑天下之大稽
。
The risk is that heavy-handed precautions will take the fun out of what is supposed, after all, to be a sporting event.