Chinese Word: 跂 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

跂Polyphone (多音字)

Total strokes: 11; Radical: 足

Pictophonetic:支 indicates the sound; 足 (foot) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 足 [ zú ] foot; to attain, to satisfy; enough
- 支 [ zhī ] to support, to sustain; to withdraw, to pay; a branch (of a bank)

Similar Characters: 跛

Pinyin: jī

English Definition:foot

Pinyin: qí

English Definition:sixth (extra) toe; to crawl

Chinese Definition:
①多生的脚趾：“故合者不为骈，而枝者不为跂。”
②爬动：“跂行喙息蠕动之类，莫不就安利而辟危殆。”
③慢走。

Example Words:

crawling or creeping (of insects)

Pinyin: qǐ

English Definition:to climb; to hope

Chinese Definition:
①古通“企”，踮起：“吾尝跂而望矣。”

Example Words:

跂想	qǐ xiǎng	to expect anxiously
跂望	qǐ wàng	variant of 企望
跂訾	qǐ zǐ	opinionated
跂踵候驾	qǐ zhǒng hòu jià	to eagerly await your presence (honorary) (idiom)
跂踵而望	qǐ zhǒng ér wàng	to look forward anxiously (idiom)

Pinyin: qì

English Definition:to stand on tiptoe; to sit with feet hanging

Example Words:

	跂坐	qì zuò	to sit with legs dangling
	跂望	qì wàng	to stand on tiptoe looking forward to sb or sth

Pinyin: zhī

English Definition:see 踶跂

Example Words:

overconfident and conceited mannerisms