Chinese Word: 杞 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

杞

Pinyin: qǐ

English Definition: Chinese wolfberry shrub (Lycium chinense); willow; Qi, a Zhou Dynasty vassal state; surname Qi

Chinese Definition:
①中国周代诸侯国名，在今河南省杞县一带：杞人忧天(喻不必要的或无根据的忧虑。简称“杞忧”)。
②姓氏。

Total strokes: 7; Radical: 木

Pictophonetic: 己 indicates the sound; 木 (tree) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 木 [ mù ] tree; wood, lumber; wooden
- 己 [ jǐ ] self, oneself; personal, private; 6th heavenly stem

Similar Characters: 祀圯记

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Example Words

枸杞	gǒu qǐ	wolfberry (Lycium chinense); genus Lycium
杞人忧天	qǐ rén yōu tiān	man of Qǐ fears the sky falling (idiom); groundless fears
枸杞子	gǒu qǐ zǐ	goji berry
杞国	qǐ guó	the State of Qǐ in modern Qǐ county 杞县 , Henan (c. 1500-445 BC), a small vassal state of Shang and Western Zhou for most of its existence
杞县	qǐ xiàn	Qi county in Kaifeng 开封 , Henan

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Example Sentences

1		rán ér 然而， wǒ men 我们 gèng 更 yuàn yì 愿意 ràng 让 rén men 人们 dān xīn 担心 qǐ tiān 杞天。 However, we prefer to make people worry roxburghiana days.
2		yī shēng 医生 shuō 说 tā 他 huì 会 lián 连 zǒu lù 走路 dōu 都 qǐ 杞 wèn tí 问题。 The doctor answered, he would not even be able to walk.
3		xiāng wèi 香味 nóng yù 浓郁 de 的 bái sè 白色 huā duǒ 花朵， lì rú 例如 qǐ zi huā 杞子花， shì 是 shí bā 十八 shì jì 世纪 shōu cáng 收藏 jiā 家 de 的 zhì ài 挚爱， nà gè 那个 shí hòu 时候 xiāng wèi 香味 bǐ 比 xiàn zài 现在 bèi 被 gěi 给 yǔ 与 gèng 更 gāo 高 de 的 píng 评 jià 价。 Heavily perfumed white flowers, such as gardenias, were favorites with collectors in the eighteenth century, when scent was valued much more highly than it is today.
4		shí 石 chī 吃 zài 在 tàn xiǎn 探险 nèi 内， huā 花 gè lì 个力 cái 才 qǐ gōng liè 杞功劣 rèn shí 认识 zì jǐ 自己， zhǎo dào 找到 yú 于 zì jǐ 自己。 It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves-in finding themselves.
5		dàn shì 但是 qíng bào 情报 bù mén 部门 cóng wèi 从未 yǐ 以 zhàn zhēng 战争 zhī chí zhě 支持者 nà zhǒng 那种 qǐ yōu 杞忧 de 的 shì jiǎo 视角 shěn shì 审视 kǒng bù zhǔ yì 恐怖主义 / dà guī mó 大规模 shā shāng xìng 杀伤性 wǔ qì 武器 wēi xié 威胁。 But the intelligence community never took nearly as alarmist a view of the terrorist/W.M.D. threat as the war's supporters did.

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1		rán ér 然而， wǒ men 我们 gèng 更 yuàn yì 愿意 ràng 让 rén men 人们 dān xīn 担心 qǐ tiān 杞天。 However, we prefer to make people worry roxburghiana days.
2		yī shēng 医生 shuō 说 tā 他 huì 会 lián 连 zǒu lù 走路 dōu 都 qǐ 杞 wèn tí 问题。 The doctor answered, he would not even be able to walk.
3		xiāng wèi 香味 nóng yù 浓郁 de 的 bái sè 白色 huā duǒ 花朵， lì rú 例如 qǐ zi huā 杞子花， shì 是 shí bā 十八 shì jì 世纪 shōu cáng 收藏 jiā 家 de 的 zhì ài 挚爱， nà gè 那个 shí hòu 时候 xiāng wèi 香味 bǐ 比 xiàn zài 现在 bèi 被 gěi 给 yǔ 与 gèng 更 gāo 高 de 的 píng 评 jià 价。 Heavily perfumed white flowers, such as gardenias, were favorites with collectors in the eighteenth century, when scent was valued much more highly than it is today.
4		shí 石 chī 吃 zài 在 tàn xiǎn 探险 nèi 内， huā 花 gè lì 个力 cái 才 qǐ gōng liè 杞功劣 rèn shí 认识 zì jǐ 自己， zhǎo dào 找到 yú 于 zì jǐ 自己。 It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves-in finding themselves.
5		dàn shì 但是 qíng bào 情报 bù mén 部门 cóng wèi 从未 yǐ 以 zhàn zhēng 战争 zhī chí zhě 支持者 nà zhǒng 那种 qǐ yōu 杞忧 de 的 shì jiǎo 视角 shěn shì 审视 kǒng bù zhǔ yì 恐怖主义 / dà guī mó 大规模 shā shāng xìng 杀伤性 wǔ qì 武器 wēi xié 威胁。 But the intelligence community never took nearly as alarmist a view of the terrorist/W.M.D. threat as the war's supporters did.

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