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Meaning of 岂

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岂 (Trad.: 豈)Polyphone (多音字)HSK 6
Total strokes: 6; Radical: 山
Pictophonetic:己 indicates the sound; 山 (mountain) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • ⿱ Above to below
    • 山 [ shān ] mountain, hill, peak
    • 己 [ jǐ ] self, oneself; personal, private; 6th heavenly stem
Similar Characters: 岜
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1
Pinyin: qǐ
English Definition:how? (emphatic question)
Chinese Definition:
①助词，表示反诘(a。哪里，如何，怎么，如“岂敢”，“岂堪”，“岂可”，“岂有此理”；b。难道，如“岂非”，“岂不”，“岂有意乎”)。
Example Words:
岂不 qǐ bù how couldn't...?; wouldn't it...?
岂非 qǐ fēi wouldn't it be ... ?
岂止 qǐ zhǐ not only; far from; more than
岂有此理HSK 6 qǐ yǒu cǐ lǐ how can this be so? (idiom); preposterous; ridiculous; absurd
岂敢 qǐ gǎn how could one dare?; I don't deserve such praise
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2
Pinyin: kǎi
English Definition:old variant of 恺
Chinese Definition:
①古同“恺”，快乐。
②古同“凯”，胜利的。
Example Sentences
1
qǐ
岂
dōu
都
shì
是
xíng
行
yì néng
异能
de
的
ma
吗
。
are all workers of miracles?
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