How to write 寄

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Printable Handwriting Practice Worksheet of the Chinese character 寄

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Meaning of 寄

Pinyin jì

Radical

宀

Strokes

Definition

lodge at / to mail / to send / to entrust / to depend

Usage

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寄 [jì] 动词 (Verb) 1. 托付: entrust (e.g., 寄托; 寄存; 寄情; 寄怀; 寄意) 2. 依靠，依附: depend on (e.g., 寄居; 寄食; 寄生虫) 3. 托人传送，特指由邮局传递: transmit; send; post; mail (e.g., 寄信; 寄钱) 4. 认的亲属: adopted relatives (e.g., 寄父; 寄母; 寄子) 形容词 (Adjective) 非亲生的——指亲属: adopted (e.g., 寄儿; 寄爹; 寄娘; 寄女; 寄名, which historically refers to a child being taken as a godson in another person’s name for superstitious reasons) 名词 (Noun) 1. 人物名: name (e.g., 寄伪儿啼; 这指柳宗元《童区寄传》中的比喻) 2. 翻译官: translator, an official who translates the languages of Eastern ethnicities The definition of "寄" encompasses a variety of meanings, from entrusting something to another person to referring to adopted family members.

寄托 jì tuō

to entrust (to sb) / to place (one's hope, energy etc) in / a thing in which you invest (your hope, energy etc)

寄宿 jì sù

to stay / to lodge / to board

寄主 jì zhǔ

host (of a parasite)

寄生 jì shēng

to live in or on another organism as a parasite / to live by taking advantage of others / parasitism / parasitic

寄存 jì cún

to deposit / to store / to leave sth with sb

寄生虫 jì shēng chóng

parasite (biology) / (fig.) freeloader

寄存器 jì cún qì

processor register (computing)

邮寄 yóu jì

to mail / to send by post

寄居 jì jū

to live away from home

寄生虫病 jì shēng chóng bìng

parasitosis / zoonosis / parasitic disease

寄生性 jì shēng xìng

parasitism

寄出 jì chū

to mail / to send by post

寄语 jì yǔ

send word

寄人篱下 jì rén lí xià

to lodge under another person's roof (idiom); to live relying on sb else's charity

寄寓 jì yù

live away from home

寄生物 jì shēng wù

parasite

寄望 jì wàng

to place hopes on

寄居蟹 jì jū xiè

hermit crab

寄养 jì yǎng

to place in the care of sb (a child, pet etc) / to foster / to board out

槲寄生 hú jì shēng

mistletoe

寄予 jì yǔ

to place (hope, importance etc) on / to express / to show / to give