七
qī
Pinyin
Definition
七
-
- seven
- 7
Character Decomposition
Compounds (10)
- 1 surname Dong
- 1 east
- 2 host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest)
- 3 landlord
- 1 to cut
- 2 to slice
- 3 tangent (math)
- 1 definitely
- 2 absolutely (not)
- 3 (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.
- 4 Tut!
- 5 to grind
- 6 close to
- 7 eager
- 8 to correspond to
- 9 see also: 反切 fǎn qiè
- 1 surname Che
Idioms (9)
七手八脚
- 1 (idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)
七扭八歪
- 1 misshapen
- 2 crooked
- 3 uneven (idiom)
七窍生烟
- 1 lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom)
- 2 fig. to seethe with anger
七零八落
- 1 (idiom) everything broken and in disorder
三七二十一
- 1 three sevens are twenty-one (idiom)
- 2 the facts of the matter
- 3 the actual situation
Sample Sentences
我一百七十八岁。一八四一年出生。一八四一年五月八号。
I am 178 years old. (I was) born in 1841. May 8th, 1841.
我二十二岁。一九九七年出生。一九九七年七月二十号。
I am 22 years old. (I was) born in 1997. July 20th, 1997.
七折
30% off
七
seven
二十七日
twenty-seventh
七八九十
seven eight nine ten
七十七
seventy seven
后来秦宇向女孩儿的邻居们打听,才知道原来女孩儿7月31日在上海看完话剧表演后,在回酒店的路上被一个酒后驾车的司机撞上,当场身亡,香消玉陨了,而8月7日那天正好是女孩儿的头七。
Afterwards, QinYu asked the girl's neighbor. As it turned out, the girl got hit by a drunk driver on her way back to the hotel, right after she watched the play in Shanghai on 31st of July. She died at the scene. This pretty girl perished along with her fragrance. August 7th is the 7th day after her death.
别急,还有七个月呢。对了,现在孕吐好些了吗?
Don't worry, there are seven more months. By the way, is the morning sickness getting better?
七上八下
A perturbed state.