头七 (頭七)
tóu qī
Pinyin

Definition

头七 (頭七)
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tóu qī
  1. the 7th day after a person's death
  2. the first 7-day period after a person's death

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

七
qī
  1. 1 seven
  2. 2 7
七十
qī shí
  1. 1 seventy
  2. 2 70
七彩
qī cǎi
  1. 1 seven colors
  2. 2 a variety of colors
  3. 3 multi-colored
  4. 4 rainbow-colored
七月
Qī yuè
  1. 1 July
  2. 2 seventh month (of the lunar year)
七窍生烟
qī qiào shēng yān
  1. 1 lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to seethe with anger

Idioms (9)

七手八脚
qī shǒu bā jiǎo
  1. 1 (idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)
七扭八歪
qī niǔ bā wāi
  1. 1 misshapen
  2. 2 crooked
  3. 3 uneven (idiom)
七窍生烟
qī qiào shēng yān
  1. 1 lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to seethe with anger
七零八落
qī líng bā luò
  1. 1 (idiom) everything broken and in disorder
三七二十一
sān qī èr shí yī
  1. 1 three sevens are twenty-one (idiom)
  2. 2 the facts of the matter
  3. 3 the actual situation

Sample Sentences

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。
hòulái QínYǔ xiàng nǚháiēr de línjū men dǎting ，cái zhīdào yuánlái nǚháiēr yuè rì zài Shànghǎi kàn wán huàjù biǎoyǎn hòu ，zài huí jiǔdiàn de lùshang bèi yīgè jiǔhòu jiàchē de sījī zhuàng shàng ，dāngchǎng shēnwáng ，xiāngxiāoyùyǔn le ，ér yuè rì nàtiān zhènghǎo shì nǚháiēr de tóuqī 。
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.
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这样就能赶在头七内办了。
zhè yàng jiù néng gǎn zài tóuqī nèi bàn le 。
This way you can get it all taken care of in the first seven days.
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