Pinyin

Definition

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  1. woman
  2. concubine
  3. female entertainer (archaic)
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  1. surname Ji
  2. family name of the Zhou Dynasty 周代[Zhōu dài] (1046-256 BC)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (8)

yāo jī
  1. 1 (literary) beauty (usually of a maid or concubine)
gē jī
  1. 1 female singer
Tài jī líng
  1. 1 Taj Mahal (mausoleum in India)
Bà wáng Bié Jī
  1. 1 The Conqueror Bids Farewell to His Favorite Concubine (tragic opera by Mei Lanfang 梅蘭芳|梅兰芳[Méi Lán fāng])
  2. 2 Farewell My Concubine (1993 film by Chen Kaige)
  1. 1 surname Ji
  2. 2 family name of the Zhou Dynasty 周代[Zhōu dài] (1046-256 BC)

Sample Sentences

胡姬花即兰花,它是新加坡的国花。
hújīhuā jí lánhuā ,tā shì Xīnjiāpō de guóhuā 。
That is: Huji flower is an orchid. It is the national flower of Singapore.
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所谓雄伟和秀美,所谓外向和内向,所谓戏剧型的和图画型的,所谓戴奥尼苏斯艺术和阿波罗艺术,所谓“金刚怒目,菩萨低眉”,所谓“静如处女,动如脱兔”,姚姬传所谓的阳刚和阴柔,都无非是这两种气质的注脚。
suǒwèi xióngwěi hé xiùměi ,suǒwèi wàixiàng hé nèixiàng ,suǒwèi xìjù xíng de hé túhuà xíng de ,suǒwèi Dàiàonísūsī yìshù hé Ābōluó yìshù ,suǒwèi “jīngāngnùmù ,púsà dīméi ”,suǒwèi “jìng rú chǔnǚ ,dòng rú tuōtù ”,Yáo Jīchuán suǒwèi de yánggāng hé yīnróu ,dōu wúfēi shì zhè liǎng zhǒng qìzhì de zhùjiǎo 。
Majesty and grace, extroversion and introversion, theater and painting, Dionysusian art and Apollonian art, the fierce stare of an attendant of the Buddha and the lowered gaze of the Bodhisattva, or the coyness of the maid and the rapidity of the rabbit from 'The Nine Situations' in Sunzi's Art of War, and Yao Nai's concept of masculine and feminine, are all but footnotes to these two aspects.