寄
jì
Pinyin

Definition

寄
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jì
  1. to send
  2. to mail
  3. to entrust
  4. to depend on
  5. to attach oneself to
  6. to live (in a house)
  7. to lodge
  8. foster (son etc)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

寄
jì
  1. 1 to send
  2. 2 to mail
  3. 3 to entrust
  4. 4 to depend on
  5. 5 to attach oneself to
  6. 6 to live (in a house)
  7. 7 to lodge
  8. 8 foster (son etc)
寄托
jì tuō
  1. 1 to entrust (to sb)
  2. 2 to place (one's hope, energy etc) in
  3. 3 a thing in which you invest (your hope, energy etc)
寄予
jì yǔ
  1. 1 to place (hope, importance etc) on
  2. 2 to express
  3. 3 to show
  4. 4 to give
寄人篱下
jì rén lí xià
  1. 1 to lodge under another person's roof (idiom); to live relying on sb else's charity
寄件人
jì jiàn rén
  1. 1 sender

Idioms (2)

千里寄鹅毛
qiān lǐ jì é máo
  1. 1 goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
  2. 2 also written 千里送鵝毛|千里送鹅毛
寄人篱下
jì rén lí xià
  1. 1 to lodge under another person's roof (idiom); to live relying on sb else's charity

Sample Sentences

那，拿我朋友小周做例子吧，小周你也熟悉吧，当初名校毕业，家人都对他寄予厚望，原来他在银行业也做得风生水起，游刃有余的。
nà ，ná wǒ péngyou Xiǎo Zhōu zuò lìzi ba ，Xiǎo Zhōu nǐ yě shúxī ba ，dāngchū míngxiào bìyè ，jiārén dōu duì tā jìyǔ hòuwàng ，yuánlái tā zài yínhángyè yě zuò de fēngshēngshuǐqǐ ，yóurènyǒuyú de 。
Then, take my friend Xiaozhou as an example. You know Xiaozhou, right? He graduated from a famous school, and his family had high hopes for him. He started out really making a mark when he was working at a bank, handling his job with ease.
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最明显的强项当然是各种数据资料的搜集和整理，帮助学生达到申请门槛，但是当地的接待、学习态度与学习技巧的灌输就显得不足了，光是寄宿家庭这一块，如果能有熟门熟路的当地人帮忙找出文化冲突比较少的寄宿家庭，立刻就会超前许多竞争对手的。
zuì míngxiǎn de qiángxiàng dāngrán shì gèzhǒng shùjù zīliào de sōují hé zhěnglǐ ，bāngzhù xuésheng dádào shēnqǐng ménkǎn ，dànshì dāngdì de jiēdài 、xuéxí tàidu yǔ xuéxí jìqiǎo de guànshū jiù xiǎnde bùzú le ，guāngshì jìsù jiātíng zhè yī kuài ，rúguǒ néng yǒu shúménshúlù de dāngdì rén bāngmáng zhǎochū wénhuà chōngtú bǐjiǎo shǎo de jìsù jiātíng ，lìkè jiù huì chāoqián xǔduō jìngzhēng duìshǒu de 。
The most obvious strength is of course searching for and organizing all kinds of data, to help students meet the entry requirements. But local hosts, and information on attitudes towards studying and studying techniques are not sufficient. Even just with the homestay part, if we can find savvy locals who can help find homestays likely to cause less culture clashes, we'll already be well ahead of the competition.
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这是你上次寄给我的电子邮件里说想买的那个款式吗？
zhè shì nǐ shàngcì jì gěi wǒ de diànzǐyóujiàn lǐ shuō xiǎngmǎi de nàge kuǎnshì ma ？
Are those the shoes you said you wanted to buy in that email you sent me last time?
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没错，祭祖的时候，人们会在桌上点上蜡烛，供上食物，然后再行叩拜祭祖之礼，寄望先人能保佑家庭和睦，万事如意。
méicuò ，jìzǔ de shíhou ，rénmen huì zài zhuō shàng diǎnshàng làzhú ，gōngshàng shíwù ，ránhòu zài xíng kòubài jìzǔ zhī lǐ ，jìwàng xiānrén néng bǎoyòu jiātíng hémù ，wànshì rúyì 。
Yes, when they worship the ancestors, people will light candles on the table and put food offerings on it, then they engage in the rite of kowtowing to the ancestors, in the hope that their forebearers will protect the harmony within the family and allow things to go smoothly for them.
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是我的宝宝，但是不在你嫂子的肚子里，这是我的代孕妈妈给我寄来的！
shì wǒ de bǎobao ，dànshì bùzài nǐ sǎozi de dùzi lǐ ，zhè shì wǒ de dàiyùn māma gěi wǒ jì lái de ！
It's my baby, but it's not in your sister-in-law's stomach. This was sent to me by our surrogate!
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你好，我要寄包裹。
nǐhǎo ，wǒ yào jì bāoguǒ 。
Hi, I would like to ship a package.
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这张单子给你，写一下收件人跟寄件人的联络资讯。
zhè zhāng dānzi gěi nǐ ，xiě yīxià shōujiànrén gēn jìjiànrén de liánluò zīxùn 。
Here is a form. Please fill out the contact information of the receiver and the sender.
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防治青少年沉迷游戏，不应将希望只寄托在企业开发一套严格的防沉迷系统，应是社会整体联防：法律的归法律，技术的归技术，教育的归教育，家庭的归家庭。
fángzhì qīngshàonián chénmí yóuxì ，bù yīng jiāng xīwàng zhǐ jìtuō zài qǐyè kāifā yītào yángé de fáng chénmí xìtǒng ，yīngshì shèhuì zhěngtǐ liánfáng ：fǎlǜ de guī fǎlǜ ，jìshù de guī jìshù ，jiàoyù de guī jiàoyù ，jiātíng de guī jiātíng 。
Preventive and control measures on teenage mobile games addiction should not rest solely on enterprises to develop anti addiction prevention system. Instead it should be a holistic social defence mechanism: what is law, technology, education and family should come under law, technology, education and family respectively.
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我终于收到我爸爸给我寄来的生日礼物了。
wǒ zhōngyú shōudào wǒ bàba gěi wǒ jì lái de shēngrì lǐwù le 。
I finally got the birthday present that my dad sent me.
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新卡片过几天就会寄给您了。
xīn kǎpiàn guò jǐtiān jiù huì jì gěi nín le 。
We'll send you the new card in a couple of days, sir.
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