Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 其
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Meaning |
his, her, its, theirs, that, such, it (refers to sth preceding it) |
Pronunciation |
qí |
Explanation |
Image of a grain shovel/scoop (tool for threshing) |
Mnemonic
| The basket on the table  is his/hers. |
Radicals
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grain shovel/scoop | (With a grain scoop 其 (tool for threshing), grain was rhythmically [thus used in period 期] thrown up to shead the grain from the husk. (cf. to winnow 簸)) |
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table | (This hanzi 几 stands also for "how many" or small table and this radical is understood as a variation of it.) |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 其他 |
qí tā |
other; the others; else; other than (that person); in addition to the person mentioned above | | 避其锐气击其惰归 |
bì qí ruì qì jī qí duò guī |
avoid the enemy when he is fresh and strike him when he is tired and withdraws | | 避其锐气击其惰归 |
bì qí ruì qì jī qí duò guī |
avoid the enemy when he is fresh and strike him when he is tired and withdraws | | 自取其咎 |
zì qǔ qí jiù |
to have only oneself to blame (idiom); to bring trouble through one's own actions | | 逞其口舌 |
chěng qí kǒu shé |
to boast of one's quarrels to others (idiom) | | 莫名其妙 |
mò míng qí miào |
unfathomable mystery (idiom); subtle and ineffable; unable to make head or tail of it; boring (e.g. movie) | | 其一 |
qí yī |
one of the given (options etc); the first; firstly | | 与其 |
yǔ qí |
rather than...; (rather than A, better to B) | | 极其 |
jí qí |
extremely | | 其次 |
qí cì |
next; secondly | | 其实 |
qí shí |
actually; in fact; really |
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