Meaning
lodge at; to mail; to send; to entrust; to depend
Chinese: 寄送、寄托，也表示暂住。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “ji” becomes a different word in each tone. 寄 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 寄托jì tuōto entrust (to sb); to place (one's hope, energy etc) in; a thing in which one invests (one's hope, energy etc)
- 寄出jì chūto mail; to send by post
- 寄生jì shēngto live in or on another organism as a parasite; to live by taking advantage of others; parasitism; parasitic
- 寄子jì zǐfoster son
- 寄发jì fāto dispatch; to send out (mail)
Example Sentence
我给远方的奶奶寄了一封信。Wǒ gěi yuǎn fāng de nǎi nai jì le yì fēng xìn.I mailed a letter to my grandma far away.
我WǒI给gěito远方yuǎn fāngfar away的deof奶奶nǎi nai(respectful) mistress of t寄jìto entrust了le(completed action)一yìone封fēngto confer信xìnletter。