Definition
寄 (jì) has two main meanings: 'to send by mail' and 'to live temporarily away from home'. For mailing, 寄 is more general than 邮寄 (yóujì, 'to send by post'); for lodging, 寄 emphasizes staying at someone else's place, while 住宿 (zhùsù) is the general term for staying overnight, often in a hotel or dorm.
verb
to send (by mail)to mailto postto live temporarily away from hometo lodge
Easily confused
- 倚yǐlook-aliketo lean on (physically)
- 几jǐsound-alike(interrogative) how many; how much
- 骑qílook-aliketo ride (a horse, bike, or other vehicle one sits astride)
- 季jìsound-alikeseason
- 记jìsound-aliketo remember; to memorize
- 集jísound-alike(noun) collection, anthology, collected works
- 鸡jīsound-alikechicken
- 及jísound-alike(conjunction) and; as well as (used in formal writing to connect nouns or noun phrases)
- 急jísound-alike(adjective) urgent; rapid; hurried
- 极jísound-alikeextremely
Examples
- 寄。Wǒ zuótiān jì le yí fēng xìn gěi māma.I mailed a letter to my mom yesterday.
- 寄。Tā xiǎo shíhou jì zài shūshu jiā zhù.He lived at his uncle's house when he was little.
- 寄。Wǒ bǎ xíngli jì zài péngyou jiā le.I left my luggage at a friend's house (for safekeeping).
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