Definition
挤 (jǐ) means 'to squeeze / press' (verb) or 'crowded' (adjective). As an adjective, it describes a space packed with people—more colloquial than the formal 拥挤 (yōng jǐ) and different from 满 (mǎn), which means 'full' (e.g., a container). As a verb, it refers to physically crowding in or pressing, as opposed to 挤压 (jǐ yā)'s technical 'extrude' or 压榨 (yā zhà)'s 'press for juice'.
verb
to squeezeto pressto crowd into find (time) in a busy schedule
adjective
crowdedpacked
Easily confused
- 剂jìlook-alike(classifier) dose (of medicine)
- 几jǐsound-alike(interrogative) how many; how much
- 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)
- 寄jìsound-aliketo send (by mail), to mail, to post
- 急jísound-alike(adjective) urgent; rapid; hurried
- 极jísound-alikeextremely
Examples
- 挤，。Bié jǐ wǒ, hòumiàn hái yǒu kòngwèi.Don't push me, there's still space behind.
- 挤。Zǎo gāofēng de dìtiě fēicháng jǐ.The subway during morning rush hour is very crowded.
- 。Wǒ měitiān jǐ chū bàn xiǎoshí xué Yīngyǔ.I squeeze out half an hour every day to learn English.
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