Pinyin initial: "qi"
The Pinyin initial "qi" is used in the first half of Pinyin syllables. In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, "qi" belongs to the group of Pinyin initials which are represented in mnemonics by women. You can visit the Pinyin index to see all Pinyin syllables from this mnemonic group, or to see all Pinyin syllables "qi" can appear in.
Pinyin with qi
Mnemonics for qi
Qi is for the Queen of Hearts.
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Characters with qi
to perch / to rest (of birds) / to dwell / to live / to stay
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to move / to shift / to change (a position or location etc) / to promote
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light / easy / gentle / soft / reckless / unimportant / frivolous / small in number / unstressed / neutral / to disparage
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to sit astride / to ride (a horse, bike etc) / classifier for saddle horses
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how? (emphatic question)
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to open / to start / to initiate / to enlighten or awaken / to state / to inform
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Qi son of Yu the Great 禹[Yu3], reported founder of the Xia Dynasty 夏朝[Xia4 Chao2] (c. 2070-c. 1600 BC)
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coin / money / CL:筆|笔[bi3] / unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩|两[liang3]
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shallow / light (color)
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to sign one's name / visa / variant of 籤|签[qian1]
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mountainous
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one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing heaven / male principle / ☰ / ancient Chinese compass point: 315° (northwest)
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variant of 乾[qian2]
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surname Qian
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fine jade
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