kuí = ku + ei2
chief / head / outstanding / exceptional / stalwart
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How to pronounce 魁

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= ku initial

K is for Karl Koala.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ ei2 final

In the Eiffel Tower’s kitchen.

By Matthias • updated 4 months ago

魁 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
guǐ = gu + ei3
ghost / demon / terrible / damnable / clever / sly / crafty / (suffix for sb with a certain vice or addiction etc) / one of the 28 constellations
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dǒu = d + ou3
abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1]
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dǒu = d + ou3
dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4] / decaliter / peck / cup or dipper shaped object / old variant of 陡[dou3]
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dòu = d + ou4
to fight / to struggle / to condemn / to censure / to contend / to put together / coming together
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dòu = d + ou4
variant of 鬭|斗[dou4]
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dòu = d + ou4
variant of 鬥|斗[dou4]
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dòu = d + ou4
variant of 鬥|斗[dou4]
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Characters with 魁 as component

kuí = ku + ei2
see 櫆師|櫆师[kui2 shi1] Polaris, the north star
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Words with 魁

criminal ringleader, main offender (idiom); main culprit / fig. main cause of a disaster
tall and sturdy
to seize / to win

Sentences with 魁

魁 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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kuí

chief / head / outstanding / exceptional / stalwart

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