HSK 4 · Verbs

寄 jì “to send” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 寄 means

  1. to send
  2. to mail
  3. to entrust
  4. to place in sb’s care
  5. (bound form) to depend on
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to attach oneself to
  • to reside temporarily
  • (bound form) foster (as in 寄女 foster daughter)
  • to send by post

How to say 寄

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale寄jì4th tone, falling

寄 in a sentence

  1. 他在邮局给朋友寄包裹。

    Tā zài yóujú gěi péngyou jì bāoguǒ.

    He’s at the post office sending a package to a friend.

    Sentence #2200452 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我给你寄了张照片。

    Wǒ gěi nǐ jì le zhāng zhàopiàn.

    I’ve sent you a photo.

    Sentence #13942527 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 请不要忘记寄信。

    Qǐng búyào wàngjì jì xìn.

    Please don’t forget to post the letter.

    Sentence #472932 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 寄 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 寄 (jì) with each of its parts in a different colour
寄jìto entrust; to place in sb’s care
  • 宀roof · miánMeaning part
  • 奇strange · jīSound part

宀 hints at the meaning (roof); 奇 (jī) hints at the sound. Compare it with jì.

How to write 寄

寄 11 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

寄 (jì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 寄 (jì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 寄

Words with 寄

寄托jìtuō · to place (hopes) on

More words: Common Verbs

获得huòdé · to obtain降落jiàngluò · to descend积累jīlěi · to accumulate继续jìxù · to continue坚持jiānchí · to persevere with减肥jiǎnféi · to lose weight减少jiǎnshǎo · to lessen降低jiàngdī · to reduce

FAQs

寄 (jì) means “to send” or “to mail”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it jì: jì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 寄 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type ji with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 寄 from the suggestions. Typing ji into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
寄 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.