HSK 6 · Family

乞丐 qǐgài “beggar” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 乞丐 means

  1. beggar

How to say 乞丐

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale乞qǐ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale丐gài4th tone, falling

乞丐 in a sentence

  1. 我不是乞丐。

    Wǒ bú shì qǐgài.

    I’m not a beggar.

    Sentence #6150017 from Tatoeba

  2. 他很富有，但活得像个乞丐。

    Tā hěn fùyǒu, dàn huó de xiàng ge qǐgài.

    He’s rich, but he lives like a beggar.

    Sentence #408246 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我把身上的钱全都给了那个乞丐。

    Wǒ bǎ shēnshang de qián quándōu gěi le nà ge qǐgài.

    I gave the beggar all the money I had on me.

    Sentence #616794 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 乞丐 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 乞 (qǐ) drawn as one shape
乞qǐto beg

乞 is a single shape of 3 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 丐 (gài) drawn as one shape
丐gàito beg for alms

丐 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 乞丐

乞 3 strokes · 丐 4 strokes

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

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

Words related to 乞丐

More words: People, Body & Health

家属jiāshǔ · family member居民jūmín · resident君子jūnzǐ · gentleman配偶pèi'ǒu · spouse人士rénshì · public figure嫂子sǎozi · sister-in-law (elder brother’s wife)生育shēngyù · to give birth绅士shēnshì · gentleman

FAQs

乞丐 (qǐgài) means “beggar”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it qǐgài: qǐ with a 3rd tone, then gài with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 乞丐 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qigai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 乞丐 from the suggestions. Typing qigai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
乞丐 is an HSK 6 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.