HSK 1 · Numbers

七 qī “seven” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 七 means

  1. seven
  2. 7

How to say 七

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale七qī1st tone, high and level

七 in a sentence

  1. 在我的部门里有七男四女。

    Zài wǒ de bùmén lǐ yǒu qī nán sì nǚ.

    There are seven men and four women in my section.

    Sentence #795616 from Tatoeba

  2. 一、二、三、四、五、六、七、八、九、十。

    Yī, èr, sān, sì, wǔ, liù, qī, bā, jiǔ, shí.

    One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.

    Sentence #382212 from Tatoeba

How 七 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 七 (qī) with each of its parts in a different colour
七qīseven
  • 一one · yī
  • 乚second (cyclical) form of 乙 · yǐ

How to write 七

七 2 strokes

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七 (qī) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 七 (qī). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 七

More words: Numbers & Money

三sān · three四sì · four五wǔ · five六liù · six八bā · eight九jiǔ · nine十shí · ten百bǎi · hundred

FAQs

七 (qī) means “seven” or “7”. It is an HSK 1 word, so it is one of the words learners meet early.
Say it qī: qī with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 七 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 七 from the suggestions. Typing qi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
七 is an HSK 1 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.