HSK 5 · Ideas

奇迹 qíjì “miracle” in Chinese

Traditional 奇跡

What 奇迹 means

  1. miracle
  2. wonder

How to say 奇迹

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale奇qí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale迹jì4th tone, falling

奇迹 in a sentence

  1. 这药创造了奇迹。

    Zhè yào chuàngzào le qíjì.

    This medicine worked wonders.

    Sentence #332520 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 这是一个奇迹。

    Zhè shì yí ge qíjì.

    This is a miracle.

    Sentence #2186407 from Tatoeba

  3. 别期盼奇迹。

    Bié qīpàn qíjì.

    Don’t expect miracles.

    Sentence #6635898 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 奇迹 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 奇 (qí) with each of its parts in a different colour
奇qístrange
  • 大big · dà
  • 可may · kě
The character 迹 (jì) with each of its parts in a different colour
迹jìtrace; mark; vestige; clue
  • 亦also · yìSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 亦 (yì) hints at the sound. Compare it with jì.

How to write 奇迹

奇 8 strokes · 迹 9 strokes

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

Words related to 奇迹

Words with 奇

奇怪qíguài · strange好奇hàoqí · inquisitive奇妙qímiào · wonderful神奇shénqí · magical惊奇jīngqí · surprised

Words with 迹

名胜古迹míngshènggǔjì · famous sights and historic sites痕迹hénjì · trace迹象jìxiàng · sign事迹shìjì · deed踪迹zōngjì · trace

More words: Ideas & Concepts

面积miànjī · area (of a floor or piece of land)命运mìngyùn · fate目标mùbiāo · target内部nèibù · inside前途qiántú · prospects情景qíngjǐng · scene趋势qūshì · trend实践shíjiàn · practice

FAQs

奇迹 (qíjì) means “miracle” or “wonder”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it qíjì: qí with a 2nd tone, then jì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 奇迹 is written 奇跡. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qiji with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 奇迹 from the suggestions. Typing qiji into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
奇迹 is an HSK 5 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.