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Meaning of 騎
Pinyin
qí
Radical
馬
Strokes
18
Definition
to ride (an animal or bike) / to sit astride
Usage
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騎
qí
**(verb)**
1. To ride on a horse or other animal.
(English: ride)
**Example**: 騎馬 - riding a horse; 騎射 - riding and shooting; 騎兵 - cavalry; 騎者善墮 - Those who ride often fall; refers to someone who is proficient in something but may become careless and make mistakes.
2. To straddle over or between two sides.
(English: stride)
**Example**: 騎縫蓋章 - to straddle the seam when stamping.
3. To ride on a horse or other mounted animal (formerly pronounced jì).
(English: sit on)
**Example**: 坐騎 - mount to sit on.
4. Cavalry, or generally refers to a person riding on horseback (formerly pronounced jì).
(English: cavalryman; rider)
**Example**: 輕騎 - light cavalry; 鐵騎 - armored cavalry; 車騎 - vehicles and horses.
5. A collective term for one person and one horse (formerly pronounced jì).
(English: a rider and mount)
**Example**: 千騎 - a thousand riders; 千乘萬騎 - thousands of chariots and tens of thousands of cavalry.
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騎
qí
**(noun)**
1. Horse.
(English: horse)
**Example**: 坐騎 - a horse for riding; 車騎 - vehicles and horses.
2. Cavalry; a person who rides a horse.
(English: cavalryman; rider)
**Example**: 騎邑 - residence of a knight; 輕騎 - light cavalry.
3. Attendant.
(English: attendant)
**Example**: 侍從 - a retainer or attendant.
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騎
qí
**(measure word)**
1. Used for horses, equivalent to "匹".
(English: used for counting horses)
**Example**: 一騎馬 - one horse; a common measure in literary contexts.
2. A collective term for one person and one horse (using the historical pronunciation jì).
(English: one rider and mount)
**Example**: 騎千餘 - a thousand riders.
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**(*Source from traditional dictionary explanations*)**
**(noun)**
1. A mount for riding, as in "坐騎" (mounted horse).
**Example**: 明·徐弘祖《徐霞客遊記》 - "Seeking mounts from the temple towards the west gate."
2. Soldiers mounted on horses for warfare, such as "鐵騎" (iron cavalry) or "輕騎" (light cavalry).
**Example**: 《史記·卷七·項羽本紀》 - "On the next day, Pei Gong arrived with over a hundred cavalry."
3. A measure word for counting people and their horses.
**Example**: 唐·李白〈從軍行〉 - "Leading a thousand cavalry home."
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Input Method for 騎
Pinyin
qi2
Wubi
cdsk|cgdk
Cangjie
nmkmr
Zhengma
xgaj
Four Corner
74121
Unicode
U+9a0e
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