1. noun a gem; a precious stone; jade
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Also, used in bound form in modern Chinese, as in 琦玮 'fine jade' (ABC 'qí' 琦 bf 1; GHC '琦' 1; Guoyu '琦' n; Kroll 2015 '琦' 1, p. 355; Mathews 1931 '琦', p. 67; NCCED '琦' 1; Unihan '琦')
  2. noun a curio
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As a variant of 奇 (GHC '琦' 1; Kroll 2015 '琦' 2, p. 355; Mathews 1931 '琦', p. 67)
  3. adjective excellent; admirable
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Also used in bound form in modern Chinese, as in 琦行 'admirable conduct' (ABC 'qí' 琦 bf 2; Guoyu '琦' adj 1; NCCED '琦' 1)
  4. adjective rare; unusual
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '琦' adj 2)

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  • 琦玮 fine jade ; a precious stone
  • 琦行 excellent conduct

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崔琦

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