七 qī
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qī
number
seven
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: (Guoyu '七' n 1; Kroll 2015 '七' 1, p. 351; Mathews 1931 '七', p. 76; Unihan '七') -
qī
ordinal
a genre of poetry
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '七' 2; Kroll 2015 '七' 2, p. 351) -
qī
noun
seventh day memorial ceremony
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '七' n 3; NCCED '七' 2)
Contained in
- 十七 seventeen
- 七巧 an evening of the seventh month when the Cow Herd and Spinning Damsel constellations meet
- 七荤八素(七葷八素) confused; distracted
- 七绝(七絕) qijue
- 三七二十一 three sevens are twenty-one; the facts of the matter; the actual situation
- 七手八脚(七手八腳) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)
- 五十七 57
- 五七 memorial activity 35 days after a person's death
- 七弦琴 guqin or seven-stringed zither
- 七和弦 seventh (musical cord)
- 一九七四年 1974
- 七十二行 seventy-two trades; all professions
- 一九七七年 1977
- 七声(七聲) seven tones of the musical scale ; seven methods of producing sound
- 一九四七年 1947
- 武经七书(武經七書) Seven Military Classics
- 九十七 97
- 七国(七國) seven states
- 七叶树(七葉樹) horse chestnut
- 七夕 double seven festival
- 七政四余(七政四餘) seven heavenly bodies and four imaginary stars (in astrology and feng shui)
- 七嘴八张(七嘴八張) all talking at once
- 一九九七年 1997
- 六十七 67
- 七言八语(七言八語) seven languages and eight discussions; gossip
- 七十五 75
- 北斗七星 Big Dipper; Ursa Major
- 七十三 73
- 七百 seven hundred
- 七十六 76
- 七上八下 at sixes and sevens; perturbed state of mind; in a mess
- 一九七二年 1972
- 七窍(七竅) the seven apertures
- 乌七八糟(烏七八糟) everything in disorder; in a hideous mess; obscene; dirty; filthy
- 五劳七伤(五勞七傷) (TCM) five strains and seven impairments, five referring to the five viscera, and seven to adverse effects on one's body
- 七体(七體) seven apertures ; seven genres
- 七里香 orange jasmine (Murraya paniculata) ; chicken butt
- 七件事 seven essential items
- 救人一命胜造七级浮屠(救人一命勝造七級浮屠) saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda
Also contained in
七星区 、 七号电池 、 十七大 、 七律 、 七龙珠 、 二七区 、 七言诗 、 七音略 、 七国集团 、 云笈七签 、 七言 、 中共十七大
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Truncated for common words
- 《高祖功臣侯者年表》 Yearly Table of the Officials who became Marquises in the Time of Gaozu Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 245
- 《十二諸侯年表》 Yearly Chronicle of the Feudal Lords Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 202
- 卷三十三 志第九 曆三 Volume 33 Treatises 9: Calendar 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 193
- 第三 律曆下 曆法 Volume 93: Rhythm and the Calendar Part Three Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 135
- 卷106中 地形志二中 Volume 106b Treatise 2: Terrain 2 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 116
- 卷五十二 崔駰列傳 Volume 52: Biography of Cui Yin Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 104
- 卷五十二 志第四: 曆一 Volume 52 Treatises 5: Calendar 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 95
- 卷四十 志第二十: 地理三 Volume 40 Treatises 20: Geography 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 91
- 卷四十四 志第二十四: 職官三 Volume 44 Treatises 24: Government Service 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 89
- Full Text Canon of Supreme Mystery 太玄經 — count: 86
Collocations
- 七年 (七年) 惟七年 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 洛誥 Zhou Shu - Announcement concerning Luo — count: 125
- 七句 (七句) 章七句 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧召南‧草蟲 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Shao And The South - Cao Chong — count: 20
- 七日 (七日) 越七日甲子 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 召誥 Zhou Shu - Announcement of the Duke of Shao — count: 17
- 章七 (章七) 章七句 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧召南‧草蟲 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Shao And The South - Cao Chong — count: 15
- 七人 (七人) 有子七人 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶风‧凱風 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Kai Feng — count: 12
- 经七 (經七) 經七年 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 8
- 七章 (七章) 七章 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧節南山之什‧雨無正 Minor odes of the kingdom - Jie Nan Shan Zhi Shen - Yu Wu Zheng — count: 8
- 传七 (傳七) 傳七年 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 7
- 七子 (七子) 雖有七子之母 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶风‧凱風 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Kai Feng — count: 5
- 七庙 (七廟) 天子七廟 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 5