契 qì

1. qì verb to agree; to get along well with somebody
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 契 is synonymous with 投合 in this sense (Guoyu '契' qì v 2; Kroll 2015 '契' qì 2, p. 357)
2. qì noun a contract; a deed; a bond; an agreement
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '契' qì n 2; Kroll 2015 '契' qì 2, p. 357; Mathews 1931 '契', p. 72; Unihan '契')
3. qì verb to cut; to carve
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 契 is synonymous with 刻 in this sense (Guoyu '契' qì v 1; Kroll 2015 '契' qì 1, p. 357; Unihan '契'). Etymology: 栔：刻也。(Shuo Wen)
4. qì noun a chisel
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In particular, a cutting tool used in ancient times to carve characters on tortoiseshell or animal bones. 契 is synonymous with 凿子 in this sense.
5. qì noun a companion
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '契' qì n 3; Kroll 2015 '契' qì 2a, p. 357)
6. xiè proper noun Xie
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: A historic person's name, 殷代始祖 founder of the Yin dynasty (Guoyu '契' xiè; Mathews 1931 '契', p. 73)
7. qì noun a critical point
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '契' qì 4, p. 357)
8. qiè verb to work diligently
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 契阔 (Kroll 2015 '契' qiè 1, p. 357)
9. qiè verb to take; to hold; to adopt
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '契' qiè 2, p. 357; Mathews 1931 '契', p. 73)
10. qì noun a divining tool
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Mathews 1931 '契', p. 73)
11. qì noun a carved character or symbol
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Especially on bone or tortoise shell (Guoyu '契' qì n 1; Kroll 2015 '契' qì 1, p. 357; Mathews 1931 '契', p. 72)

Contained in

• 同符合契 same sign, joint aim; completely compatible; identical
• 相契 well matched
• 水乳之契 water and milk blended together; compatible
• 符契 an agreement; a contract ; identical; same
• 劳动契约(勞動契約) labor agreement
• 阿巴拉契亚(阿巴拉契亞) Appalachian Mountains in North America
• 契理 in agreement with the truth
• 契阔(契闊) to work diligently ; to leave; to separate from ; to miss someone due to a long separation
• 缔结的契约(締結的契約) a completed agreement
• 契纸(契紙) an agreement
• 契约(契約) an agreement; a contract
• 契友 close friends
• 契子 adopted son
• 契约书(契約書) contract document
• 契尾 a stamped document proving payment of tax
• 投契 to get along well; congenial; to speculate (on financial markets)
• 定型化契约(定型化契約) standardize contract
• 红契(紅契) [red] stamped official documents
• 地契 deed (for land)
• 结契(結契) on close terms with ; specified in a contract
• 契厚 a close friendship
• 斐波那契数列(斐波那契數列) Fibonacci numbers; Fibonacci series; Fibonacci sequence
• 契契 sad; concerned
• 契书(契書) an agreement
• 工作契约(工作契約) work agreement
• 房契 a property deed
• 契合 to agree; to get on with ; to be united
• 借契 contract for a loan
• 欠契 a receipt for a loan; IOU
• 主契约(主契約) primary agreement
• 契文 a contact documents ; a carved character
• 契妈(契媽) adoptive mother
• 契卷 an agreement
• 交契 friendship
• 社会契约(社會契約) social contract
• 知契 a close friend
• 契父 adopted father
• 契箭 arrow used as a token of authority (by field commanders)
• 契舟求剑(契舟求劍) to look for a sword from a notch in a boat
• 契机(契機) an opportunity; a turning point; a juncture

Also contained in

契卡 、 契拉斯 、 契丹人 、 契沙比克湾 、 契丹 、 喀喇契丹 、 阿契美尼德 、 阿契美尼德帝国 、 斐波那契 、 索契 、 契诃夫

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Truncated for common words

• 卷五十七　志第二十六: 儀衞志三 Volume 57 Treatises 27: Ceremonial Guards 3 History of Liao 遼史 — count: 24
• 卷二十一 志第一: 禮儀一 Volume 21 Treatises 1: Rites 1 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 15
• 卷四十下 班彪列傳 Volume 40b: Biography of Ban Biao 2 Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 15
• 卷二百〇五 志第一百五十八 藝文四 Volume 205 Treatises 158: Arts and Literature 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 13
• 卷一百五十四 志第一百〇七 輿服六 Volume 154 Treatises 107: Carriages and Clothes 6 History of Song 宋史 — count: 12
• 卷四十七 Scroll 47 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 11
• 卷九十九　列傳第八十七:　突厥 鐵勒 Volume 99 Biographies 87: Tujie, Tiele History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 10
• 《表‧三代世表》 Tables - Genealogical Table of the Three Ages Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 10
• 魯語上 Discourses of Lu I Guoyu 國語 — count: 10
• 卷一百九十六 志第一百四十九 兵十 Volume 196 Treatises 149: Military 10 History of Song 宋史 — count: 10

Collocations

• 书契 (書契) 六曰聽取予以書契 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 天官冢宰 第一 1. Office of the Heaven and Prime Minister — count: 25
• 神契 (神契) 孝經援神契曰 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷一下 光武帝紀 Volume 1b: Annals of Emperor Guangwu — count: 14
• 契曰 (契曰) 帝舜乃命契曰 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《殷本紀》 Annals of Yin — count: 12
• 稷契 (稷契) 稷契熙載 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷四十下 班彪列傳 Volume 40b: Biography of Ban Biao 2 — count: 12
• 合契 (合契) 合契若神 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷五十九 張衡列傳 Volume 59: Biography of Zhang Heng — count: 9
• 券契 (券契) 與之定其券契之齒 — Guanzi 管子, 輕重甲第八十 Chapter 80: Weight I — count: 8
• 契刀 (契刀) 又造契刀 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷二十四下 食貨志 Volume 24b: Treatise on Trade 2 — count: 5
• 合符契 (合符契) 若合符契 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷四十下 班彪列傳 Volume 40b: Biography of Ban Biao 2 — count: 5
• 生契 (生契) 因孕生契 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《殷本紀》 Annals of Yin — count: 4
• 契母 (契母) 謂契母吞玄鳥卵生契 — Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋繁露, 卷七 考功名第二十一 通國身第二十二 三代改制質文第二十三 官制象天第二十四 堯舜不擅移湯武不專殺第二十五 服制第二十六　Scroll 7 — count: 4