季 (gwai3 | ji4) : quarter of a year; season

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季

gwai3

ji4

[1] [n] quarter of a year; season
[2] [n] last (month of a season)
[3] the youngest (of brothers)
[4] a Chinese family name

Stroke count: 8

Level: 2

Radical: 子 (#39)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

季

Don't confuse with:
李

This word has been viewed 9515 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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乾煸四季豆 gon1 bin1 sei3 gwai3 dau6*2 gan1 bian1 si4 ji4 dou4 = dry (no water) stir fried string beans, Szechuan style

四季 sei3 gwai3 si4 ji4 = the four seasons

季風 gwai3 fung1 ji4 feng1 = monsoon

秋季 cau1 gwai3 qiu1 ji4 = autumn; fall (season)

冬季 dung1 gwai3 dong1 ji4 = winter; winter season; wintertime; winter time

旱季 hon5 gwai3 han4 ji4 = dry season

夏季 haa6 gwai3 xia4 ji4 = summer; summertime; summer season

季度 gwai3 dou6 ji4 du4 = quarter of a year

季節 gwai3 zit3 ji4 jie2 = season; period; time

春季 ceon1 gwai3 chun1 ji4 = spring season; springtime

淡季 daam6 gwai3 dan4 ji4 = off-season, not the peak season

季候風 gwai3 hau6 fung1 = monsoon

月季 jyut6 gwai3 = Chinese rose

雨季 jyu5 gwai3 = monsoon; the rainy season

風季 fung1 gwai3 = typhoon season

第三季 dai6 saam1 gwai3 di4 san1 ji4 = third-quarter (of calendar year)

季軍 gwai3 gwan1 ji4 jun1 = third place

季豆 gwai3 dau6*2 ji4 dou4 = French bean; haricot vert

伯仲叔季 baak3 zung6 suk1 gwai3 bo2 zhong4 shu1 ji4 = eldest; second; third and youngest of brothers; order of seniority among brothers

在雨季 zoi6 jyu5 gwai3 = during the rainy season

季票 gwai3 piu3 = season ticket

馬季 maa5 gwai3 = the race season

旺季 wong6 gwai3 wang4 ji4 = [n] the busy season, the peak period

四季豆 sei3 gwai3 dau6*2 si4 ji4 dou4 = kidney bean

季節工 gwai3 zit3 gung1 ji4 jie2 gong1 = seasonal worker

季報 gwai3 bou3 ji4 bao4 = quarterly report

季春 gwai3 ceon1 ji4 chun1 = final month of spring (third month of lunar calendar)

季冬 gwai3 dung1 ji4 dong1 = final month of winter (twelfth month of lunar calendar)

季世 gwai3 sai3 ji4 shi4 = final phase; end of a historical era

季節性 gwai3 zit3 sing3 ji4 jie2 xing4 = seasonal

索契冬季奧運會 sok3 kai3 dung1 gwai3 ou3 wan6 wui6 suo3 qi4 dong1 ji4 ao4 yun4 hui4 = Sochi Winter Olympics

四季桔 sei3 gwai3 gat1 si4 ji4 ju2 = calamondin (small evergreen citrus tree or its fruit)

四季牌 sei3 gwai3 paai4*2 si4 ji4 pai2 = (mahjong) season tiles

按季的支付款項 on3 gwai3 dik1 zi1 fu6 fun2 hong6 an4 ji4 de5 zhi1 fu4 kuan3 xiang4 = quarterage 國

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荔枝過造後至到龍眼旺季
The peak season for longans to come on sale is after the lychees.

Legend
國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 季
Unicode code for this character: U+5b63 (off-site link)

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