契 (kai3 kit3 sit3 | qi4 qie4 ) : contract; adopt

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契

kai3 kit3 sit3

qi4 qie4

[粵] kai3 [國] qi4
[1] contract; deed; bond
[2] agree; be congenial to; get along well
[3] [粵] to adopt sb as family member
[4] engrave; carve; cut
[5] carved characters

[粵] kit3 sit3 [國] qie4
name of an ancient tribe

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Stroke count: 9

Level: 3

Radical: 大 (#37)

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

契

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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契機 kai3 gei1 qi4 ji1 = chance; moment; turning point

契仔 kai3 zai2 = adopted son

團契 tyun4 kai3 = to unite in friendly spirit

契妹 kai3 mui6*2 = god-sister

契女 kai3 neoi5*2 = god-daughter; an adoptive daughter

契媽 kai3 maa1 = god-mother; an adoptive mother

契爺 kai3 je4 = god-father; an adoptive father; a sugar daddy

契弟 kai3 dai6 = godbrother; younger gay lover; gigolo; bastard

默契 mak6 kai3 mo4 qi4 = gentleman's agreement, tacit understanding

契約 kai3 joek3 qi4 yue1 = a contract
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阿媽同我女朋友傾到好投契粵
My mom and girlfriend are having such a kindred conversation.

目前的金融海嘯可能成爲黃金復興的契機
This economic tsunami could well be the turning point for gold to be fashionable again.

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Decimal representation of this word: 契
Unicode code for this character: U+5951 (off-site link)

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