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 9507 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
See all 34 compounds (CantoDict reports 39 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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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.

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

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