寄 (gei3 | ji4) : mail, send, post

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寄

gei3

ji4

[1] mail; send; post; remit
[2] entrust; deposit; place; leave with
[3] depend on; attach oneself to
[4] adopted

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Stroke count: 11

Level: 3

Radical: 宀 (#40)

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

寄

This word has been viewed 12294 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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寄宿學校 gei3 suk1 hok6 haau6 ji4 su4 xue2 xiao4 = boarding school

郵寄 jau4 gei3 you2 ji4 = to send by post

寄託 gei3 tok3 ji4 tuo1 = to have someone look after sb.; to entrust the care of

寄信 gei3 seon3 = send

寄宿 gei3 suk1 = board; lodge; lodging

寄居 gei3 geoi1 ji4 ju1 = sojourn

寄居蟹 gei3 geoi1 haai5 ji4 ju1 xie4 = hermit crab

寄生蟲 gei3 saang1 cung4 = parasite

寄得 gei3 dak1 = able to be sent through the mail

行李寄存 hang4 lei5 gei3 cyun4 xing2 li5 ji4 cun2 = left luggage
See all 25 compounds (CantoDict reports 26 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 2 examples containing 寄

你寄晒所有聖誕咭未呀？粵
Have you sent all of your Christmas cards yet?

你把聖誕卡全部都寄出去了嗎？國
Have you sent all of your Christmas cards yet?

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Decimal representation of this word: 寄
Unicode code for this character: U+5bc4 (off-site link)

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