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寄

Mandarin · pinyin jì

to entrust; to place in sb's care
(bound form) to depend on; to attach oneself to; to reside temporarily
(bound form) foster (as in 寄女 jì nǚ foster daughter)
to send by post; to mail

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寄: jì · send, transmit, mail; rely on

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to entrust (with a task)
to depend on; to adhere to
to live away from home
to place (temporarily); to put; to deposit
to express or convey (one's feelings) through a medium, such as the thing one describes, composes or paints
to transmit (an item) on behalf of another person; to send (now chiefly through mail); to post
to use temporarily; to borrow
to grant; to gift; to bestow
(historical) government official in charge of translating from and into the speech of non-Chinese ethnic groups in China's east (Dongyi)
(historical) to send criminals into exile to the remote areas in the east, as a form of punishment
(of a relative) not biological; adopted
(historical) an alternate name used for the Dongyi tribes during the Ming Dynasty
(online gaming slang) gg, defeat
(Internet slang, by extension) to be defeated
a surname, Ji

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