祁

Mandarin · pinyin qí#

Meanings · qí

  1. large
  2. vast
Mandarin · pinyin Qí#

Meanings · Qí

  1. surname Qi
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祁
qí · pray; numerous, ample, abundant
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kei4

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  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) great
  2. (~縣) Qi County (a county of Jinzhong, Shanxi, China)
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of) short for 祁門/祁门 (Qímén)
  4. (abbreviation, alt-of) short for 祁陽/祁阳 (Qíyáng)
  5. (historical dictionaries only) numerous; ample; abundant
  6. a surname

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