杞
Meaning
qǐ qi3
- Chinese wolfberry shrub (Lycium chinense)
- willow
- Qi, a Zhou Dynasty vassal state
- surname Qi
Words with 杞
- 柳杞 liǔqǐ willow
- 枸杞 gǒuqǐ wolfberry (Lycium chinense)
- 枸杞子 gǒuqǐzǐ goji berry
- 杞梓之林 qǐzǐzhīlín (idiom) a multitude of talented people
- 杞县 QǐXiàn Qi County or Qixian, a county in Kaifeng City 开封市 (Kāi fēng Shì), Henan
- 杞国 Qǐguó the State of Qǐ in modern Qǐ county 杞縣|杞县, Henan (c. 1500-445 BC), a small vassal state of Shang and Western Zhou for most of its existence
- 杞妇 Qǐfù the wife of 杞梁 (Qǐ Liáng), a senior official of the state of Qi 杞 (Qǐ) who died on a military expedition
- 杞人之忧 Qǐrénzhīyōu lit. the fear held by a man of 杞 (Qǐ) that the sky would fall (idiom)
- 杞人忧天 Qǐrényōutiān lit. like the man of 杞 (Qǐ) who feared the sky would fall (idiom)