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寄

jì · ji

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Meaning

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  1. to send
  2. to mail
  3. to entrust
  4. to depend on
  5. to attach oneself to
  6. to live (in a house)
  7. to lodge
  8. foster (son etc)
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A parcel for Grandma

  1. Dengdeng

    亮亮(liàngliàng)，我(wǒ)要(yào)给(gěi)奶奶(nǎinai)寄(jì)一个(yīgè)包裹(bāoguǒ)。

    Liangliang, I want to send a parcel to Grandma.

  2. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)想(xiǎng)寄(jì)什么(shénme)？

    What do you want to send?

  3. Dengdeng

    寄(jì)一些(yīxiē)茶叶(cháyè)和(hé)一封(yīfēng)信(xìn)。

    Some tea and a letter.

  4. Liangliang

    今天(jīntiān)寄(jì)，后天(hòutiān)就(jiù)能(néng)到(dào)。

    If you send it today, it arrives the day after tomorrow.

  5. Dengdeng

    太好了(tàihǎole)！我(wǒ)把(bǎ)地址(dìzhǐ)也(yě)写(xiě)好(hǎo)了(le)。

    Great! I wrote the address too.

  6. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)在(zài)寄件人(jìjiànrén)那(nà)一栏(yīlán)，写(xiě)的(de)是(shì)奶奶(nǎinai)的(de)名字(míngzi)。

    In the sender field, you wrote Grandma's name.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

请(qǐng)提(tí)醒(xǐng)我(wǒ)明(míng)天(tiān)把(bǎ)报(bào)告(gào)寄(jì)了(le)。

Please remind me to mail the report tomorrow.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)会(huì)给(gěi)我(wǒ)的(de)母(mǔ)亲(qīn)寄(jì)封(fēng)信(xìn)。

I'll send my mother a letter.

Tatoeba: Chinese by mirrorvan · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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