Usage of the character 岂
kǎi
岂
[豈]
- old variant of 愷／恺 (kǎi)
- old variant of 凱／凯 (kǎi)
qǐ
岂
[豈]
- how? (emphatic question)
qǐfēi
岂非
[豈非]
- wouldn't it be ... ?
qǐbù
岂不
[豈不]
- how couldn't...?
- wouldn't it...?
qǐzhǐ
岂止
[豈止]
- not only; far from; more than
qǐgǎn
岂敢
[豈敢]
- how could one dare?
- I don't deserve such praise
qǐliào
岂料
[豈料]
- who would have thought that
- who would have expected that
qǐyǒucǐlǐ
岂有此理
[豈有此理]
- how can this be so? (idiom); preposterous
- ridiculous
- absurd