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Usage of the character 杞

[杞]
  • Chinese wolfberry shrub (Lycium chinense)
  • willow
[杞]
  • Qi, a Zhou Dynasty vassal state
  • surname Qi
Qǐfù
杞妇
[杞婦]
  • the wife of 杞梁 ( Qǐ Liáng), a senior official of the state of Qi 杞 ( Qǐ) who died on a military expedition
  • (fig.) a widow
Qǐguó
杞国
[杞國]
  • 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
gǒuqǐ
枸杞
[枸杞]
  • wolfberry (Lycium chinense)
  • genus Lycium
liǔqǐ
柳杞
[柳杞]
  • willow
Qǐxiàn
杞县
[杞縣]
  • Qi county in Kaifeng 開封/开封 ( Kāifēng), Henan
gǒuqǐzǐ
枸杞子
[枸杞子]
  • goji berry
Qǐtiānzhīlü
杞天之虑
[杞天之慮]
  • man of Qǐ fears the sky falling (idiom); groundless fears
Qǐguóyōutiān
杞国忧天
[杞國憂天]
  • man of Qǐ fears the sky falling (idiom); groundless fears
Qǐrényōutiān
杞人忧天
[杞人憂天]
  • man of Qǐ fears the sky falling (idiom); groundless fears
qǐzǐzhīlín
杞梓之林
[杞梓之林]
  • (idiom) a multitude of talented people
Qǐguózhīyōu
杞国之忧
[杞國之憂]
  • man of Qǐ fears the sky falling (idiom); groundless fears
Qǐrénzhīyōu
杞人之忧
[杞人之憂]
  • man of Qǐ fears the sky falling (idiom); groundless fears