寄 jì▶ gửi

Stroke order

寄 is written in 11 strokes.

• 寄

Senses

1. to entrust; to place in sb's care
2. (bound form) to depend on; to attach oneself to; to reside temporarily
3. to send by post; to mail

Example sentences

• 我要寄一封信。Wǒ yào jì yì fēng xìn.I want to post a letter.
• 这个包裹是昨天寄的。Zhège bāoguǒ shì zuótiān jì de.This parcel was sent yesterday.

Related words

• 寄托đặt lên; giao phó hoặc cam kết

寄 is pronounced jì and means “gửi”. You will meet it in HSK 4, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 寄 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.