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PINYIN INITIAL Q
Chinese characters starting with Q
Explore 452 Chinese characters whose standard Pinyin begins with Q. Open any character to hear its pronunciation, watch the stroke order, and create a printable practice sheet.
Examples in this index: 气 (qì), 起 (qǐ), 七 (qī), 期 (qī), 前 (qián), 钱 (qián).
PINYIN SYLLABLES
Pronunciations starting with Q
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气qì4 strokesgas; air→起qǐ10 strokesto rise→七qī2 strokesseven→期qī12 strokesa period of time→前qián9 strokesfront→钱qián10 strokescoin→千qiān3 strokesthousand→请qǐng10 strokesto ask→去qù5 strokesto go→妻qī8 strokeswife→情qíng11 strokes(bound form) feelings; emotion; sentiment; passion→晴qíng12 strokesclear→球qiú11 strokesball→其qí8 strokeshis→奇qí8 strokesstrange→骑qí11 strokesto sit astride→汽qì7 strokessteam→铅qiān10 strokesold variant of 鉛|铅[qian1]→且qiě5 strokesand→轻qīng9 strokeslight→清qīng11 strokes(of water etc) clear; clean→求qiú7 strokesto seek→秋qiū9 strokesautumn→趣qù15 strokesinteresting→区qū4 strokesarea→全quán6 strokesall→泉quán9 strokesspring (small stream)→裙qún12 strokesskirt→弃qì7 strokesto abandon→戚qī11 strokes(bound form) relatives; kin→歉qiàn14 strokesto apologize→签qiān13 strokesto sign one's name→强qiáng12 strokesstrong→桥qiáo10 strokesbridge→巧qiǎo5 strokesopportunely→敲qiāo14 strokesto hit→切qiè4 strokesdefinitely; absolutely (not)→琴qín12 strokesguqin 古琴[gu3 qin2] (a type of zither)→亲qīn9 strokesparent→庆qìng6 strokesto celebrate→青qīng8 strokesgreen→取qǔ8 strokesto take→却què7 strokesbut→确què12 strokesauthenticated→缺quē10 strokesdeficiency→齐qí6 strokesneat→器qì16 strokesdevice→企qǐ6 strokes(bound form) to stand on tiptoe and look; to anticipate; to look forward to→欠qiàn4 strokesto owe→浅qiǎn8 strokesshallow→墙qiáng14 strokeswall (CL:面[mian4],堵[du3])→抢qiǎng7 strokesto fight over→悄qiāo10 strokesquiet→茄qié8 strokesphonetic character used in loanwords for the sound "jia", although 夾|夹[jia2] is more common→勤qín13 strokesdiligent→穷qióng7 strokespoor→曲qǔ6 strokesbent→趋qū12 strokesto hasten→权quán6 strokesauthority→劝quàn4 strokesto advise→群qún13 strokesgroup→棋qí12 strokeschess→旗qí14 strokesbanner→启qǐ7 strokesto open→欺qī12 strokesto take unfair advantage of→恰qià9 strokesexactly→潜qián15 strokeshidden→牵qiān9 strokesto lead along→谦qiān12 strokesmodest→枪qiāng8 strokesgun→腔qiāng12 strokes(bound form) cavity→瞧qiáo17 strokesto look at→倾qīng10 strokesto overturn→渠qú11 strokes(artificial) stream; canal; drain; ditch (CL:條|条[tiao2])→娶qǔ11 strokesto take a wife→屈qū8 strokesbent→券quàn8 strokesbond (esp. document split in two, with each party holding one half)→圈quān11 strokesto confine→歧qí8 strokesdivergent→祈qí8 strokesto implore→崎qí11 strokesmountainous→迄qì6 strokesas yet→泣qì8 strokesto sob→契qì9 strokesto carve→砌qì9 strokesto build by laying bricks or stones→乞qǐ3 strokesto beg→岂qǐ6 strokesold variant of 愷|恺[kai3]→沏qī7 strokesto steep (tea)→凄qī10 strokesintense cold→栖qī10 strokesto perch→漆qī14 strokespaint→蹊qī17 strokesused in 蹊蹺|蹊跷[qi1qiao1]→洽qià9 strokesaccord→掐qiā11 strokesto pick (flowers)→虔qián10 strokesto act with reverence→嵌qiàn12 strokesto inlay→遣qiǎn13 strokes(bound form) to dispatch; to send→谴qiǎn15 strokesto censure→迁qiān6 strokesto move→呛qiàng7 strokesto irritate the nose→侨qiáo8 strokesemigrant→憔qiáo15 strokesused in 憔悴[qiao2cui4]→俏qiào9 strokesgood-looking→峭qiào10 strokeshigh and steep→窍qiào10 strokeshole→翘qiào12 strokesto stick up→撬qiào15 strokesto lift→跷qiāo13 strokesto raise one's foot→怯qiè8 strokestimid→窃qiè9 strokesto steal→惬qiè11 strokescheerful→锲qiè14 strokesto cut→禽qín12 strokesgeneric term for birds and animals→寝qǐn13 strokes(bound form) to lie down to sleep or rest→侵qīn9 strokesto invade→钦qīn9 strokesto respect→擎qíng16 strokesto raise; to hold up; to lift up→顷qǐng8 strokesunit of area equal to 100 畝|亩[mu3] or 6.67 hectares→囚qiú5 strokesprisoner→丘qiū5 strokesmound→岖qū7 strokesrugged→驱qū7 strokesto expel→躯qū11 strokeshuman body→诠quán8 strokesto explain→拳quán10 strokesfist→犬quǎn4 strokesdog→瘸qué16 strokeslame→雀què11 strokes(bound form) small bird→丌qí3 strokessurname Ji→亓qí4 strokeshis→祁qí6 strokeslarge→圻qí7 strokesboundary→岐qí7 strokessurname Qi→芪qí7 strokesChinese character→祇qí8 strokesgod of the earth→荠qí9 strokesused in 荸薺|荸荠[bi2qi2]→耆qí10 strokesman of sixty or seventy→脐qí10 strokes(bound form) the navel; the umbilicus→颀qí10 strokestall→埼qí11 strokesheadland→淇qí11 strokesname of a river→畦qí11 strokessmall plot of farm land→萁qí11 strokesstalks of pulse→跂qí11 strokessixth (extra) toe→骐qí11 strokes(literary) black horse→琦qí12 strokes(literary) fine jade→琪qí12 strokes(literary) fine jade→祺qí12 strokesauspicious→蛴qí12 strokesused in 蠐螬|蛴螬[qi2 cao2]→綦qí14 strokesdark gray→蜞qí14 strokesused in 蟛蜞[peng2qi2]→齊qí14 strokesChinese character→蕲qí15 strokes(herb)→鲯qí16 strokesused in 鯕鰍|鲯鳅[qi2qiu1]→臍qí18 strokesChinese character→騎qí18 strokesChinese character→鳍qí18 strokesfin→鯕qí19 strokesChinese character→麒qí19 strokesused in 麒麟[qi2lin2]→蘄qí20 strokesChinese character→鰭qí21 strokesChinese character→讫qì5 strokesfinished→汔qì6 strokesnear→咠qì9 strokesto whisper→氣qì10 strokesChinese character→訖qì10 strokesChinese character→棄qì12 strokesChinese character→葺qì12 strokesto repair→滊qì13 strokesname of a river→碛qì13 strokes(bound form) moraine; rocks in shallow water→槭qì15 strokesmaple→憩qì16 strokesto rest→藒qì18 strokesChinese character→屺qǐ6 strokes(literary) a barren hill→芑qǐ6 strokesPanicum miliaceum→杞qǐ7 strokesQi, a Zhou Dynasty vassal state→豈qǐ10 strokesChinese character→啓qǐ11 strokesChinese character→啟qǐ11 strokesChinese character→绮qǐ11 strokesbeautiful→綺qǐ14 strokesChinese character→柒qī9 strokesseven (banker's anti-fraud numeral)→桤qī10 strokesalder→悽qī11 strokesChinese character→桼qī11 strokesChinese character→淒qī11 strokesChinese character→萋qī11 strokesCelosia argentea→棲qī12 strokesChinese character→欹qī12 strokesinterjection→嘁qī14 strokeswhispering sound→榿qī14 strokesChinese character→慼qī15 strokesChinese character→髂qià18 strokesilium→葜qiā12 strokesChinese character→拑qián8 strokespliers→乹qián9 strokesChinese character→荨qián9 strokesused in 蕁麻|荨麻[qian2ma2]→钤qián9 strokeslatch of door→钳qián10 strokespincers→乾qián11 strokesone of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing heaven→掮qián11 strokesto carry on the shoulder→鉗qián13 strokesChinese character→箝qián14 strokespliers→潛qián15 strokesChinese character→錢qián16 strokesChinese character→黔qián16 strokesabbr. for Guizhou province 貴州|贵州[Gui4 zhou1]→芡qiàn7 strokesGorgon plant→茜qiàn9 strokes(bound form) Indian madder; munjeet (Rubia cordifolia)→倩qiàn10 strokespretty→堑qiàn11 strokes(bound form) moat; chasm→椠qiàn12 strokeswooden tablet→塹qiàn14 strokesChinese character→縴qiàn17 strokesChinese character→肷qiǎn8 strokes(usu. of an animal) the part of the side of the body between the ribs and the hipbone→淺qiǎn11 strokesChinese character→缱qiǎn16 strokesused in 繾綣|缱绻[qian3quan3]→繾qiǎn19 strokesChinese character→譴qiǎn20 strokesChinese character→仟qiān5 strokesthousand (banker's anti-fraud numeral)→阡qiān5 strokesroad leading north and south→扦qiān6 strokesshort slender pointed piece of metal, bamboo etc→芊qiān6 strokesgreen→佥qiān7 strokesall→岍qiān7 strokesname of a mountain→汧qiān7 strokesmarsh→臤qiān8 strokesChinese character→钎qiān8 strokesa drill (for boring through rock)→悭qiān10 strokesstingy→牽qiān11 strokesChinese character→釺qiān11 strokesChinese character→鈆qiān12 strokesold variant of 沿[yan2]→僉qiān13 strokesChinese character→愆qiān13 strokesfault→鉛qiān13 strokesChinese character→骞qiān13 strokes(literary) to hold high→慳qiān14 strokesChinese character→搴qiān14 strokesto seize→遷qiān14 strokesChinese character→褰qiān16 strokesto lift (clothes, sheets)→謙qiān17 strokesChinese character→簽qiān19 strokesChinese character→騫qiān20 strokesChinese character→籤qiān23 strokesChinese character→韆qiān23 strokesChinese character→強qiáng11 strokesChinese character→嫱qiáng14 strokesfemale court officials→蔷qiáng14 strokesused in 薔薇|蔷薇[qiang2 wei1]→樯qiáng15 strokesboom→墻qiáng16 strokesChinese character→彊qiáng16 strokesChinese character→牆qiáng17 strokesChinese character→薔qiáng17 strokesChinese character→炝qiàng8 strokesto briefly boil (a vegetable etc), then dress with soy sauce, oil, vinegar etc→跄qiàng11 strokesstagger→羟qiǎng11 strokeshydroxyl (radical)→羥qiǎng13 strokesChinese character→襁qiǎng17 strokesstring of copper coins→镪qiǎng17 strokesmoney→羌qiāng7 strokesQiang ethnic group of northwestern Sichuan→戕qiāng8 strokesto kill→戗qiāng8 strokescontrary→嗆qiāng13 strokesChinese character→搶qiāng13 strokesChinese character→蜣qiāng13 strokesdung beetle→锖qiāng13 strokesthe color of a mineral→戧qiāng14 strokesChinese character→槍qiāng14 strokesChinese character→锵qiāng14 strokestinkling of small bells→蹌qiāng17 strokesChinese character→蹡qiāng18 strokes(manner of walking)→乔qiáo6 strokessurname Qiao→峤qiáo9 strokeshighest peak→荞qiáo9 strokescommon mallow (Malva sinensis)→喬qiáo12 strokesChinese character→僑qiáo14 strokesChinese character→谯qiáo14 strokesridicule→鞒qiáo15 strokesthe pommel and cantle of a saddle→樵qiáo16 strokesfirewood→橋qiáo16 strokesChinese character→蕎qiáo16 strokesChinese character→翹qiáo18 strokesChinese character→譙qiáo19 strokesChinese character→诮qiào9 strokesridicule→誚qiào14 strokesChinese character→鞘qiào16 strokesscabbard; sheath→竅qiào18 strokesChinese character→愀qiǎo12 strokeschange countenance→硗qiāo11 strokesstony soil→劁qiāo14 strokesto neuter livestock→锹qiāo14 strokesshovel→橇qiāo16 strokessled→缲qiāo16 strokeshem with invisible stitches→鍬qiāo17 strokesChinese character→繰qiāo19 strokesChinese character→蹺qiāo19 strokesChinese character→妾qiè8 strokesconcubine→匧qiè9 strokesold variant of 篋|箧[qie4]→挈qiè10 strokesto raise→愜qiè12 strokesChinese character→慊qiè13 strokesdissatisfied→箧qiè14 strokeschest→篋qiè15 strokesChinese character→踥qiè15 strokesto walk with small steps→鍥qiè17 strokesChinese character→竊qiè22 strokesChinese character→芩qín7 strokesPhragmites japonica→芹qín7 strokesChinese celery→秦qín10 strokessurname Qin→梣qín11 strokesChinese ash (Fraxinus chinensis)→覃qín12 strokessurname Qin→嗪qín13 strokesused in phonetic transcription -xine, -zine or -chin→噙qín15 strokesto hold in (usually refers the mouth or eyes)→擒qín15 strokesto capture→檎qín16 strokesused in 林檎[lin2qin2]→螓qín16 strokessmall cicada with a square head→吣qìn7 strokesto vomit (of dogs and cats)→沁qìn7 strokesto seep→唚qìn10 strokesChinese character→揿qìn12 strokesto press (with one's hand or finger)→撳qìn15 strokesChinese character→锓qǐn12 strokesto carve→寢qǐn14 strokesChinese character→兓qīn8 strokesChinese character→衾qīn10 strokescoverlet→欽qīn12 strokesChinese character→親qīn16 strokesChinese character→氰qíng12 strokescyanogen (CN)2→檠qíng16 strokesinstrument for straightening bows→黥qíng20 strokessurname Qing→殸qìng11 strokesChinese character→綮qìng14 strokesembroidered banner→慶qìng15 strokesChinese character→磬qìng16 strokeschime stones, ancient percussion instrument made of stone or jade pieces hung in a row and struck as a xylophone→罄qìng17 strokesto use up→苘qǐng8 strokesIndian mallow (Abutilon theophrasti)→頃qǐng11 strokesChinese character→請qǐng15 strokesChinese character→謦qǐng18 strokescough slightly→靑qīng8 strokesChinese character→氢qīng9 strokeshydrogen (chemistry)→卿qīng10 strokeshigh ranking official (old)→圊qīng11 strokesrestroom→氫qīng11 strokesChinese character→傾qīng13 strokesChinese character→蜻qīng14 strokesChinese character→輕qīng14 strokesChinese character→鲭qīng16 strokesmackerel→鯖qīng19 strokesChinese character→邛qióng5 strokesmound→穹qióng8 strokesvault→茕qióng8 strokesalone→筇qióng11 strokes(in ancient texts) type of bamboo sometimes used as a staff→琼qióng12 strokesjasper→蛩qióng12 strokesanxious→煢qióng13 strokesChinese character→睘qióng13 strokesChinese character→跫qióng13 strokessound of footsteps→銎qióng14 strokeseye of an axe→窮qióng15 strokesChinese character→嬛qióng16 strokes(used in names)→瓊qióng19 strokesChinese character→藭qióng19 strokesChinese character→厹qiú4 strokesspear→犰qiú5 strokesused in 犰狳[qiu2yu2]→虬qiú7 strokesyoung dragon with horns→泅qiú8 strokesto swim (bound form)→俅qiú9 strokesornamental cap→酋qiú9 strokestribal chief→逑qiú10 strokescollect→赇qiú11 strokesto bribe→巯qiú12 strokeshydrosulfuryl→遒qiú12 strokesstrong→裘qiú13 strokesfur→鼽qiú16 strokescongested nose→糗qiǔ16 strokesdry rations (for a journey)→邱qiū7 strokessurname Qiu→蚯qiū11 strokesused in 蚯蚓[qiu1yin3]→湫qiū12 strokesmarsh→楸qiū13 strokesCatalpa→鹙qiū14 strokesChinese character→鳅qiū17 strokesloach (family Cobitidae)→鞦qiū18 strokesChinese character→鶖qiū20 strokesChinese character→劬qú7 strokeslabor→朐qú9 strokessurname Qu→鸲qú10 strokes(bound form, used in the names of various kinds of bird, esp. robins and redstarts)→蕖qú14 strokeslotus→磲qú16 strokesused in 硨磲|砗磲[che1 qu2]→璩qú17 strokessurname Qu→瞿qú18 strokesstartled→鼩qú18 strokesused in 鼩鼱[qu2 jing1]→蘧qú19 strokessurname Qu→氍qú22 strokeswoolen rug→癯qú23 strokesthin→衢qú24 strokesthoroughfare→蠼qú26 strokesused in 蠼螋[qu2sou1]→阒qù12 strokesquiet→觑qù15 strokesto spy→闃qù17 strokesChinese character→覷qù18 strokesChinese character→竘qǔ10 strokesChinese character→龋qǔ17 strokesdecayed teeth→齲qǔ24 strokesChinese character→佉qū7 strokessurname Qu→诎qū7 strokesto bend→祛qū9 strokessacrifice to drive away calamity→胠qū9 strokesflank of animal→區qū11 strokesChinese character→蛆qū11 strokesmaggot→蛐qū12 strokescricket→嶇qū14 strokesChinese character→趨qū17 strokesChinese character→麯qū17 strokessurname Qu→軀qū18 strokesChinese character→麴qū19 strokessurname Qu→黢qū19 strokesblack→驅qū21 strokesChinese character→荃quán9 strokes(fragrant plant)→辁quán10 strokeslimited (of talent or ability)→惓quán11 strokesearnest→痊quán11 strokesto recover (from illness)→铨quán11 strokesto estimate→筌quán12 strokesbamboo fish trap→詮quán13 strokesChinese character→蜷quán14 strokesto curl up (like a scroll)→銓quán14 strokesChinese character→醛quán16 strokesaldehyde→鬈quán18 strokesto curl→權quán22 strokesChinese character→颧quán23 strokescheek bones→顴quán27 strokesChinese character→勸quàn20 strokesChinese character→犭quǎn3 strokesthree-stroke form of Kangxi radical 94 犬[quan3]→畎quǎn9 strokesfield drains→绻quǎn11 strokesused in 繾綣|缱绻[qian3quan3]→綣quǎn14 strokesChinese character→弮quān9 strokescrossbow (arch.)→悛quān10 strokesto reform→卻què9 strokesChinese character→悫què11 strokeshonest→傕què12 strokessurname Jue→阕què12 strokes(literary) to end; to stop→鹊què13 strokesmagpie→榷què14 strokesfootbridge→確què15 strokesChinese character→闕què18 strokesChinese character→鵲què19 strokesChinese character→炔quē8 strokesalkyne→阙quē13 strokesImperial city watchtower (old)→夋qūn7 strokesChinese character→囷qūn8 strokesgranary→逡qūn10 strokesto shrink back (from sth)→
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