seven

7

a picture of 七 → seven, like a tally cut

七 originally depicted a cross or cut mark used as a tally, not a composition of 一 and 乚. The modern strokes are a visual remnant of that counting symbol, not a meaningful combination.

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我家有只猫。

wǒ jiā yǒu qī zhī māo。

My family has seven cats.

她每天早上点出门去上班。

tā měi tiān zǎo shàng qī diǎn chū mén qù shàng bān。

She leaves home at seven o'clock every morning to go to work.

Words with 七

七龙珠

qī lóng zhū

Dragon Ball, Japanese manga and anime series

长坂坡七进七出

cháng bǎn pō qī jìn qī chū

famous scene in Romance of the Three Kingdoms in which Zhao Yun 趙雲|赵云 charges seven times through the ranks of Cao Cao's armies

杂七杂八

zá qī zá bā

an assortment

头七

tóu qī

the 7th day after a person's death

黄花岗七十二烈士

huáng huā gāng qī shí èr liè shì

the seventy two martyrs of the Huanghuagang uprising of 23rd April 1911

七七事变

qī qī shì biàn

Marco Polo Bridge Incident of 7th July 1937, regarded as the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日戰爭|抗日战争[Kang4 Ri4 Zhan4 zheng1]

七七八八

qī qī bā bā

almost

七上八下

qī shàng bā xià

at sixes and sevens

七上八落

qī shàng bā luò

see 七上八下[qi1 shang4 ba1 xia4]

七事

qī shì

(archaic) the seven duties of a sovereign

七分之一

qī fēn zhī yī

one seventh

七分熟

qī fēn shú

medium well (of steak)

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