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傺

chì
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 frustrated and disappointed
  2. 2 to detain; to linger

Examples

HSK 7-9
侘傺失意的诗人四处漂泊。
Chà chì shīyì de shīrén sìchù piāobó.
Frustrated and unrecognized, the poet wandered in despair.
HSK 7-9
侘傺的他不知该往何处去。
Chà chì de tā bùzhī gāi wǎng héchù qù.
Disappointed and downcast, he did not know where to go.

Tips

history
傺 is a bound character living in 侘傺, a literary word for being frustrated, downcast and out of one's place. It appears in 屈原 and other classical poetry of disillusionment.

Components

radical
亻 rén
person
亻 is the person radical 人 in left-side form. It marks this as a state of a person, here someone held back and dispirited.
phonetic
祭 jì
to offer sacrifice
祭 supplies the sound, shifted from jì to chì. It is the phonetic element here and contributes no meaning to the word.

Stroke Order

傺 chì