to entrust; to place in sb's care

(bound form) to depend on; to attach oneself to; to reside temporarily; (bound form) foster (as in 寄女[ji4 nu : 3] foster daughter); to send by post; to mail

roof (宀) + sound (奇) = entrust, mail, temporarily reside

The roof (宀) evokes a temporary dwelling — somewhere you stay while in another's care. 奇 mainly provides the sound jì; the roof carries the sense of sheltering under someone else's roof.

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我想把这封信给她。

wǒ xiǎng bǎ zhè fēng xìn jì gěi tā。

I want to mail this letter to her.

他把孩子在亲戚家里住了一年。

tā bǎ háizi jì zài qīnqi jiā lǐ zhù le yī nián。

He placed the child in the care of relatives for a year.

Words with 寄

汇寄

huì jì

remit

邮寄

yóu jì

to mail

阃寄

kǔn jì

military command

附寄

fù jì

to enclose

传寄

chuán jì

to send (message to sb)

千里寄鹅毛

qiān lǐ jì é máo

goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it

另寄

lìng jì

to mail separately

寄主

jì zhǔ

host (of a parasite)

寄予

jì yǔ

to place (hope, importance etc) on

寄予厚望

jì yǔ hòu wàng

to place high hopes

寄人篱下

jì rén lí xià

to lodge under another person's roof (idiom); to live relying on sb else's charity

寄件人

jì jiàn rén

sender

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