齐
qí
(name of states and dynasties at several different periods)
surname Qi; neat; even; level with; identical; simultaneous; all together; to even sth out
a picture of 齐 → stalks of grain all level and even
The original oracle-bone form showed grain stalks aligned at the same height — a field of crops grown evenly together. 文 appears as a simplified remnant of that early pictograph and does not carry its usual 'writing/culture' meaning here.
请大家把桌子上的书放齐。
qǐng dà jiā bǎ zhuō zi shàng de shū fàng qí。
Please everyone put the books on the table in a neat arrangement.
同学们齐声回答了老师的问题。
tóng xué men qí shēng huí dá le lǎo shī de wèn tí。
The students all answered the teacher's question in unison.
Words with 齐
达噜噶齐
dá lū gá qí
Mongolian daruqachi, local commander in Mongol and Yuan times
错落不齐
cuò luò bù qí
disorderly and uneven (idiom); irregular and disorderly
锣齐鼓不齐
luó qí gǔ bù qí
(idiom) not well coordinated
集齐
jí qí
to collect the complete set of
双管齐下
shuāng guǎn qí xià
lit. to paint holding two brushes (idiom); fig. to work on two tasks at the same time
额尔齐斯河
é ěr qí sī hé
Irtysh River, flowing from southwest Altai in Xinjiang through Kazakhstan and Siberia to the Arctic Ocean
齐名
qí míng
equally famous
齐B小短裙
qí b xiǎo duǎn qún
(slang) micro-miniskirt
齐B短裙
qí b duǎn qún
(slang) micro-miniskirt
齐一
qí yī
uniform
齐人之福
qí rén zhī fú
lit. the happy fate of the man from Qi (who had a wife and a concubine) (idiom)
齐备
qí bèi
all ready