in a sentence

Post (to mail - send - place)

Full dictionary entry HSK 4 7 sentences

寄 (jì) means Post (to mail - send - place). Below are 7 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

我想 一封信。

Wǒ xiǎng jì yì fēng xìn.

I would like to post a letter.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 ·

这个包裹是昨天 的。

Zhège bāoguǒ shì zuótiān jì de.

This parcel was sent yesterday.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 ·

我要去邮局 信。

Wǒ yào qù yóujú jì xìn.

I am going to the post office to send a letter.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 邮局

From the graded readers

信是奶奶 来的。

xìn shì nǎinai jì lái de / dì.

It was from my grandmother.

Graded reader · HSK 3 · A Letter From Grandmother

From the travel phrasebook

可以 样品吗?

Kěyǐ jì yàngpǐn ma?

Could you send a sample?

Travel phrasebook · Negotiating and pricing

可以 存行李吗?

Kěyǐ jìcún xíngli ma?

Can I leave my luggage here?

Travel phrasebook · Hotel check-in

From the grammar library

信已经 了。

Xìn yǐjīng jì le.

The letter has already been sent.

Grammar library · HSK 3 · 被 passive

Questions about 寄

How is 寄 used in a sentence?

This page shows 7 sentences using 寄 (jì, "Post (to mail - send - place)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Why do some sentences show 寄 inside a longer word?

Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 寄 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.

Is 寄 an HSK word?

Yes — 寄 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.

Where can I see the full entry for 寄?

The dictionary page for 寄 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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