笄
jī
15 years old; hairpin for bun
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- 一世yī shìgeneration
- 一年被蛇咬十年怕井绳yī nián bèi shé yǎo shí nián pà jǐng shéngbitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy
- 一日不见，如隔三秋yī rì bù jiàn , rú gé sān qiūone day apart seems like three years (idiom)
- 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo , shí nián pà jǐng shéngonce bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope
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笄 (jī) means "15 years old; hairpin for bun" in Chinese.
笄 is pronounced "jī" in Mandarin Chinese. The tone number is 1.
笄 is not part of the HSK vocabulary lists. It may be a specialized or advanced word.
Common words with 笄 include 及笄 (to reach marriageable age (a girl's fifteenth birthday)), 笄冠 (to have just attained maturity (traditional)), 笄年 (beginning of maturity (of a girl)), 笄蛭 (a kind of earthworm), 笄之年 (beginning of maturity (of a girl)).
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