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七 [qī]
1. Number, six plus one (commonly written as "柒" in uppercase on banknotes and documents).
数名,六加一(在钞票和单据上常用大写“柒”代)。
2. Name of a literary form, also known as "七体," a different form of "赋."
文体名,或称“七体”,为赋体的另一种形式。
3. In ancient times, there was a memorial ritual every seven days after a person's death, totaling seven times, known as "做七."
旧时人死后每隔七天一祭,共七次,称“做七”。
Synonyms:
1. Same as the primary meaning (en. seven).
同本义 ([En.] seven).
2. Seven times.
七次 ([En.] seven times).
Examples:
1. Seven treasures (in Buddhist texts referring to gold, silver, glass, agate, jade, pearls, and rose quartz).
七宝(佛经上指金、银、琉璃、砗磲、玛璃、珍珠、玫瑰);
2. Seven reasons for divorce (old term specifying seven reasons for divorce: childlessness, infidelity, lack of care for in-laws, quarrels, theft, jealousy, serious illness).
七出(旧指休妻的七种理由:无子,淫泆报会,不事舅姑,口舌,盗窃,妒忌,恶疾);
3. Seven years; seventy (birthday at seventy years).
七年; 七秩(七十大寿);
4. Seven heroes (referring to the seven states of Qin, Han, Wei, Chu, Yan, Qi, and Zhao during the Warring States period).
七雄(指战国时秦、韩、魏、楚、燕、齐、赵七国).
Further definitions:
1. Name of a literary form, also known as "七体," a kind of literary form.
文体名。亦称七体,骚体的一种 ([En.] a kind of literary form).
Example:
- Seven forms (a literary form which follows Han dynasty's Mei Sheng's "七发"; Han dynasty's Fu Yi has "七激," Liu Guang has "七兴," Cao Zhi has "七启," Zhang Xie has "七命").
如:七体(沿袭汉·枚乘《七发》而成的一种文体;汉·傅毅有《七激》,刘广有《七兴》,曹植有《七启》,张协有《七命`).
2. In ancient times, there was a memorial ritual every seven days after a person's death, lasting until forty-nine days.
旧时人死后每七天为一祭,直到四十九天为止 ([En.] seventh).
Example:
- First seven, second seven, and so on.
如:头七,二七,…
3. A surname (there was a person named Qi Xixian during the Ming dynasty).
姓(明代有七希贤).
lively discussion with everybody talking at once
double seven festival, evening of seventh of lunar seventh month / girls' festival / Chinese Valentine's day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女 are allowed their annual meeting
Victory to build a seventh-level Buddha
guqin or seven-stringed zither
the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth
lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom) / fig. to seethe with anger
in disorder / at sixes and sevens (idiom)
everything in disorder (idiom) / in a hideous mess / obscene / dirty / filthy
July / seventh month (of the lunar year)
seven days / the seventh day of the month
everything in disorder (idiom); in a hideous mess / at sixes and sevens