骑
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Definitions
- 1. to sit astride
- 2. to ride (a horse, bike etc)
- 3. classifier for saddle horses
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Collocations
骑 most commonly collocates with 自行车 (bicycle) and 马 (horse).
Common mistakes
Learners often overuse 骑 for any vehicle; only use for straddled transport like bikes, horses, or motorcycles. Use 坐 or 开 for cars.
Example Sentences
3 shown我每天 骑 电动车上班。
我每天 骑 自行车上班。
他每天 骑 摩托车上班。
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Words Containing 骑
to ride a bike (motorbike or bicycle)
(idiom) to lead the pack by a wide margin; to leave one's competitors trailing behind in one's dust
if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off (idiom); fig. impossible to stop halfway
saddle horse
horse guard
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Canadian federal and national police force
light cavalry
a knight-errant
armored horses
magnificent carriage and precious horses (idiom); rich family with extravagant lifestyle
cavalry
to sit astride
knight; cavalier
chivalry
knighthood
equestrian archery
jockey
horse rider
carbine
arcade (architecture)
to sit on the fence
Qitian mountain range between south Hunan and Guangdong
if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off (idiom); fig. impossible to stop halfway
to ride (a bicycle, horse, motorbike etc)
equestrianism
mounted police (on horse or motorbike)
mounted police detachment (on horse or motorbike)
to ride a horse
(idiom) (coll.) to continue in an unsatisfactory job (or romantic relationship etc) while actively looking for a better one
horseman
(idiom) (coll.) to continue in an unsatisfactory job (or romantic relationship etc) while actively looking for a better one
lit. to search for the mule while riding on it (idiom)
see 騎驢找驢|骑驴找驴[qí lǘ zhǎo lǘ]
to ride a crane (as a Daoist adept)
lit. to ride a crane to Yangzhou (idiom); to get an official position
(Daoism) to die