栖身

Traditional (Taiwan): 棲身

qīshēn ㄑㄧ ㄕㄣ

    • to stay at
    • to live in (temporarily)

Character by character

Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms 近义词

  • 栖息 qīxī
    • 栖息之地 a habitat
    • 无处栖息 have nowhere to rest
  • 安身 ānshēn
    • 安身立命 settle down and find peace of mind
    • 在破庙里安身 shelter in a ruined temple

Telling them apart

栖身 usually means staying somewhere temporarily, used of people or animals, and generally takes no direct object. 栖息 has no time limit, is mostly used of birds, and can take an object of the creatures that live there, as in 栖息着丹顶鹤.

Other words read qīshēn

qishen with other tones

Near homophones of qishen

  • 齐声 qíshēng in chorus
  • 气盛 qìshèng red-blooded
  • 七声 qīshēng tones of the musical scale
  • 欺生 qīshēng cheat strangers

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