与其 (yǔ qí): meaning and stroke order
与其 (yǔ qí) means rather than... (used in expressions of the form 与其 + {verb1} + 不如 + {verb2} "rather than….
与其
- Simplified
- 与其
- Traditional
- 與其
- Pinyin
- yǔ qí
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Stroke order of 与其
与
- yú variant of 歟|欤[yu2]
- yǔ and; to give
- yù to take part in
- 3 strokes
- Traditional form: 與
Stroke by stroke
其
- qí his; her
- 8 strokes
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Meaning of 与其
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yǔ qí
Traditional 與其
- rather than... (used in expressions of the form 與其|与其[yu3 qi2] + {verb1} + 不如[bu4 ru2] + {verb2} "rather than {verb1}, better to {verb2}")
Radicals of the characters
- 与
- Radical 一 (Kangxi radical 1) · 3 strokes
- 其
- Radical 八 (Kangxi radical 12) · 8 strokes
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
与其 in our stories
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奶奶摸摸他的头：“其实，与其让灶王爷替你说好话，不如你自己先去跟妹妹道歉。”
nǎinai mō mō tā de tóu qíshí yǔqí ràng Zàowángyé tì nǐ shuō hǎohuà bùrú nǐ zìjǐ xiān qù gēn mèimei dàoqiàn
Grandma stroked his head: "You know, rather than having the Kitchen God put in a good word for you, it's better to go and apologise to your sister yourself."
From the story Sweets for the Kitchen God HSK 5
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与其花半年写软件，不如先做个简单的试验。
yǔqí huā bàn nián xiě ruǎnjiàn bùrú xiān zuò gè jiǎndān de shìyàn
Rather than spend six months writing software, they decided, better to run a simple test first.
From the story Fifty sheets of paper HSK 5
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他发现，水总是往低处流；与其拦住它，不如给它找一条出路。
tā fāxiàn shuǐ zǒngshì wǎng dīchù liú yǔqí lán zhù tā bùrú gěi tā zhǎo yì tiáo chūlù
He saw that water always flows downhill: rather than stopping it, better to give it a way out.
From the story Yu the Great tames the flood HSK 6
Stories using 与其
- Sweets for the Kitchen God HSK 5
- Fifty sheets of paper HSK 5
- Yu the Great tames the flood HSK 6
- Nezha stirs up the sea HSK 7–9 · Level 8
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).