Chinese symbol for “stammering”
期期艾艾
qī qī ài ài
stammering (idiom)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for stammering is 期期艾艾 (qī qī ài ài), defined as: stammering (idiom).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “stammering”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 断断续续 (斷斷續續) | duàn duàn xù xù | intermittent; off and on |
| 磕磕巴巴 | kē kē bā bā | stammering; stuttering |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 期期艾艾.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 时期 (時期) | shí qī | period; phase |
| 期间 (期間) | qī jiān | period of time; time |
| 长期 (長期) | cháng qī | long-term; for a protracted period |
| 期待 | qī dài | to look forward to; to await |
| 星期 | xīng qī | week; 个 (gè) |
| 预期 (預期) | yù qī | to expect; to anticipate |
| 艾滋病 | ài zī bìng | (loanword) AIDS |
| 方兴未艾 (方興未艾) | fāng xīng wèi ài | flourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom); rapidly expanding; still growing strong |
| 艾滋 | ài zī | (loanword) AIDS |
See also: Japanese symbol for “stammering”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.