其
qíjījì HSK2

its, his, (3p possessive)

其 qí frequency
that determineradverb
that; such; that kind of; used to point to a specific person, thing, or situation
among which pronounpreposition
used to indicate a subset or part of a previously mentioned group
[third-person possessive] pronoun
his; her; its; their; refers back to a person or thing mentioned previously

每个改造项目都有其挑战。

měi​gè gǎi​zào xiàng​mù dōu yǒu qí tiǎo​zhàn.

Every renovation project has its challenges.

它们没有毛，其眼睛和耳朵是闭着的。

tā​men méi​yǒu máo, qí yǎn​jing hé ěr​duo shì bì zhe de.

They have no fur, and both their eyes and ears are closed.

[adverb suffix] adverbconjunction
used as a suffix after certain adverbs to provide emphasis or balance
it pronoun
him; her; it; them; used as the object of a verb

警方第二天在司机家中将其逮捕。

jǐng​fāng dì'èr​tiān zài sī​jī jiā zhōng jiāng qí dài​bǔ.

Police arrested the driver the next day at his home.

调整你的交流风格，让其适应你的听众。

tiáo​zhěng nǐ de jiāo​liú fēng​gé, ràng qí shì​yìng nǐ de tīng​zhòng.

Adapt your communication style to match your audience.

perhaps
(literary) expresses a guess or estimation, meaning "perhaps" or "probably"
should
(literary) expresses a wish or command, meaning "should" or "must"
[rhetorical]
(literary) used to mark a rhetorical question, meaning "how could..." or "is it the case that..."
surname
a Chinese surname
其 jī
[name]
used in certain historical names, such as 郦食其 lì​yì​jī
interrogative particle
(literary) sentence-final particle expressing a question
其 jì
modal particle
(literary) particle used in the middle or end of a sentence after words like 彼 bǐ or 何 hé

Cross-References

Same as

Has old variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
85th most common 2082.8 per million
Movie subtitles
226th most common 774.6 per million appears in 96% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
92.0 per million appears in 30% of films
Written text
882.0 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+5176

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)