騎〔骑〕 ke⁴ {qí}

1. to ride (an animal or bike)
2. to sit astride
3. classifier for saddle-horses

騎〔骑〕 ke⁴ {jì}

1. (Taiwan) saddle horse
2. mounted soldier

騎縫〔骑缝〕 ke⁴ fung⁴ {qí fèng}

junction of the edges of two sheets of paper

騎劫〔骑-〕 ke⁴ gip³ {qí jié}

hijack; rob

騎樓〔骑楼〕 ke⁴ lau² {qí lóu}

(noun) balcony

騎呢〔骑-〕 ke⁴ le⁴ {qí ne}

weird; eccentric; strange; bizarre

騎師〔骑师〕 ke⁴ si¹ {qí shī}

disc jockey

騎兵〔骑-〕 ke⁴ bing¹ {qí bīng}

cavalry

騎車〔骑车〕 ke⁴ ce¹ {qí chē}

to cycle

騎槍〔骑枪〕 ke⁴ coeng¹ {qí qiāng}

1. carbine
2. lance

騎牆〔骑墙〕 ke⁴ coeng⁴ {qí qiáng}

1. to sit on the fence
2. to take both sides in a dispute

騎警〔骑-〕 ke⁴ ging² {qí jǐng}

mounted police (on horse or motorbike)

騎鶴〔骑鹤〕 ke⁴ hok⁶ {qí hè}

1. to ride a crane (as a Daoist adept)
2. to die

騎樓〔骑楼〕 ke⁴ lau² {qí lóu}

arcade (architecture)

騎馬〔骑马〕 ke⁴ maa⁵ {qí mǎ}

to ride a horse

騎射〔骑-〕 ke⁴ se⁶ {qí shè}

1. equestrian archery
2. riding and shooting

騎術〔骑术〕 ke⁴ seot⁶ {qí shù}

1. equestrianism
2. horsemanship

騎師〔骑师〕 ke⁴ si¹ {qí shī}

1. jockey
2. horse rider
3. horseman
4. equestrian

騎士〔骑-〕 ke⁴ si⁶ {qí shì}

1. horseman
2. cavalryman
3. knight (i.e. European nobility)
4. (Tw) bike rider (scooter, bicycle etc)

騎土〔骑-〕 ke⁴ tou² {qí tǔ}

1. knight
2. chevallier
3. chivalrous

騎都尉〔骑--〕 gei⁶ dou¹ wai³ {jì dū wèi}

commandant of cavalry

騎膊馬〔骑-马〕 ke⁴ bok³ maa⁵ {qí bó mǎ}

(noun) shoulder ride

騎樓底〔骑楼-〕 ke⁴ lau² dai² {qí lóu dǐ}

pavement with overhead buildings (spoken)

騎警隊〔骑-队〕 ke⁴ ging² deoi⁶ {qí jǐng duì}

mounted police detachment (on horse or motorbike)

騎馬者〔骑马-〕 ke⁴ maa⁵ ze² {qí mǎ zhě}

1. horseman
2. rider
3. mounted soldier

騎田嶺〔骑-岭〕 ke⁴ tin⁴ ling⁵ {Qí tián lǐng}

Qitian mountain range between south Hunan and Guangdong

騎牛搵馬〔骑-揾马〕 ke⁴ ngau⁴ wan² maa⁵ {qí niú wěn mǎ}

(phrase) to buy time for something, e.g. a job, while waiting for a better opportunity to come along (literally "to ride an ox looking for a horse")

騎馬找馬〔骑马-马〕 kei⁴ maa⁵ zaau² maa⁵ {qí mǎ zhǎo mǎ}

literally: 'to look for a horse while sitting on one', to hold on to one job while seeking a better one (dated meaning); nowadays more commonly used to describe someone who is out looking for something elsewhere despite already having it in their possessions or within their reach

騎虎難下〔骑-难-〕 ke⁴ fu² naan⁴ haa⁶ {qí hǔ nán xià}

if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off (idiom); fig. impossible to stop halfway

騎驢找驢〔骑驴-驴〕 ke⁴ leoi⁴ zaau² leoi⁴ {qí lǘ zhǎo lǘ}

1. lit. to search for the mule while riding on it (idiom)
2. fig. to look for what one already has

騎士風格〔骑-风-〕 ke⁴ si⁶ fung¹ gaak³ {qí shì fēng gé}

knighthood

騎士氣概〔骑-气-〕 ke⁴ si⁶ hei³ koi³ {qí shì qì gài}

chivalry

騎鶴上揚州〔骑鹤-扬-〕 ke⁴ hok⁶ soeng⁵ joeng⁴ zau¹ {qí hè shàng Yáng zhōu}

lit. to ride a crane to Yangzhou (idiom); to get an official position