1. verb to send; to transmit; to mail
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: For example, 寄信 send a letter (Guoyu '寄' v 3; Kroll 2015 '寄' 3, p. 187; Mathews 1931 '寄', p. 55; Unihan '寄'; XHZD '寄' 2, p. 319)
  2. verb to rely on; to depend on
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '寄' 1a, p. 187; Unihan '寄'; XHZD '寄' 2, p. 319)
  3. verb to trust; to entrust
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in 寄托 (Guoyu '寄' v 2; Kroll 2015 '寄' 2, p. 187; XHZD '寄' 1, p. 319)
  4. verb to stay at temporarily; to stop over
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '寄' v 1; Kroll 2015 '寄' 1, p. 187; Mathews 1931 '寄', p. 55)
  5. adjective attached to
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: For example, 寄母 foster mother (Kroll 2015 '寄' adj; Kroll 2015 '寄' 1b, p. 187)
  6. verb to add meaning above the literal sense
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '寄' 1c, p. 187)
  7. verb sent; set in motion; preṣita
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: preṣita, Japanese: ki (BCSD '寄', p. 384; MW 'preṣita'; SH '寄', p. 347; Unihan '寄')

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