慈 cí

  1. cí verb to be kind; to be charitable; to be benevolent
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: For example, in literary Chinese, 慈母多敗兒 'a mother who lavishes too much love on her children spoils them', from Han Feizi's Xian Xue (DCP 'C222'; Guoyu '慈' v; Kroll 2015 '慈' 1a, p. 64; Unihan '慈')
  2. cí noun love
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: 慈 is synonymous with 爱 in this sense, especially the love of a father for their children; Etymology from Shuo Wen: 慈：愛也。 (Guoyu '慈' n 1; Kroll 2015 '慈' 2, p. 64; Sun 2006, loc. 1300)
  3. cí noun compassionate mother
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Used to address one's mother (Guoyu '慈' n 3)
  4. cí noun a magnet
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As a variant of 磁 (Guoyu '慈' n 4; Kroll 2015 '慈' 5, p. 64)
  5. cí proper noun Ci
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '慈' n 5)

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慈溪 、 京都念慈菴 、 慈溪市 、 慈禧 、 慈利 、 邱慈 、 刘慈欣 、 慈禧太后 、 丘慈 、 慈利县 、 太史慈 、 慈江道 、 慈照寺 、 宋慈

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