字 zì
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zì
noun
letter; symbol; character
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: For example, 白纸写黑字 'to write black characters on white paper [to clearly document the matter]' (Guoyu '字' n 1; Suyu. p. 22; Unihan '字'; XHZD '字' 1) -
zì
proper noun
Zi
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '字' n 5) -
zì
verb
to love
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In this sense 字 is similar in meaning to 爱 (Guoyu '字' v 3) -
zì
verb
to teach; to educate
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Education
Notes: In this sense 字 is similar in meaning to 教育 (Guoyu '字' v 2) -
zì
verb
to be allowed to marry
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In this sense 字 is similar in meaning to 许嫁 (Guoyu '字' v 1; XHZD '字' 7) -
zì
noun
courtesy name; style name; scholarly or literary name
Domain: History 历史 , Subdomain: China
Notes: In this sense 字 is similar in meaning to 表字 (Guoyu '字' n 2; XHZD '字' 5) -
zì
noun
diction; wording
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In this sense 字 is similar in meaning to 字眼. -
zì
noun
handwriting
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Writing
Notes: In this sense 字 is similar in meaning to 字迹 -
zì
noun
calligraphy; a work of calligraphy
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Art
Notes: In this sense 字 is similar in meaning to 书法 (XHZD '字' 4) -
zì
noun
a written pledge; a letter; a contract
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Writing
Notes: In this sense 字 is similar in meaning to 书信 (Guoyu '字' n 3; XHZD '字' 6) -
zì
noun
a font; a calligraphic style
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Art
Notes: In this sense 字 is similar in meaning to 字体 (XHZD '字' 3) -
zì
noun
the phonetic value of a character; the pronunciation of a character
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In this sense 字 is similar in meaning to 字音 (Guoyu '字' n 4; XHZD '字' 2)
Contained in
- 白字 wrongly written or mispronounced character
- 三字经(三字經) San Zi Jing; Three character classic
- 填字游戏(填字遊戲) crossword
- 正字法 orthography
- 字谜(字謎) letter puzzle
- 通用汉字标准交换码(通用漢字標準交換碼) UCS, Chinese character coding adopted in PRC 1986
- 左字头(左字頭) top of 左 character component in Chinese characters
- 待字 (of a young lady) to be awaiting betrothal
- 南十字座 Crux; Southern Cross
- 丁字步 T-step
- 纯文字(純文字) text only (webpage)
- 字尾 suffix
- 一字儿(一字兒) in a row; in a line
- 字首 prefix
- 国音字典(國音字典) Guoyin Zidian; Dictionary of National Pronunciation
- 古文字 ancient script
- 写字(寫字) to write characters
- 常用字 everyday words
- 罗马字母(羅馬字母) Roman letters; Roman alphabet
- 探测字(探測字) probe (character)
- 颜文字(顏文字) Japanese-style emoticon
- 罗马数字(羅馬數字) Roman numerals
- 按码索字(按碼索字) lookup characters according to numbers
- 通用字符集 Universal Character Set (UCS)
- 井字棋 tic-tac-toe
- 简体字(簡體字) a simplified Chinese character
- 笔画检字法(筆畫檢字法) method of character lookup by stroke count
- 写字台(寫字檯) writing desk
- 十字头螺刀(十字頭螺刀) Phillips screwdriver (i.e. with cross slit)
- 白纸黑字(白紙黑字) (written) in black and white
- 数字钟(數字鐘) digital clock
- 汉字改革(漢字改革) reform of Chinese characters
- 香港红十字会(香港紅十字會) Hong Kong Red Cross
- 签字者(簽字者) signatory
- 统汉字(統漢字) Unihan / China Japan Korea (CJK) unified ideographs
- 皿字底 name of Kangxi radical 108
- 工字钢(工字鋼) I-beam
- 数字用户线路(數字用戶線路) digital subscriber line (DSL)
- 丁字尺 T-square; set square (carpenter's tool)
- 查字法 look-up method for Chinese characters
- 字林 Zilin
Also contained in
字符编码 、 亚兰字母 、 吉咖字节 、 香港增补字符集 、 千字节 、 蒙古字韵 、 二重字 、 字符串 、 文字学家 、 数字信号处理技术
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- 卷十八 Scroll 18 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 325
- 卷七十二下 表第十二下 宰相世系二下 Volume 72c Tables 16: Chancellors Genealogy 2c New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 285
- 卷七十一下 表第十一下 宰相世系一下 Volume 71b Tables 13: Chancellors Genealogy 1b New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 259
- 卷十六 Scroll 16 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 258
- 卷七十五下 表第十五下 宰相世系五下 Volume 75b Tables 22: Chancellors Genealogy 5b New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 246
- 卷七十二上 表第十二上 宰相世系二上 Volume 72a Tables 14: Chancellors Genealogy 2a New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 246
- 卷五 Scroll 5 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 242
- 卷七十一上 表第十一上 宰相世系一上 Volume 71a Tables 12: Chancellors Genealogy 1a New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 209
- 卷七十三下 表第十三下 宰相世系三下 Volume 73b Tables 18: Chancellors Genealogy 3b New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 202
- 卷十七 Scroll 17 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 202
Collocations
- 字子 (字子) 字子魚 — Xunzi 荀子, 不苟篇第三 Chapter 3: Nothing Carelessly — count: 18
- 称字 (稱字) 曷為稱字 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 5
- 字叔 (字叔) 梁孝王中郎枚乘字叔聞之 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷九 正諫 Chapter 9: Direct Advice — count: 4
- 字小 (字小) 字小之難 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 4
- 祖字 (祖字) 秦祖字子南 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《仲尼弟子列傳》 Biographies of the disciples of Zhongni — count: 2
- 字人 (字人) 又不能字人之孤而殺之 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 2
- 不能字 (不能字) 于父不能字厥子 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 康誥 Zhou Shu - Announcement to the Prince of Kang — count: 2
- 四字 (四字) 四字衍耳 — Xunzi 荀子, 修身篇第二 Chapter 2: Cultivation — count: 2
- 僞字 (僞字) 其辨白僞字甚明 — Xunzi 荀子, 唐楊倞注 Notes by Yang Jing of Tang — count: 2
- 字仲尼 (字仲尼) 曰雲姓孔而字仲尼 — Exemplary Figures 法言, 卷二 吾子 Chapter 2: Our Teachers — count: 2