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
- 字顺主题(字順主題) alphabetical subject index
- 一字不落 without missing a word
- 识字率(識字率) literacy rate
- 人字拖鞋 flip-flops; flip-flop sandals; thongs
- 组字(組字) word formation
- 字根表 table of components used in wubi input method
- 异体字(異體字) a variant Chinese character ; a popular variant a Chinese character
- 韩文字母(韓文字母) hangul
- 生字 new character (in textbook); character that is unfamiliar or not yet studied
- 八字还没一撇(八字還沒一撇) there is not even the first stroke of the character 八; things have not even begun to take shape
- 字素 grapheme
- 古文字学(古文字學) paleography
- 八字胡须(八字鬍鬚) mustache shaped like character 八
- 不详其姓字(不詳其姓字) do not know his name
- 拼音字母 phonetic letters
- 白纸黑字(白紙黑字) (written) in black and white
- 字义(字義) the meaning of characters
- 头号字(頭號字) largest typeface; biggest letters
- 私字 name of Kangxi radical 28
- 未签字者(未簽字者) non-signatory
- 青字头(青字頭) top of 青 character component in Chinese characters
- 签不到字(簽不到字) not authorized to sign
- 香港红十字会(香港紅十字會) Hong Kong Red Cross
- 字图(字圖) glyph
- 咬文嚼字 to bite words and chew characters; punctilious about minutiae of wording
- 色字头上一把刀(色字頭上一把刀) there is a knife above the character for lust
- 签字笔(簽字筆) felt-tip pen; roller ball pen; gel ink pen
- 黑体字(黑體字) bold letter
- 浅层文字(淺層文字) shallow orthography (governed by simple rules)
- 宋体字(宋體字) Song font
- 病字旁 name of Kangxi radical 34
- 拉丁文字 the alphabet; latin letters
- 死文字 dead language; indecipherable script
- 字顺目录(字順目錄) alphabetical catalog
- 井字棋 tic-tac-toe
- 字字珠玉 every word a gem; magnificent writing
- 字字珠玑(字字珠璣) writing like an array of different kinds of peals
- 统汉字(統漢字) Unihan / China Japan Korea (CJK) unified ideographs
- 人字拖 flip-flops
Also contained in
字段 、 字串 、 说文解字 、 安全套接字层 、 光学字符识别 、 二重音字 、 五笔字型 、 字节码 、 千字文 、 合体字 、 蒙古字韵 、 字组
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- 卷十八 Scroll 18 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 337
- 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
- 卷十六 Scroll 16 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 277
- 卷五 Scroll 5 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 266
- 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
- 卷十七 Scroll 17 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 215
- 卷六 Scroll 6 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 210
- 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
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
- 字子思 (字子思) 字子思 — Xunzi 荀子, 非十二子篇第六 Chapter 6: Against the Twelve Masters — count: 3
- 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
- 影字 (影字) 觀書中稱景古影字 — Huainanzi 淮南子, Notes — count: 2
- 孺字 (孺字) 冉孺字子魯 — 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
- 五字 (五字) 官名更印章以五字 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《孝武本紀》 Annals of the Xiaowu Emperor — count: 2