zi

letter, character, word

HSK 1 #393

DEFINITIONS

字 zì
  • letter
  • symbol
  • character
  • word
  • CL:個|个[ge4]
  • courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China

STROKES

WORDS

形聲 xíng shēng zì radical plus phonetic (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters); also known as phonogram, phonetic compound or picto-phonetic character
dài zì (literary) (of a young lady) to be awaiting betrothal
員 dǎ zì yuán typist
機 dǎ zì jī typewriter
批八 pī bā zì to have one's fortune read; system of fortune telling based on a person's date and time of birth, according to 干支 (sexagenary cycle)
chāi zì fortune telling by unpicking Chinese characters
拉丁文 lā dīng wén zì the alphabet; latin letters
诀 tuō zì jué delaying tactics
訣 tuō zì jué delaying tactics
pīn zì to spell; spelling
拼音母 pīn yīn zì mǔ phonetic letters
拼音文 pīn yīn wén zì phonetic alphabet; alphabetic writing system
指事 zhǐ shì zì ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters); Chinese character indicating an idea, such as up and down; also known as self-explanatory character
指令名 zhǐ lìng míng zì command name
按照面 àn zhào zì miàn literally
探测 tàn cè zì probe (character)
探測 tàn cè zì probe (character)
器 tí zì qì teleprompter
提笔忘 tí bǐ wàng zì to have difficulty remembering how to write Chinese characters
提筆忘 tí bǐ wàng zì to have difficulty remembering how to write Chinese characters
眼 kōu zì yǎn to be fastidious about phrasing, diction, or choice of words
眼儿 kōu zì yǎn r erhua variant of 摳字眼|抠字眼[kou1 zi4 yan3]
眼兒 kōu zì yǎn r erhua variant of 摳字眼|抠字眼[kou1 zi4 yan3]
shù zì numeral; digit; number; figure; amount; digital (electronics etc); CL:個|个[ge4]
信号 shù zì xìn hào digital signal