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

tǔ zì diction; enunciation; to pronounce the words correctly (in opera)
dān zì single Chinese character; word (in a foreign language)
报 dà zì bào big-character poster
节 zì jié byte
号 lǎo zì hào shop, firm, or brand of merchandise with a long-established reputation
逐句 zhú zì zhú jù literal; word by word and phrase by phrase
错别 cuò bié zì incorrectly written or mispronounced characters
斟句酌 zì zhēn jù zhuó weighing every word
笔 qiān zì bǐ felt-tip pen; roller ball pen; gel ink pen
qiān zì type; movable letters (printing)
tí zì inscription; autograph
画 zì huà the strokes of a character; calligraphy and painting
眼 kōu zì yǎn to be fastidious about phrasing, diction, or choice of words
号 lián zì hào hyphen (punct.)
bié zì mispronounced or wrongly written character
符串 zì fú chuàn string (computer science)
拉丁母 lā dīng zì mǔ Latin alphabet
běn zì original form of a Chinese character
旗 mǐ zì qí Union Jack (flag of the United Kingdom)
罗马 luó mǎ zì the Latin alphabet
象形 xiàng xíng zì pictogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters); Chinese character derived from a picture; sometimes called hieroglyph
尺 dīng zì chǐ T-square; set square (carpenter's tool)
梁 dīng zì liáng T-girder
镐 dīng zì gǎo hammer pick
同音 tóng yīn zì homophonic characters