姿 (zi1 | zi1) : posture; looks

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姿

zi1

zi1

[1] posture; gesture; carriage; bearing
[2] looks; appearance; features

Stroke count: 9

Level: 3

Radical: 女 (#38)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

姿

This word has been viewed 8022 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 25th Nov 2009 13:59

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姿勢 zi1 sai3 zi1 shi4 = posture

姿態 zi1 taai3 zi1 tai4 = attitude; posture; stance

姿整 zi1 zing2 zi11 zheng3 = fastidious; florid; take too much time do sth. 粵

姿色 zi1 sik1 zi1 se4 = [n] beauty (of women)

姿容 zi1 jung4 zi1 rong2 = looks; appearance

高姿態 gou1 zi1 taai3 gao1 zi1 tai4 = lofty stand; magnanimous attitude

多姿多彩 do1 zi1 do1 coi2 duo1 zi1 duo1 cai3 = colourful ; a great variety

有姿勢冇實際 jau5 zi1 sai3 mou5 sat6 zai3 = all show and no go 粵

婀娜多姿 o1 no4/5 do1 zi1 e1 nuo2 duo1 zi1 = pretty and charming

搔首弄姿 sou1 sau2 lung6 zi1 sao1 shou3 nong4 zi1 = pose in sexily trying to draw attention, flirt
See all 16 compounds (CantoDict reports 17 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 3 examples containing 姿

你又唔係去見皇上，使唔使咁姿整呀? 粵
You are not meeting the emperor, do you need to be so particular about what you wear?

今次嘅舞蹈演出婀娜多姿，舞蹈家非常有水準！粵
This dance performance used many different styles but were all elegant.The dancers were excellent!

搬重嘢嘅時候，要保持姿勢正確。粵
When moving heavy objects, (one) should maintain a correct posture.
[or "要保持正確嘅姿勢"]

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 姿
Unicode code for this character: U+59ff (off-site link)

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