Characters | Words | Sentences | Chinese Translation | Chinese Tests | Forums | Search
KangXi Radical List | Customise CantoDict | Dictionary Statistics
| 字 | |
zi6
|
|
|
[1] [n] word; letter; character; word; logograph; glyph [2] [v] betroth a girl [3] a name or style taken at the age of 20, by which one was sometimes called Stroke count: 6
Level: 2
Radical: 子 (#39)
|
|
| 字 | |
|
Don't confuse with: 子 |
|
| This character was last edited on 29th Apr 2008 | |
Sponsors: Pine Furniture | One-on-One Online Chinese Tutoring | Classic Games Chinese Language | Learn Spanish | Free satellite TV | Studying in China |
|
十字
sap6 zi6 = a cross
打字
daa2 zi6 = to type
漢字
hon3 zi6 = Chinese character
字母
zi6 mou5 = letter; alphabet
字典
zi6 din2 = dictionary
字型
zi6 jing4 = font; typeface
打字機
daa2 zi6 gei1 = typewriter
文字
man4 zi6 = writing; script
寫字
se2 zi6 = to write characters
逐字
zuk6 zi6 = word-for-word; verbatimSee all 223 compounds |
|
|
Showing all 5 examples containing 字
你打字打得很快呀！ 國
edit
You type very fast!
而家幾點鐘? 而家係三點三個字。 粵
edit
What time is it now? It's a quarter past three.
漢字是歷史上最古老的文字之一，大概四千歲了。 國
edit
Chinese characters are one of history's most ancient writing scripts, approximately four thousand years old.
唔好用啲咁僻嘅字眼! 粵
edit
Don't use such uncommon wording!
啲字寫得好四正! 粵
edit
These writings are very neat and tidy. |
|
Forum Code to link to this word:
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/219/]字[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/219/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">字</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 字
Unicode code for this character: U+5B57 (off-site link)
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/219/]字[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/219/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">字</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 字
Unicode code for this character: U+5B57 (off-site link)
This page shows, from top to bottom:
- a large version of the character in a traditional script font which you may need to install
- : the Jyutping romanisation (pronunciation)
- : the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin.
- a detailed description of all the meanings
- the number of strokes needed to write the character correctly
- our arbitrarily assigned difficulty level
- a smaller version of the character in a computerised, printed font, along with the PRC simplified version if applicable
- a list of characters which look similar and are therefore possible sources of confusion (where relevant)
- a list of compound words that use this character, ordered by difficulty level.
(we would really appreciate new volunteers to add some more compound words to the database so please post to the CantoDict forum if you would like to spend an occasional 10 mins or so helping)
Rows returned from database=34
CantoDict v1.3.12 is a collaborative Chinese Dictionary project started in November 2003. Entries are added and mistakes corrected by a team of kind volunteers from around the world.
Copyright Adam Sheik 2003-2008.