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[1] paper [2] classifier for letters, documents, etc Default PoS:  Additional PoS:  Show all nouns that can use this classifier Stroke count: 10
Level: 1
Radical: 糸 (#120)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 1 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 27th Jul 2009 15:28 |
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報紙
bou3 zi2 = newspaper
廁紙
ci3 zi2 = toilet paper 粵
紙巾
zi2 gan1 = tissue (paper)
紙袋
zi2 doi6*2 = paper bag
紙張
zi2 zoeng1 = paper
沙紙
saa1 zi2 = certificate 粵
草紙
cou2 zi2 = rough straw paper; toilet paper
膠紙
gaau1 zi2 = sticky tape; Scotch tape; adhesive paper
貓紙
maau1 zi2 = cheat sheet 粵
紙煙
zi2 jin1 = cigaretteSee all 161 compounds (CantoDict reports 166 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing all 12 examples containing 紙
𡃇啦，唔通冇晒廁紙咩？ 粵
Uh-oh, don't tell me we're out of toilet roll... [Lit. Crap, could-it-be don't-have all toilet paper [particle]?]
呢個紙板箱，放喺地下就得㗎喇。 粵
Just leave this cardboard box on the floor. [(No need to do anything else to the box.)]
請你幫我買幾份報紙，南華、星島、明報各一份。
Please buy some newspapers for me, South China (Morning Post), Sing Tao (Daily) and Ming Pao (Daily), one each.
佢哋好興奮噉放緊紙鳶 粵
They're excitedly flying kites. [Note that 好開心噉 is considerably more common than 好興奮噉. (開心 is used in more situations in Cantonese than the translation "happy".)] Legend 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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Forum Code to link to this word:
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/577/]紙[/url][/big]
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<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/577/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">紙</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 紙
Unicode code for this character: U+7d19 (off-site link)
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HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/577/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">紙</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 紙
Unicode code for this character: U+7d19 (off-site link)
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- : the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin.
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- the number of strokes needed to write the character correctly
- our arbitrarily assigned difficulty level
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- 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.
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