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  zi6   jyutping
  zi4 zi5   pinyin
[1] [n] word; letter; character; word; logograph; glyph [2] [v] betroth a girl [3] name or style taken at the age of 20, by which one was sometimes called [4] Chinese character with more than one component, cf.

nounAdditional PoS: verb
Stroke count: 6
Level: 2
Radical: (#39)

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

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This word has been viewed 20197 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 21st Feb 2010 07:12

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detail  sap6 zi6  shi2 zi4 = a cross
detail  daa2 zi6  da3 zi4 = to type
detail  hon3 zi6  han4 zi4 = Chinese character
detail  zi6 mou5  zi4 mu3 = letter; alphabet
detail  zi6 din2  zi4 dian3 = dictionary
detail  zi6 jing4  zi4 xing2 = font; typeface
detail  daa2 zi6 gei1  da3 zi4 ji1 = typewriter
detail  man4 zi6  wen2 zi4 = writing; script
detail  se2 zi6  xie3 zi4 = to write characters
detail  zuk6 zi6   = word-for-word; verbatim
See all 323 compounds (CantoDict reports 344 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 11 examples containing 字
detail 打字得很
You type very fast!
detail audio 而家幾點鐘? 而家三點三個字
What time is it now? It's a quarter past three.
detail audio 中文字
I write Chinese characters very slowly.
detail 而家兩個
It's ten to seven now.
[Lit. now different two [counter] five-minutes seven o'clock]
detail 難睇
Are my (Chinese) characters that hard to read?
[Lit. Me [plural counter] characters very hard read [particle]? D=啲 and is commonly used in Hong Kong.]
detail 寫字整齊
You have nice handwriting.
[Lit. you write characters write manner very tidy]
detail 這個環境這個量詞
The character "場" is a classifier in this context.
[口語:喺呢個環境,呢個〝場〞字係個量詞。 (The actual context in which this sentence arose was 在還原那場雨, where 場 is a classifier for rain.)]
detail 漢字歷史上古老文字之一大概四千
Chinese characters are one of history's most ancient writing scripts, approximately four thousand years old.
detail 唔好字眼!
Don't use such uncommon wording!
detail 四正!
These writings are very neat and tidy.
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