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[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. 文 Additional PoS: Stroke count: 6
Level: 2
Radical: 子 (#39)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Don't confuse with: 子宇 |
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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; verbatim See all 323 compounds (CantoDict reports 344 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing 10 of 11 examples containing 字
我D字好難睇咩? 粵
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.]
在這個環境,這個〝場〞字是個量詞。 國
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.)]
漢字是歷史上最古老的文字之一,大概四千歲了。 國
Show all 11 examplesChinese characters are one of history's most ancient writing scripts, approximately four thousand years old. |