慈 (ci4 | ci2) : kind; loving; maternal

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慈

ci4

ci2

[1] [adj] kind; loving; fond; benevolent
[2] [adj,n] maternal; mother
[3] [v] have affection (for sb)

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Stroke count: 14

Level: 2

Radical: 心 (#61)

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

慈

This word has been viewed 9616 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 10th Mar 2011 14:06

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仁慈 jan4 ci4 ren2 ci2 = benevolent

慈祥 ci4 coeng4 ci2 xiang2 = kindly

慈愛 ci4 oi3 ci2 ai4 = love (esp. for children); benevolence; tenderness

慈悲 ci4 bei1 ci2 bei1 = mercy

假慈悲 gaa2 ci4 bei1 jia3 ci2 bei1 = phoney mercy; sham benevolence; crocodile tears

貓哭老鼠假慈悲 maau1 huk1 lou5 syu2 gaa2 ci4 bei1 mao1 ku1 lao3 shu3 jia3 ci2 bei1 = "crocodile tears", hypocritical pretence of condolence

慈善 ci4 sin6 ci2 shan4 = charity

慈善機構 ci4 sin6 gei1 kau3 ci2 shan4 ji1 gou4 = charity association

慈善事業 ci4 sin6 si6 jip6 ci2 shan4 shi4 ye4 = [n] philanthropy

慈善家 ci4 sin6 gaa1 ci2 shan4 jia1 = [n] philanthropist
See all 22 compounds (CantoDict reports 25 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 1 example containing 慈

你不用貓哭耗子假慈悲啦國
There's no need for you to shed crocodile tears!

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Decimal representation of this word: 慈
Unicode code for this character: U+6148 (off-site link)

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