pīnyīn
pin1yin1
ㄓㄨㄧㄣ
simplified
traditional
字
字
zi4
letter; symbol; character; word; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
strokes
6
radical
strokes after radical
3
T字裤
T字褲
- zi4 ku4
thong (underwear)
T字帐
T字帳
- zi4 zhang4
T-account (accounting)
阿拉伯数字
阿拉伯數字
a1 la1 bo2 shu4 zi4
Arabic numerals 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
按照字面
按照字面
an4 zhao4 zi4 mian4
literally
八字
八字
ba1 zi4
the character 8 or 八; birthdate characters used in fortune-telling
八字步
八字步
ba1 zi4 bu4
step with feet splayed outwards
八字方针
八字方針
ba1 zi4 fang1 zhen1
the eight-character slogan for the economic policy proposed by 李富春 in 1961: 調整、鞏固、充實、提高|调整、巩固、充实、提高 "adjust, consolidate, enrich and improve"; a policy expressed as an eight-character slogan
八字还没一撇
八字還沒一撇
ba1 zi4 hai2 mei2 yi1 pie3
lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八; things have not even begun to take shape; no sign of success yet
八字还没一撇儿
八字還沒一撇兒
ba1 zi4 hai2 mei2 yi1 pie3 er5
lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八; things have not even begun to take shape; no sign of success yet
八字胡
八字鬍
ba1 zi4 hu2
mustache shaped like character 八
八字胡须
八字鬍鬚
ba1 zi4 hu2 xu1
mustache shaped like character 八
八字脚
八字腳
ba1 zi4 jiao3
splayfoot
八字眉
八字眉
ba1 zi4 mei2
sloping eyebrows, formed like character for "eight"
八字没一撇
八字沒一撇
ba1 zi4 mei2 yi1 pie3
lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom); fig. things have not even begun to take shape; no sign of success yet
八字形
八字形
ba1 zi4 xing2
shape resembling the character 八 or 8; V-shape; splayed; figure of eight
白纸黑字
白紙黑字
bai2 zhi3 hei1 zi4
(written) in black and white
白字
白字
bai2 zi4
wrongly written or mispronounced character
背字
背字
bei4 zi4
bad luck
本字
本字
ben3 zi4
original form of a Chinese character
笔划检字表
筆劃檢字表
bi3 hua4 jian3 zi4 biao3
lookup table for Chinese character based on radical and stroke count
编码字符集
編碼字符集
bian1 ma3 zi4 fu2 ji2
coded character set
表意文字
表意文字
biao3 yi4 wen2 zi4
ideograph; ideographical writing system
表字
表字
biao3 zi4
literary name (an alternative name of a person stressing a moral principle); courtesy name
别字
別字
bie2 zi4
mispronounced or wrongly written character
不识字
不識字
bu4 shi2 zi4
illiterate
不一致字
不一致字
bu4 yi1 zhi4 zi4
inconsistent phonogram(s)
草字头儿
草字頭兒
cao3 zi4 tou2 er5
grass radical 艹
查字法
查字法
cha2 zi4 fa3
look-up method for Chinese characters
拆字
拆字
chai1 zi4
fortune telling by unpicking Chinese characters
常用字
常用字
chang2 yong4 zi4
everyday words
厂字旁
厂字旁
chang3 zi4 pang2
name of "cliff" 厂 radical in simplified Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 27)
朝鲜字母
朝鮮字母
chao2 xian3 zi4 mu3
hangul, Korean phonetic alphabet; Korean letters
赤字
赤字
chi4 zi4
(financial) deficit; red letter
赤字累累
赤字累累
chi4 zi4 lei3 lei3
debt-ridden; heavily laden with debt
纯文字
純文字
chun2 wen2 zi4
text only (webpage)
纯文字页
純文字頁
chun2 wen2 zi4 ye4
text-only webpage
刺字
刺字
ci4 zi4
to tattoo
粗体字
粗體字
cu1 ti3 zi4
bold letter
错别字
錯別字
cuo4 bie2 zi4
incorrectly written or mispronounced characters
错字
錯字
cuo4 zi4
incorrect character; typo (in Chinese text)
打字
打字
da3 zi4
to type
打字机
打字機
da3 zi4 ji1
typewriter
打字员
打字員
da3 zi4 yuan2
typist
大写字母
大寫字母
da4 xie3 zi4 mu3
capital letters; uppercase letters
大字报
大字報
da4 zi4 bao4
big-character poster
单一合体字
單一合體字
dan1 yi1 he2 ti3 zi4
unique compound
单字
單字
dan1 zi4
single Chinese character; word (in a foreign language)
第二次汉字简化方案
第二次漢字簡化方案
di4 er4 ci4 han4 zi4 jian3 hua4 fang1 an4
Second Chinese Character Simplification Scheme (second round of simplified Chinese characters, proposed in 1977 and retracted in 1986); abbr. to 二簡|二简
点阵字体
點陣字體
dian3 zhen4 zi4 ti3
bitmap font (computer)
点字
點字
dian3 zi4
Braille characters (alphabet for the blind)
点字机
點字機
dian3 zi4 ji1
Braille typewriter
电打字机
電打字機
dian4 da3 zi4 ji1
electric typewriter (as opposed to hand typewriter)
丁字
丁字
ding1 zi4
T-shaped
丁字步
丁字步
ding1 zi4 bu4
T-step (basic dance position, with the feet forming a T shape)
丁字尺
丁字尺
ding1 zi4 chi3
T-square; set square (carpenter's tool)
丁字镐
丁字鎬
ding1 zi4 gao3
hammer pick
丁字街
丁字街
ding1 zi4 jie1
T-junction
丁字裤
丁字褲
ding1 zi4 ku4
thong (underwear)
丁字梁
丁字梁
ding1 zi4 liang2
T-girder
冬字头
冬字頭
dong1 zi4 tou2
name of "walk slowly" component in Chinese characters; see also 夂
独体字
獨體字
du2 ti3 zi4
single-component character
多音多义字
多音多義字
duo1 yin1 duo1 yi4 zi4
character having several readings and meanings
多音字
多音字
duo1 yin1 zi4
character with two or more readings
多字节
多字節
duo1 zi4 jie2
multibyte
讹字
訛字
e2 zi4
erroneous character; typographical error
繁体字
繁體字
fan2 ti3 zi4
traditional Chinese character
反义字
反義字
fan3 yi4 zi4
character with opposite meaning; antonym; opposite characters
方块字
方塊字
fang1 kuai4 zi4
Chinese characters
非拉丁字符
非拉丁字符
fei1 la1 ding1 zi4 fu2
non-latin letters
非数字
非數字
fei1 shu4 zi4
non-numeric
高清数字电视
高清數字電視
gao1 qing1 shu4 zi4 dian4 shi4
high definition digital television
个人数字助理
個人數字助理
ge4 ren2 shu4 zi4 zhu4 li3
personal digital assistant (PDA)
工字钢
工字鋼
gong1 zi4 gang1
I-beam
工字梁
工字梁
gong1 zi4 liang2
I-beam
古文字学
古文字學
gu3 wen2 zi4 xue2
paleography
古字
古字
gu3 zi4
old character; archaic form of a Chinese character
关键字
關鍵字
guan1 jian4 zi4
keyword
光学字符识别
光學字符識別
guang1 xue2 zi4 fu2 shi2 bie2
optical character recognition, OCR
国语罗马字
國語羅馬字
guo2 yu3 luo2 ma3 zi4
Gwoyeu Romatzyh, a romanization system for Chinese devised by Y.R. Chao and others in 1925-26
国字
國字
guo2 zi4
Chinese character (Hanzi); the native script used to write a nation's language
国字脸
國字臉
guo2 zi4 lian3
square face
韩文字母
韓文字母
han2 wen2 zi4 mu3
hangul, Korean phonetic alphabet; Korean letters
汉语大字典
漢語大字典
han4 yu3 da4 zi4 dian3
Hanyu Da Zidian, one of the most comprehensive Chinese character dictionaries with 54,678 (and later 60,370) entries, first published between 1986-1990
汉字
漢字
han4 zi4
Chinese character; Japanese: kanji; Korean: hanja; Vietnamese: hán tự
汉字查字法
漢字查字法
han4 zi4 cha2 zi4 fa3
look-up method for Chinese characters
汉字字体
漢字字體
han4 zi4 zi4 ti3
calligraphic style of Chinese characters; typeface; font
合体字
合體字
he2 ti3 zi4
a Chinese character formed by combining existing elements - i.e. a combined ideogram 會意|会意 or radical plus phonetic 形聲|形声
黑体字
黑體字
hei1 ti3 zi4
bold letter
红十字
紅十字
hong2 shi2 zi4
Red Cross
虎字头
虎字頭
hu3 zi4 tou2
name of "tiger" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 141); see also 虍
画十字
畫十字
hua4 shi2 zi4
to make the sign of the cross; to make a cross (on paper)
划十字
劃十字
hua4 shi2 zi4
variant of 畫十字|画十字
会意字
會意字
hui4 yi4 zi4
combined ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters); Chinese character that combines the meanings of existing elements; also known as joint ideogram or associative compounds
活字
活字
huo2 zi4
movable type
活字典
活字典
huo2 zi4 dian3
walking dictionary; well-informed person
活字印刷
活字印刷
huo2 zi4 yin4 shua1
printing with movable type
吉字节
吉字節
ji2 zi4 jie2
gigabyte (2^30 or approximately a billion bytes)
加密套接字协议层
加密套接字協議層
jia1 mi4 tao4 jie1 zi4 xie2 yi4 ceng2
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) (computing)
甲骨文字
甲骨文字
jia3 gu3 wen2 zi4
oracle script; oracle bone character (an early form of Chinese script)
假借字
假借字
jia3 jie4 zi4
loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters); character acquiring meanings by phonetic association; also called phonetic loan
简化字
簡化字
jian3 hua4 zi4
simplified Chinese character
简体字
簡體字
jian3 ti3 zi4
simplified Chinese character, as opposed to traditional Chinese character 繁體字|繁体字
检字表
檢字表
jian3 zi4 biao3
word index (of a dictionary)
检字法
檢字法
jian3 zi4 fa3
indexing system for Chinese characters in a dictionary
借字
借字
jie4 zi4
see 通假字
借字儿
借字兒
jie4 zi4 er5
IOU; receipt for a loan
金字
金字
jin1 zi4
gold lettering; gold characters
金字塔
金字塔
jin1 zi4 ta3
pyramid (building or structure)
井字棋
井字棋
jing3 zi4 qi2
tic-tac-toe
旧字体
舊字體
jiu4 zi4 ti3
kyujitai, traditional Japanese character used before 1946
绝对数字
絕對數字
jue2 dui4 shu4 zi4
absolute (as opposed to relative) number
楷字
楷字
kai3 zi4
regular script (Chinese calligraphic style)
康熙字典
康熙字典
kang1 xi1 zi4 dian3
the Kangxi Dictionary, named after the Kangxi Emperor, who in 1710 ordered its compilation, containing 47,035 single-character entries
克漏字
克漏字
ke4 lou4 zi4
cloze (loanword)
抠字眼
摳字眼
kou1 zi4 yan3
to be fastidious about phrasing, diction, or choice of words
抠字眼儿
摳字眼兒
kou1 zi4 yan3 er5
erhua variant of 摳字眼|抠字眼
拉丁文字
拉丁文字
la1 ding1 wen2 zi4
the alphabet; latin letters
拉丁字母
拉丁字母
la1 ding1 zi4 mu3
Latin alphabet
老字号
老字號
lao3 zi4 hao4
shop, firm, or brand of merchandise with a long-established reputation
冷字
冷字
leng3 zi4
obscure word; unfamiliar character
例外字
例外字
li4 wai4 zi4
exception(s)
连字符
連字符
lian2 zi4 fu2
hyphen
连字符号
連字符號
lian2 zi4 fu2 hao4
hyphen
连字号
連字號
lian2 zi4 hao4
hyphen (punct.)
练字
練字
lian4 zi4
to practice writing characters
炼字
煉字
lian4 zi4
to craft one's words
六字真言
六字真言
liu4 zi4 zhen1 yan2
the six-syllable Sanskrit mantra of Avalokiteshvara bodhisattva (i.e. om mani padme hum)
罗马数字
羅馬數字
luo2 ma3 shu4 zi4
Roman numerals
罗马字
羅馬字
luo2 ma3 zi4
the Latin alphabet
罗马字母
羅馬字母
luo2 ma3 zi4 mu3
Roman letters; Roman alphabet
略字
略字
lve4 zi4
abbreviated character; simplified character
码字
碼字
ma3 zi4
numeral; digit; counter
盲字
盲字
mang2 zi4
Braille characters (alphabet for the blind)
米字旗
米字旗
mi3 zi4 qi2
Union Jack (flag of the United Kingdom)
名字
名字
ming2 zi5
name (of a person or thing)
默字
默字
mo4 zi4
to write from memory
南十字座
南十字座
nan2 shi2 zi4 zuo4
Crux (constellation); Southern Cross
喃字
喃字
nan2 zi4
Vietnam characters (like Chinese characters but native to Vietnam)
内八字脚
內八字腳
nei4 ba1 zi4 jiao3
intoeing; pigeon toes; knock-knees
批八字
批八字
pi1 ba1 zi4
to have one's fortune read; system of fortune telling based on a person's date and time of birth, according to 干支 (sexagenary cycle)
拼音文字
拼音文字
pin1 yin1 wen2 zi4
phonetic alphabet; alphabetic writing system
拼音字母
拼音字母
pin1 yin1 zi4 mu3
phonetic letters
拼字
拼字
pin1 zi4
spelling
平滑字
平滑字
ping2 hua2 zi4
sans serif (typography)
破体字
破體字
po4 ti3 zi5
non-standard or corrupted form of a Chinese character
破音字
破音字
po4 yin1 zi4
character with two or more readings; character where different readings convey different meanings (Tw)
铅活字印刷机
鉛活字印刷機
qian1 huo2 zi4 yin4 shua1 ji1
lead typesetting machine
铅字
鉛字
qian1 zi4
type; movable letters (printing)
签字
簽字
qian1 zi4
to sign (one's name); signature
签字笔
簽字筆
qian1 zi4 bi3
felt-tip pen; roller ball pen; gel ink pen
签字费
簽字費
qian1 zi4 fei4
signing bonus; sign-on bonus
千字节
千字節
qian1 zi4 jie2
kilobyte
千字文
千字文
qian1 zi4 wen2
Thousand Character Classic, 6th century poem used as a traditional reading primer
签字者
簽字者
qian1 zi4 zhe3
signatory
浅层文字
淺層文字
qian3 ceng2 wen2 zi4
shallow orthography (governed by simple rules)
蔷薇十字团
薔薇十字團
qiang2 wei1 shi2 zi4 tuan2
the Rosicrucian order (masonic order)
青字头
青字頭
qing1 zi4 tou2
"top of 青 character" component in Chinese characters
区字框
區字框
qu1 zi4 kuang4
name of radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 22); see also 匚
人字洞
人字洞
ren2 zi4 dong4
Renzidong palaeolithic archaeological site at Fanchang 繁昌, Anhui
人字拖
人字拖
ren2 zi4 tuo1
flip-flops; abbr. for 人字拖鞋
人字拖鞋
人字拖鞋
ren2 zi4 tuo1 xie2
flip-flops; flip-flop sandals; thongs; see also 人字拖
认字
認字
ren4 zi4
literate; knowing how to read
三十六字母
三十六字母
san1 shi2 liu4 zi4 mu3
thirty six initial consonants of Song phonetic theory
三字经
三字經
san1 zi4 jing1
(slang) swearword; four-letter word
三字经
三字經
san1 zi4 jing1
Three Character Classic, 13th century reading primer consisting of Confucian tenets in lines of 3 characters
色字头上一把刀
色字頭上一把刀
se4 zi4 tou2 shang4 yi1 ba3 dao1
lit. there is a knife above the character for lust; fig. lascivious activities can lead to bitter consequences
生辰八字
生辰八字
sheng1 chen2 ba1 zi4
one's birth data for astrological purposes, combined from year, month, day, hour, heavenly trunk and earthly branch
生冷字
生冷字
sheng1 leng3 zi4
obscure or archaic character
声旁字
聲旁字
sheng1 pang2 zi4
character serving as sound value of another character; phonetic
生字
生字
sheng1 zi4
new character (in textbook); character that is unfamiliar or not yet studied
省字号
省字號
sheng3 zi4 hao4
an apostrophe (punct.)
识文断字
識文斷字
shi2 wen2 duan4 zi4
literate; a cultured person
十字
十字
shi2 zi4
cross road; cross-shaped; crucifix; the character ten
识字
識字
shi2 zi4
to learn to read
十字镐
十字鎬
shi2 zi4 gao3
pickaxe
十字花科
十字花科
shi2 zi4 hua1 ke1
Cruciferae or Brassicaceae (taxonomic family including Brassica etc whose flowers have a cross of 4 petals)
十字架
十字架
shi2 zi4 jia4
cross; crucifix; yoke one has to endure
十字架刑
十字架刑
shi2 zi4 jia4 xing2
crucifiction
十字军
十字軍
shi2 zi4 jun1
crusaders; army of crusaders; the Crusades
十字军东征
十字軍東征
shi2 zi4 jun1 dong1 zheng1
the Crusades; crusaders' eastern expedition
十字军远征
十字軍遠征
shi2 zi4 jun1 yuan3 zheng1
the Crusades
十字路口
十字路口
shi2 zi4 lu4 kou3
crossroads; intersection
识字率
識字率
shi2 zi4 lv4
literacy rate
十字丝
十字絲
shi2 zi4 si1
crosshairs
十字头螺刀
十字頭螺刀
shi2 zi4 tou2 luo2 dao1
Phillips screwdriver (i.e. with cross slit)
十字形
十字形
shi2 zi4 xing2
cruciform; cross shape
十字绣
十字繡
shi2 zi4 xiu4
cross-stitch
十字转门
十字轉門
shi2 zi4 zhuan4 men2
turnstile
手打字机
手打字機
shou3 da3 zi4 ji1
hand typewriter (as opposed to electric typewriter)
首字母
首字母
shou3 zi4 mu3
initial letters
首字母拚音词
首字母拚音詞
shou3 zi4 mu3 pin1 yin1 ci2
acronym
首字母缩写
首字母縮寫
shou3 zi4 mu3 suo1 xie3
acronym
熟字
熟字
shu2 zi4
familiar words; known Chinese character
数字
數字
shu4 zi4
numeral; digit; number; figure; amount; digital (electronics etc)
数字版权管理
數字版權管理
shu4 zi4 ban3 quan2 guan3 li3
Digital Rights Management (DRM)
数字导览设施
數字導覽設施
shu4 zi4 dao3 lan3 she4 shi1
digital navigation equipment
数字电路
數字電路
shu4 zi4 dian4 lu4
digital circuit
数字电视
數字電視
shu4 zi4 dian4 shi4
digital television
数字分频
數字分頻
shu4 zi4 fen1 pin2
digital frequency sharing
数字化
數字化
shu4 zi4 hua4
to digitalize; digital
数字命理学
數字命理學
shu4 zi4 ming4 li3 xue2
numerology
数字时钟
數字時鐘
shu4 zi4 shi2 zhong1
digital clock
数字通信
數字通信
shu4 zi4 tong1 xin4
digital communications
数字网
數字網
shu4 zi4 wang3
digital network
数字信号
數字信號
shu4 zi4 xin4 hao4
digital signal
数字用户线路
數字用戶線路
shu4 zi4 yong4 hu4 xian4 lu4
digital subscriber line (DSL)
数字钟
數字鐘
shu4 zi4 zhong1
digital clock
水底写字板
水底寫字板
shui3 di3 xie3 zi4 ban3
underwater writing tablet
说文解字
說文解字
shuo1 wen2 jie3 zi4
Shuowen Jiezi, the original Han dynasty Chinese character dictionary with 10,516 entries, authored by Xu Shen 許慎|许慎 in 2nd century
说文解字注
說文解字註
shuo1 wen2 jie3 zi4 zhu4
Commentary on Shuowen Jiezi (1815) by Duan Yucai 段玉裁
死文字
死文字
si3 wen2 zi4
dead language; indecipherable script
俗体字
俗體字
su2 ti3 zi4
nonstandard form of a Chinese character
俗字
俗字
su2 zi4
nonstandard form of a Chinese character
缩略字
縮略字
suo1 lve4 zi4
abbreviated character
探测字
探測字
tan4 ce4 zi4
probe (character)
提笔忘字
提筆忘字
ti2 bi3 wang4 zi4
to have difficulty remembering how to write Chinese characters
题字
題字
ti2 zi4
inscription; autograph
提字器
提字器
ti2 zi4 qi4
teleprompter
通假字
通假字
tong1 jia3 zi4
phonetic loan character; using one character interchangeably for phonetically related characters
通用汉字标准交换码
通用漢字標準交換碼
tong1 yong4 han4 zi4 biao1 zhun3 jiao1 huan4 ma3
UCS, Chinese character coding adopted in PRC 1986; abbr. to 通用碼|通用码
通用字符集
通用字符集
tong1 yong4 zi4 fu2 ji2
universal character set UCS
同义字
同義字
tong2 yi4 zi4
synonym
同音字
同音字
tong2 yin1 zi4
homophonic characters
同字框
同字框
tong2 zi4 kuang4
name of radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 13); see also 冂
统汉字
統漢字
tong3 han4 zi4
Unihan; China Japan Korea (CJK) unified ideographs; abbr. for 中日韓統一表意文字|中日韩统一表意文字
头号字
頭號字
tou2 hao4 zi4
largest typeface; biggest letters
头文字
頭文字
tou2 wen2 zi4
initial; first letter of word (in Latin script)
吐字
吐字
tu3 zi4
diction; enunciation; to pronounce the words correctly (in opera)
外八字脚
外八字腳
wai4 ba1 zi4 jiao3
splayed feet
外八字腿
外八字腿
wai4 ba1 zi4 tui3
bow legs; bandy legs
未签字者
未簽字者
wei4 qian1 zi4 zhe3
non-signatory
文字
文字
wen2 zi4
character; script; writing; written language; writing style; phraseology
文字处理
文字處理
wen2 zi4 chu3 li3
word processing
文字档
文字檔
wen2 zi4 dang4
text file
文字改革
文字改革
wen2 zi4 gai3 ge2
reform of the writing system
文字学
文字學
wen2 zi4 xue2
philology
文字学家
文字學家
wen2 zi4 xue2 jia1
expert on writing systems
文字狱
文字獄
wen2 zi4 yu4
literary inquisition; official persecution of intellectuals for their writing
无字碑
無字碑
wu2 zi4 bei1
stone tablet without inscription; blank stele
五笔字型
五筆字型
wu3 bi3 zi4 xing2
five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983
五笔字形
五筆字形
wu3 bi3 zi4 xing2
Chinese character input method for entering characters by numbered strokes; variant of 五筆字型|五笔字型
希腊字母
希臘字母
xi1 la4 zi4 mu3
Greek alphabet
西里尔字母
西里爾字母
xi1 li3 er3 zi4 mu3
Cyrillic alphabet; Cyrillic letters
习字
習字
xi2 zi4
to practice writing characters
香港红十字会
香港紅十字會
xiang1 gang3 hong2 shi2 zi4 hui4
Hong Kong Red Cross
相同名字
相同名字
xiang1 tong2 ming2 zi4
like-named; having the same name
象形文字
象形文字
xiang4 xing2 wen2 zi4
pictogram; hieroglyph
象形字
象形字
xiang4 xing2 zi4
pictogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters); Chinese character derived from a picture; sometimes called hieroglyph
小写字母
小寫字母
xiao3 xie3 zi4 mu3
lowercase (letters)
楔形文字
楔形文字
xie1 xing2 wen2 zi4
cuneiform (Babylonian script)
斜体字
斜體字
xie2 ti3 zi4
italic letter; slanting typeface
写字
寫字
xie3 zi4
to write characters
写字楼
寫字樓
xie3 zi4 lou2
office building
写字台
寫字檯
xie3 zi4 tai2
writing desk
新字体
新字體
xin1 zi4 ti3
shinjitai, simplified Japanese character used since 1946
形声字
形聲字
xing2 sheng1 zi4
radical plus phonetic (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters); also known as phonogram, phonetic compound or picto-phonetic character
许字
許字
xu3 zi4
betrothed
颜文字
顏文字
yan2 wen2 zi4
Japanese-style emoticon, e.g. (⇀‸↼‶)
言字旁
言字旁
yan2 zi4 pang2
name of "speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 149); see also 訁|讠
咬文嚼字
咬文嚼字
yao3 wen2 jiao2 zi4
to bite words and chew characters (idiom); punctilious about minutiae of wording
咬字
咬字
yao3 zi4
to pronounce (clearly or otherwise); to enunciate
一致字
一致字
yi1 zhi4 zi4
consistent phonogram(s)
一字
一字
yi1 zi4
in a row; in a line
一字褒贬
一字褒貶
yi1 zi4 bao1 bian3
dispensing praise or blame with a single word (idiom); concise and powerful style
一字不差
一字不差
yi1 zi4 bu4 cha1
word for word; verbatim
一字不落
一字不落
yi1 zi4 bu4 la4
see 一字不漏
一字不漏
一字不漏
yi1 zi4 bu4 lou4
without missing a word
一字不识
一字不識
yi1 zi4 bu4 shi2
totally illiterate
一字不提
一字不提
yi1 zi4 bu4 ti2
to not mention a single word (about sth) (idiom)
一字巾
一字巾
yi1 zi4 jin1
headband; strip of cloth worn around the head
一字千金
一字千金
yi1 zi4 qian1 jin1
one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom); (in praise of a piece of writing or calligraphy) each character is perfect; each word is highly valued
一字一泪
一字一淚
yi1 zi4 yi1 lei4
each word is a teardrop (idiom)
一字之师
一字之師
yi1 zi4 zhi1 shi1
one who can correct a misread or misspelt character and thus be your master
异体字
異體字
yi4 ti3 zi4
variant Chinese character
用字
用字
yong4 zi4
to use letters; to use words; diction
载酒问字
載酒問字
zai4 jiu3 wen4 zi4
a scholarly and inquisitive individual (idiom)
脏字
髒字
zang1 zi4
obscenity
造字
造字
zao4 zi4
to create Chinese characters; cf Six Methods of forming Chinese characters 六書|六书
兆字节
兆字節
zhao4 zi4 jie2
megabyte (2^20 or approximately a million bytes)
斟酌字句
斟酌字句
zhen1 zhuo2 zi4 ju4
to measure one's words
正体字
正體字
zheng4 ti3 zi4
standard form of a Chinese character; (Tw) traditional (i.e. unsimplified) characters
正字
正字
zheng4 zi4
to correct an erroneously written character; regular script (calligraphy); standard form (of a character or spelling)
正字法
正字法
zheng4 zi4 fa3
orthography
正字通
正字通
zheng4 zi4 tong1
Zhengzitong, Chinese character dictionary with 33,549 entries, edited by Ming scholar Zhang Zilie 張自烈|张自烈 in 17th century
只字不提
隻字不提
zhi1 zi4 bu4 ti2
not to mention (idiom); to say not one word; fig. to omit mention (of a non-person or embarrassing topic); to censor
之字路
之字路
zhi1 zi4 lu4
zigzag road; switchback
之字形
之字形
zhi1 zi4 xing2
Z-shaped; zigzag
指令名字
指令名字
zhi3 ling4 ming2 zi4
command name
指事字
指事字
zhi3 shi4 zi4
ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters); Chinese character indicating an idea, such as up and down; also known as self-explanatory character
中华字海
中華字海
zhong1 hua2 zi4 hai3
Zhonghua Zihai, the most comprehensive Chinese character dictionary with 85,568 entries, compiled in 1994
中日韩统一表意文字
中日韓統一表意文字
zhong1 ri4 han2 tong3 yi1 biao3 yi4 wen2 zi4
China Japan Korea (CJK) unified ideographs; Unihan
逐字逐句
逐字逐句
zhu2 zi4 zhu2 ju4
literal; word by word and phrase by phrase
注音字母
注音字母
zhu4 yin1 zi4 mu3
see 注音符號|注音符号
转注字
轉注字
zhuan3 zhu4 zi4
transfer character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters); character with meanings influenced by other words; sometimes called mutually explanatory character
转字锁
轉字鎖
zhuan4 zi4 suo3
combination lock
缀字
綴字
zhui4 zi4
to spell; to compose words
缀字课本
綴字課本
zhui4 zi4 ke4 ben3
spelling book
字串
字串
zi4 chuan4
character string
字词
字詞
zi4 ci2
letters or words; words or phrase
字典
字典
zi4 dian3
dictionary; character dictionary
字调
字調
zi4 diao4
tone of a character
字段
字段
zi4 duan4
(numeric, data) field
字符
字符
zi4 fu2
character (computing)
字符串
字符串
zi4 fu2 chuan4
string (computer science)
字符集
字符集
zi4 fu2 ji2
character set (e.g. ASCII 美國資訊交換標準碼|美国资讯交换标准码 or Unicode 統一碼|统一码)
字根
字根
zi4 gen1
character root; word root; etymon
字根表
字根表
zi4 gen1 biao3
table of components used in wubi input method 五筆輸入法|五笔输入法
字根合体字
字根合體字
zi4 gen1 he2 ti3 zi4
stem compound
字根通用码
字根通用碼
zi4 gen1 tong1 yong4 ma3
common coding for components of Chinese character; same as Zheng coding 鄭碼|郑码
字号
字號
zi4 hao4
characters and numbers (as used in a code); alphanumeric code; serial number
字号
字號
zi4 hao5
character size; font size; fame; reputation; shop; name of a shop
字画
字畫
zi4 hua4
the strokes of a character; calligraphy and painting
字汇
字彙
zi4 hui4
Zihui, Chinese character dictionary with 33,179 entries, released in 17th century
字汇
字彙
zi4 hui4
(computer) character repertoire; glossary, lexicon
字集
字集
zi4 ji2
character set
字迹
字跡
zi4 ji4
handwriting
字脚
字腳
zi4 jiao3
serif; hook at the end of brushstroke
字节
字節
zi4 jie2
byte
字节数
字節數
zi4 jie2 shu4
byte count
字据
字據
zi4 ju4
written pledge; contract; IOU
字句
字句
zi4 ju4
words; expressions; writing
字里行间
字裡行間
zi4 li3 hang2 jian1
between the words and the lines (idiom); implied meaning; connotations
字林
字林
zi4 lin2
Zilin, Chinese character dictionary with 12,824 entries from ca. 400 AD
字码
字碼
zi4 ma3
character code
字谜
字謎
zi4 mi2
letter puzzle
字面
字面
zi4 mian4
literal; typeface
字母
字母
zi4 mu3
letter (of the alphabet)
字母表
字母表
zi4 mu3 biao3
alphabet
字母顺序
字母順序
zi4 mu3 shun4 xu4
order of letters in an alphabet
字幕
字幕
zi4 mu4
caption; subtitle
字首
字首
zi4 shou3
prefix
字书
字書
zi4 shu1
character book (i.e. school primer)
字数
字數
zi4 shu4
number of written characters; number of words; word count
字素
字素
zi4 su4
grapheme
字体
字體
zi4 ti3
calligraphic style; typeface; font
字条
字條
zi4 tiao2
brief note
字帖
字帖
zi4 tie4
copybook (for calligraphy)
字图
字圖
zi4 tu2
glyph
字尾
字尾
zi4 wei3
suffix
字型
字型
zi4 xing2
font; typeface
字形
字形
zi4 xing2
form of a Chinese character; variant of 字型
字眼
字眼
zi4 yan3
wording
字样
字樣
zi4 yang4
model or template character; written slogan or phrase; mention (e.g. "air mail" 航空 on a letter, "first draft" 初稿 on a document etc)
字义
字義
zi4 yi4
meaning of a character
字音
字音
zi4 yin1
phonetic value of a character
字源
字源
zi4 yuan2
Chinese character etymology
字元
字元
zi4 yuan2
character (computing) (Tw)
字元集
字元集
zi4 yuan2 ji2
character set
字斟句酌
字斟句酌
zi4 zhen1 ju4 zhuo2
weighing every word
字正腔圆
字正腔圓
zi4 zheng4 qiang1 yuan2
(of singing or speaking) very articulate pronunciation and vocalizing
字纸篓
字紙簍
zi4 zhi3 lou3
wastepaper basket
字纸篓子
字紙簍子
zi4 zhi3 lou3 zi5
see 字紙簍|字纸篓
字字珠玉
字字珠玉
zi4 zi4 zhu1 yu4
every word a gem (idiom); magnificent writing
字组
字組
zi4 zu3
block (of data); code word
综合业务数字网
綜合業務數字網
zong1 he2 ye4 wu4 shu4 zi4 wang3
Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) (computing)
纵横字谜
縱橫字謎
zong4 heng2 zi4 mi2
crossword
走背字
走背字
zou3 bei4 zi4
to have bad luck
走背字儿
走背字兒
zou3 bei4 zi4 er5
erhua variant of 走背字
组字
組字
zu3 zi4
word formation
左字头
左字頭
zuo3 zi4 tou2
"top of 左 character" component in Chinese characters