| 字 | 915B10 62.00-3 | 部居  | 畫數 6 | ㄗˋ [zi4] | ||
| N. | (1) Characters, words: 字兒 [zi4er0]↓; 字彙 one's vocabulary, a glossary of words; 字母 [zi4mu3]↓; 字音 the sound or pronunciation of a character; 字韻 its rhyme-class; 字句 words and phrases; 字例 principles governing the formation and derivation of characters; 字形 the form of a written character; 字部 the radicals of Chinese characters; 字義 the meaning of a word; 字裡行間reading between the lines; 字面(兒) phraseology, wording, literal (meaning); 字跡 handwriting; 字條 a written note; 字帖 [zi4tie4]↓; 字典 [zi4dian3]↓; 寫字 write with a brush (pen, pencil): 寫字間(Shanghai dial.) a business office; 用字 choice of words, diction; 別字 a wrongly written character; 錯字 ditto; 草字 the running style of Chinese writing; 篆字 an ancient form of Chinese writing, seal script; 鉛字 lead types used in printing; 字模 type forms, (matrix); 認字 learn the written characters; 識字 know the characters; 簡體字 simplified form of a character; 俗字 popular form of character. (2) A courtesy name by which a person is addressed by his friends (cf. 名 and 號). | |||||
| V. t. | Betroth: 字人 (of a girl) be engaged to marry; 待字閨中 (of a girl) not yet engaged. | |||||
| Words | 1. 字典 [zi4dian3], n., a dictionary, thesaurus, lexicon. 2. 字號 [zi4hao4], n., (1) characters used to designate particular groups of persons or things: 各有字號 each group (division, class, compartment) designated by a special character; (2) ([zi4hao0]) shop sign, a signboard; (3) ([zi4hao0]) good name, reputation, prestige: 字號人物 personages and their reputation; 字號舖兒 reputable firms. 3. 字畫 [zi4hua4], n., (1) calligraphy and painting; (2) the strokes of a character. 4. 字蹟 [zi4ji1], n., handwriting, record of writing. 5. 字據 [zi4jU4]([zi4jU0]), n., a written receipt. 6. 字紙 [zi4zhi3], n., a piece of paper written on with characters: 字紙簍兒 a wastepaper basket. 7. 字塊(兒) [zi4kuai4]([zi4kua4er0]), n., characters separately pinted on small pieces of square paper for use in teaching pupils. 8. 字兒 [zi4er0], n., (1) a character; (2) a signed document, a receipt. 9. 字謎 [zi4mi2], n., a riddle standing for one or more characters. 10. 字幕 [zi4mu4], n., motion picture captions. 11. 字母(兒) [zi4mu3]([er0]), n., letters of the alphabet. 12. 字盤 [zi4pan2], n., a case for holding types. 13. 字牝 [zi4pin4], n., (AC) a mare. 14. 字書 [zi4shu1], n., a dictionary, lexicon. 15. 字條 [zi4tiao2], n., a simple note, an office memo. 16. 字帖 [zi4tie4], n., (1) a copybook for pupils; (2) reproductions of the works of master calligraphers, usu. in the form of rubbings from stone tablets. 17. 字體 [zi4ti3], n., (printing) types: style of calligraphy. 18. 字眼 [zi4yan3], n., diction, choice of words: 字眼兒 (a) phraseology, literary expressions; (b) minor erroneous uses of words: 挑字眼兒 to quibble. 19. 字樣 [zi4yang4], n., (1) the form of a written character; (2) words and phrases used in a certain context: 並無此等字樣 there are no such words and phrases (in the document in question). | |||||