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HSK 1
字
zì
1.
letter
2.
symbol
3.
character
4.
word
5.
CL:[[個|个<gè>]]
6.
courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
一字
yīzì
in a row
丁字
dīngzì
T-shaped
俗字
súzì
common form of Chinese character (as opposed to etymologically correct form [[正體字|正体字]])
借字
jièzì
see [[通假字<tōngjiǎzì>]]
八字
bāzì
the character 8 or [[八]]
冷字
lěngzì
obscure word
别字
biézì
mispronounced or wrongly written character
刺字
cìzì
to tattoo
十字
shízì
cross road
古字
gǔzì
old character
名字
míngzi
name (of a person or thing)
吐字
tǔzì
diction
喃字
nánzì
Vietnam characters (like Chinese characters but native to Vietnam)
单字
dānzì
single Chinese character
国字
guózì
(Chinese) characters native to Korea, Japan, Vietnam etc
字串
zìchuàn
character string
字元
zìyuán
(computer) character (Tw)
字典
zìdiǎn
dictionary
字句
zìjù
words
字图
zìtú
glyph
Example Sentences (4)
我离不开眼镜，没有眼镜，我一个字也看不清楚。
Wǒ lí bù kāi yǎnjìng, méiyǒu yǎnjìng, wǒ yí gè zì yě kàn bù qīngchu.
I can't do without glasses. Without glasses, I can't see even a single word clearly.
Text 1
对不起，这个字我会读，不会写。
Duìbuqǐ, zhège zì wǒ huì dú, bú huì xiě.
Sorry, I can read this character, but I can't write it.
Text 3
是啊，我觉得听和说还可以，读和写不好，很多字我都不知道什么意思。
Shì a, wǒ juéde tīng hé shuō hái kěyǐ, dú hé xiě bù hǎo, hěn duō zì wǒ dōu bù zhīdào shénme yìsi.
Yeah, I think listening and speaking are okay, but reading and writing are not good. I don't know what many characters mean.
Text 3
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 1
- Character Frequency Rank
- 392
- Word Frequency Rank
- 688 of 84,292