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字音
zì yīn
Pinyin
Definition
字音
-
zì yīn
phonetic value of a character
Character Decomposition
字
宀
子
音
音
Related Words
(20)
名字
míng zi
1
name (of a person or thing)
2
CL:個|个[gè]
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
数字
shù zì
1
numeral
2
digit
3
number
4
figure
5
amount
6
digital (electronics etc)
7
CL:個|个[gè]
文字
wén zì
1
character
2
script
3
writing
4
written language
5
writing style
6
phraseology
7
CL:個|个[gè]
声音
shēng yīn
1
voice
2
sound
3
CL:個|个[gè]
语音
yǔ yīn
1
speech sounds
2
pronunciation
3
colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character
4
phonetic
5
audio
6
voice
7
(Internet) to voice chat
8
voice message
音乐
yīn yuè
1
music
2
CL:張|张[zhāng],曲[qǔ],段[duàn]
低音
dī yīn
1
bass
十字
shí zì
1
cross road
2
cross-shaped
3
crucifix
4
the character ten
十字架
shí zì jià
1
cross
2
crucifix
3
yoke one has to endure
十字绣
shí zì xiù
1
cross-stitch
十字路口
shí zì lù kǒu
1
crossroads
2
intersection
口音
kǒu yīn
1
oral speech sounds (linguistics)
嗓音
sǎng yīn
1
voice
噪音
zào yīn
1
rumble
2
noise
3
static (in a signal)
回音
huí yīn
1
echo
2
reply
3
turn (ornament in music)
字典
zì diǎn
1
Chinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 詞典|词典[cí diǎn], which has entries for words of one or more characters)
2
CL:本[běn]
字幕
zì mù
1
caption
2
subtitle
字形
zì xíng
1
form of a Chinese character
2
variant of 字型[zì xíng]
字数
zì shù
1
number of written characters
2
number of words
3
word count
Idioms
(15)
一字一泪
yī zì yī lèi
1
each word is a teardrop (idiom)
一字不提
yī zì bù tí
1
to not mention a single word (about sth) (idiom)
一字千金
yī zì qiān jīn
1
one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom)
2
(in praise of a piece of writing or calligraphy) each character is perfect
3
each word is highly valued
一字褒贬
yī zì bāo biǎn
1
dispensing praise or blame with a single word (idiom)
2
concise and powerful style
八字没一撇
bā zì méi yī piě
1
lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom)
2
fig. things have not even begun to take shape
3
no sign of success yet
八字还没一撇
bā zì hái méi yī piě
1
lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom)
2
fig. things have not even begun to take shape
3
no sign of success yet
八字还没一撇儿
bā zì hái méi yī piě r5
1
lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom)
2
fig. things have not even begun to take shape
3
no sign of success yet
咬文嚼字
yǎo wén jiáo zì
1
to bite words and chew characters (idiom); punctilious about minutiae of wording
字字珠玉
zì zì zhū yù
1
every word a gem (idiom); magnificent writing
字里行间
zì lǐ háng jiān
1
between the words and the lines (idiom); implied meaning
2
connotations
空谷足音
kōng gǔ zú yīn
1
the sound of footsteps in a deserted valley (idiom)
2
sth hard to come by
3
sth wonderful and rare
听话听声,锣鼓听音
tīng huà tīng shēng , luó gǔ tīng yīn
1
to understand the unspoken implications (idiom)
载酒问字
zài jiǔ wèn zì
1
a scholarly and inquisitive individual (idiom)
只字不提
zhī zì bù tí
1
not to mention (idiom); to say not one word
2
fig. to omit mention (of a non-person or embarrassing topic)
3
to censor
余音绕梁
yú yīn rào liáng
1
reverberates around the rafters (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)
Sample Sentences