简体字
jiǎn tǐ zì
Pinyin

Definition

简体字
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jiǎn tǐ zì
  1. simplified Chinese character, as opposed to traditional Chinese character 繁體字|繁体字[fán tǐ zì]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

名字
míng zi
  1. 1 name (of a person or thing)
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
字
zì
  1. 1 letter
  2. 2 symbol
  3. 3 character
  4. 4 word
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
  6. 6 courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
数字
shù zì
  1. 1 numeral
  2. 2 digit
  3. 3 number
  4. 4 figure
  5. 5 amount
  6. 6 digital (electronics etc)
  7. 7 CL:個|个[gè]
十字
shí zì
  1. 1 cross road
  2. 2 cross-shaped
  3. 3 crucifix
  4. 4 the character ten
十字架
shí zì jià
  1. 1 cross
  2. 2 crucifix
  3. 3 yoke one has to endure
十字绣
shí zì xiù
  1. 1 cross-stitch
十字路口
shí zì lù kǒu
  1. 1 crossroads
  2. 2 intersection
字典
zì diǎn
  1. 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. 2 CL:本[běn]
字幕
zì mù
  1. 1 caption
  2. 2 subtitle
字数
zì shù
  1. 1 number of written characters
  2. 2 number of words
  3. 3 word count
字样
zì yàng
  1. 1 model or template character
  2. 2 written slogan or phrase
  3. 3 mention (e.g. "air mail" 航空 on a letter, "first draft" 初稿 on a document etc)
字母
zì mǔ
  1. 1 letter (of the alphabet)
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
字眼
zì yǎn
  1. 1 wording
字号
zì hào
  1. 1 characters and numbers (as used in a code)
  2. 2 alphanumeric code
  3. 3 serial number
字迹
zì jì
  1. 1 handwriting
字头
zì tóu
  1. 1 first letter of a word or serial number
  2. 2 first character of a Chinese word
  3. 3 first digit of a number
  4. 4 the top part (esp. a radical) of a Chinese character
  5. 5 the initial of a Chinese syllable
字体
zì tǐ
  1. 1 calligraphic style
  2. 2 typeface
  3. 3 font
写字楼
xiě zì lóu
  1. 1 office building
打字
dǎ zì
  1. 1 to type
文字
wén zì
  1. 1 character
  2. 2 script
  3. 3 writing
  4. 4 written language
  5. 5 writing style
  6. 6 phraseology
  7. 7 CL:個|个[gè]

Idioms (12)

一字一泪
yī zì yī lèi
  1. 1 each word is a teardrop (idiom)
一字不提
yī zì bù tí
  1. 1 to not mention a single word (about sth) (idiom)
一字千金
yī zì qiān jīn
  1. 1 one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom)
  2. 2 (in praise of a piece of writing or calligraphy) each character is perfect
  3. 3 each word is highly valued
一字褒贬
yī zì bāo biǎn
  1. 1 dispensing praise or blame with a single word (idiom)
  2. 2 concise and powerful style
八字没一撇
bā zì méi yī piě
  1. 1 lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. things have not even begun to take shape
  3. 3 no sign of success yet
八字还没一撇
bā zì hái méi yī piě
  1. 1 lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. things have not even begun to take shape
  3. 3 no sign of success yet
八字还没一撇儿
bā zì hái méi yī piě r5
  1. 1 lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. things have not even begun to take shape
  3. 3 no sign of success yet
咬文嚼字
yǎo wén jiáo zì
  1. 1 to bite words and chew characters (idiom); punctilious about minutiae of wording
字字珠玉
zì zì zhū yù
  1. 1 every word a gem (idiom); magnificent writing
字里行间
zì lǐ háng jiān
  1. 1 between the words and the lines (idiom); implied meaning
  2. 2 connotations
载酒问字
zài jiǔ wèn zì
  1. 1 a scholarly and inquisitive individual (idiom)
只字不提
zhī zì bù tí
  1. 1 not to mention (idiom); to say not one word
  2. 2 fig. to omit mention (of a non-person or embarrassing topic)
  3. 3 to censor

Sample Sentences

大陆基本上都是简体字，但是在书法中经常会用到繁体字，因为看起来更漂亮！
dàlù jīběnshang dōu shì jiǎntǐzì ，dànshì zài shūfǎ zhōng jīngcháng huì yòngdào fántǐzì ，yīnwèi kàn qǐlái gèng piàoliang ！
Mainland China generally uses simplified characters, but traditional characters are used in calligraphy, because they look prettier!
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台湾很多人说简体字简直就是破坏汉字结构。
Táiwān hěn duō rén shuō jiǎntǐzì jiǎnzhí jiùshì pòhuài hànzì jiégòu 。
Many Taiwanese say that simplified characters have simply demolished the structure of Chinese characters.
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哎，真头疼。都是简体字。
āi ，zhēn tóu téng 。dōu shì jiǎntǐzì 。
Oh, what a headache. It's all in simplified characters.
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嗯，也是。现在想改回繁体也没那么容易。简体字是50年代开始推行的吧？
ng4 ，yě shì 。xiànzài xiǎng gǎi huí fántī yě méi nàme róngyì 。jiǎntǐzì shì wǔshí niándài kāishǐ tuīxíng de ba ？
Hmm, that's true. And today changing back to traditional characters wouldn't be so easy. Simplified characters came out during the 1950s, right?
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没错。其实很多简体字早就在民间流行了，从来的“从”和众人的“众”就是笔画简单的古字；专家的“专”和东方的“东”是从草书来的；还有就是把同音字合并为简单的那个字。比如 “皇后”的“后”和“以后”的“后”合并。
méicuò 。qíshí hěn duō jiǎntǐzì zǎo jiù zài mínjiān liúxíng le ，cónglái de “cóng ”hé zhòngrén de “zhòng ”jiùshì bǐhuà jiǎndān de gǔzì ；zhuānjiā de “zhuān ”hé Dōngfāng de “dōng ”shì cóng cǎoshū lái de ；hái yǒu jiùshì bǎ tóngyīnzì hébìng wèi jiǎndān de nà ge zì 。bǐrú “huánghòu ”de “hòu ”hé “yǐhòu ”de “hòu ”hébìng 。
That's right. Actually many simplified characters have been popular among common people for a long time. The words for ''from" and ''crowd" are ancient characters with simplified strokes. The words for ''one" and ''east" came from grass script. There were also some words that merged homophones to make a simpler word. For instance, the words for ''after" and ''behind".
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繁体占多数，还有一些日式简体字，和我们简体字的写法不太一样。比如“出発”的“発”。中文里就没有这个字。
fántǐ zhàn duōshù ，hái yǒu yīxiē rìshì jiǎntǐzì ，hé wǒmen jiǎntǐzì de xiěfǎ bùtài yīyàng 。bǐrú “chū ”de “ ”。Zhōngwén lǐ jiù méiyǒu zhège zì 。
Traditional characters comprise the majority, but there are also a few Japanese character simplifications that are somewhat different from our simplified characters. For example, the ``patsu" in ``shuppatsu." This character doesn't exist in Chinese.
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