十字
shí zì
Pinyin

Definition

十字
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shí zì
  1. cross road
  2. cross-shaped
  3. crucifix
  4. the character ten

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

三十
sān shí
  1. 1 thirty
  2. 2 30
二十
èr shí
  1. 1 twenty
  2. 2 20
十
shí
  1. 1 ten
  2. 2 10
十二
shí èr
  1. 1 twelve
  2. 2 12
十分
shí fēn
  1. 1 very
  2. 2 completely
  3. 3 utterly
  4. 4 extremely
  5. 5 absolutely
  6. 6 hundred percent
  7. 7 to divide into ten equal parts

Idioms (20)

一五一十
yī wǔ yī shí
  1. 1 lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail
一传十，十传百
yī chuán shí , shí chuán bǎi
  1. 1 news pass quickly from mouth to mouth (idiom)
  2. 2 an infectious disease spreads quickly (old meaning)
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

Sample Sentences

妈妈经常唠叨我：十字路口非常危险，常常有车突然冲过来，所以在穿越马路时一定要格外小心。
māma jīngcháng láodao wǒ ：shízìlùkǒu fēicháng wēixiǎn ，chángcháng yǒu chē tūrán chōng guòlái ，suǒyǐ zài chuānyuè mǎlù shí yīdìng yào géwài xiǎoxīn 。
My mom constantly nags at me: "The crossroad is a very dangerous place. There are always cars rushing across. Therefore, we have to be extra careful when crossing the road."
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十字路口
shízì lùkǒu
Crossroads.
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哎，我昨天晚上看见一个人在十字路口画了个圈烧纸，嘴巴里还念念叨叨的，他在干吗呀？
āi ，wǒ zuótiān wǎnshang kànjiàn yī gè rén zài shízì lùkǒu huà le ge quān shāozhǐ ，zuǐbā li hái niànniandāodāo de ，tā zài gànmá ya ？
Last night I saw a guy at an intersection who had painted a little circle and was burning money inside. He was also chanting or muttering something. What in the world was he doing?
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红十字基金会
Hóngshízì jījīnhuì
Red Cross Foundation
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反正不能捐到红十字会。
fǎnzhèng bùnéng juān dào Hóngshízìhuì 。
Regardless, we can't donate it to the Red Cross.
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螺丝刀？！要十字的还是一字的？
luósīdāo ？！yào shízì de háishi yīzì de ？
Screwdriver? You want a Phillips-head or a flat-head?
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