字母
zì mǔ
Pinyin

Definition

字母
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zì mǔ
  1. letter (of the alphabet)
  2. CL:個|个[gè]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

名字
míng zi
  1. 1 name (of a person or thing)
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
字
zì
  1. 1 letter
  2. 2 symbol
  3. 3 character
  4. 4 word
  5. 5 classifier: 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 classifier: 个 gè
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 classifier: 个 gè
母亲
mǔ qīn
  1. 1 mother
  2. 2 also pr. [mǔ qin]
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (15)

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

Sample Sentences

哈哈，常用词语甚至句子的输入是可以用首字母缩写的，比如说，“什么”，你就输入两个字的首字母“SM”，“生日快乐”就输入“SRKL”，快多了吧！
hāhā ，chángyòng cíyǔ shènzhì jùzi de shūrù shì kěyǐ yòng shǒu zìmǔ suōxiě de ，bǐrú shuō ，“shénme ”，nǐ jiù shūrù liǎng gè zì de shǒu zìmǔ “SM ”，“shēngrì kuàilè ”jiù shūrù “SRKL ”，kuài duō le ba ！
Haha, if you regularly use a word, or even a phrase, you can just use the first letter of each character as shorthand, like, for example, if you want to type "什么" or "what", you can just type in the first letter of each character "SM", for "生日快乐" or "Happy Birthday" you just have to type "SRKL". It's so much faster!
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字母
zìmǔ
letter (in an alphabet)
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不知道，像字母A。
bù zhīdào ，xiàng zìmǔ A 。
I don't know. It looks like the letter A.
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最近还有一个热点，就是韩国电视台SBS。这三个字母是汉城广播系统的英语缩写，但中国人联想到的却是京骂。
zuìjìn hái yǒu yī ge rèdiǎn ，jiùshì Hánguó diànshìtái SBS 。zhè sān ge zìmǔ shì hànchéng guǎngbō xìtǒng de yīngyǔsuōxiě ，dàn zhōngguórén liánxiǎng dào de què shì jīngmà 。
Lately there's another hot topic-- the Korean National TV station SBS. These three letters stand for the English abbreviation Seoul Broadcasting System. But they make Chinese people think of a filthy word.
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哟，这里还有英文字母呢！“MM”,“GG”是什么？还有“PMP”。
yō ，zhèlǐ hái yǒu Yīngwén zìmǔ ne ！“MM”,“GG”shì shénme ？hái yǒu “PMP”。
Oh, and here there are even English letters! What are ``MM" and ``GG?" And this ``PMP?"
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