用字
yòng zì
Pinyin

Definition

用字
 - 
yòng zì
  1. to use letters
  2. to use words
  3. diction

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

使用
shǐ yòng
  1. 1 to use
  2. 2 to employ
  3. 3 to apply
  4. 4 to make use of
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
用
yòng
  1. 1 to use
  2. 2 to employ
  3. 3 to have to
  4. 4 to eat or drink
  5. 5 expense or outlay
  6. 6 usefulness
  7. 7 hence
  8. 8 therefore
不用
bù yòng
  1. 1 need not

Idioms (20)

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
一心二用
yī xīn èr yòng
  1. 1 to do two things at once (idiom)
  2. 2 to multitask
  3. 3 to divide one's attention

Sample Sentences

是1956年审订通过的。后来出版了《简化字总表》，这就是现在中国大陆的用字标准。简化不是乱来，是有一定规则的。
shì yījiǔwǔliù nián shěndìng tōngguò de 。hòulái chūbǎn le 《jiǎnhuàzì zǒngbiǎo 》，zhè jiùshì xiànzài zhōngguó dàlù de yòngzì biāozhǔn 。jiǎnhuà bù shì luàn lái ，shì yǒu yīdìng guīzé de 。
They passed examination and review in 1956. Then the ''Summary Statement on Simplified Characters" came out. That is the standard for character use in mainland China. Simplification wasn't random, it had a certain orderliness.
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