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纸 (紙)

zhǐ

Pinyin

Definition

纸 (紙)

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zhǐ

paper
CL:張|张[zhāng],沓[dá]
classifier for documents, letter etc

Character Decomposition

紙

糹

氏

Related Words (20)

报纸

bào zhǐ

1 newspaper
2 newsprint
3 classifier: 份 fèn
4 classifier: 期 qī
5 classifier: 张 zhāng

壁纸

bì zhǐ

1 wallpaper

妹纸

mèi zhǐ

1 (Internet slang) (pun on 妹子[mèi zi])

纸

zhǐ

1 paper
2 classifier: 张 zhāng
3 classifier: 沓 dá
4 classifier for documents, letter etc

信纸

xìn zhǐ

1 letter paper
2 writing paper

Idioms (7)

一纸空文

yī zhǐ kōng wén

1 a worthless piece of paper (idiom)

洛阳纸贵

Luò yáng zhǐ guì

1 lit. paper has become expensive in Luoyang (because everyone is making a copy of a popular story) (idiom)
2 fig. (of a product) to sell like hotcakes

纸上谈兵

zhǐ shàng tán bīng

1 lit. military tactics on paper (idiom)
2 fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice
3 armchair strategist
4 idle theorizing
5 cf Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括 leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战 in 260 BC

纸醉金迷

zhǐ zuì jīn mí

1 lit. dazzling with paper and gold (idiom); fig. indulging in a life of luxury

跃然纸上

yuè rán zhǐ shàng

1 to appear vividly on paper (idiom); to show forth vividly (in writing, painting etc)
2 to stand out markedly

Sample Sentences

目前，上门预约回收覆盖上海金山、奉贤、浦东、崇明四个行政区，静安区五个街道，回收种类从大旧家电开始，将逐步覆盖到家具、废纸、废塑料、废玻璃、过期药品、化妆品等品类。

mùqián ，shàngmén yùyuē huíshōu fùgài Shànghǎi Jīnshān 、Fèngxián 、Pǔdōng 、Chóngmíng sì ge xíngzhèngqū ，Jìngānqū wǔ ge jiēdào ，huíshōu zhǒnglèi cóng dà jiù jiādiàn kāishǐ ，jiāng zhúbù fùgài dào jiājù 、fèizhǐ 、fèi sùliào 、fèi bōli 、guòqī yàopǐn 、huàzhuāngpǐn děng pǐnlèi 。

At present, the door-to-door reservations cover the four administrative districts of Shanghai Jinshan, Fengxian, Pudong and Chongming, and 5 streets in Jing'an District. The recycling types will start with large old appliances, and will gradually expand to furniture, waste paper, waste plastics, waste glass, expired drugs, cosmetics and other categories.

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是呀，而且移动支付也不是万能的。上次我去公园，买票只收现金，幸好我提前准备了纸币以备不时之需。

shì ya ，érqiě yídòngzhīfù yě búshi wànnéng de 。shàngcì wǒ qù gōngyuán ，mǎipiào zhǐ shōu xiànjīn ，xìnghǎo wǒ tíqián zhǔnbèi le zhǐbì yǐbèi bùshí zhīxū 。

Yes, and mobile payments are not omnipotent. One time I visited a park where ticket sale only accepted cash. Fortunately I had prepared cash for emergencies.

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说的倒是，抢口罩、抢纸巾、卫生纸，像世界大战一样。

shuō de dào shì ，qiǎng kǒuzhào 、qiǎng zhǐjīn 、wèishēngzhǐ ，xiàng shìjièdàzhàn yīyàng 。

You are right. People are panic buying masks and toilet pater. It's just like a World War.

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打印机没纸了。

dǎyìnjī méi zhǐ le 。

The printer ran out of paper.

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一张纸

yī zhāng zhǐ

one piece of paper