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代字

dài zì

2-character word

What 代字 means

1. abbreviated name of an entity (e.g. 皖政, a short name for 安徽省人民政府)
2. code name
3. oldpronoun

The characters in 代字

• 代dàito be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute; generation…
• 字zìletter; symbol; character

Words starting with 代字

• 代字号dài zì hàoswung dash; tilde (~)

Sounds the same

Read dài zì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 待字(literary) (of a young lady) to be awaiting betrothal