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侄

zhí

HSK 6 Character Traditional 姪

What 侄 means

1. brother's son; nephew

Other readings

侄 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• zhívariant of {侄|zhí}
• zhívariant of {侄|zhí}

Example sentences

• 我侄子对鸡蛋过敏。
  Wǒ zhízi duì jīdàn guòmǐn.
  My nephew is allergic to eggs.
• 这三个漂亮的女孩都是我的侄女。
  Zhè sān gè piàoliang de nǚhái dōu shì wǒ de zhínǚ.
  These three pretty girls are all nieces of mine.

Words starting with 侄

• 侄子zhí zibrother's son; nephew
• 侄女zhí nǚbrother's daughter; niece
• 侄孙zhí sūngrandnephew
• 侄孙女zhí sūn nǚgrand niece
• 侄媳妇zhí xí fùbrother's son's wife; nephew's wife
• 侄女婿zhí nǚ xubrother's daughter's husband; niece's husband
• 侄儿zhí érsee 侄子

Words containing 侄

• 堂侄táng zhínephew by the male line
• 表侄biǎo zhíson of a male cousin via female line
• 表侄女biǎo zhí nǚdaughter of a male cousin via female line

Characters built on 至

These share the phonetic component 至 (zhì), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 室shìroom; work unit; grave
• 致zhì(bound form) fine; delicate; exquisite
• 窒zhìto obstruct; to stop up
• 桎zhìfetters
• 蛭zhìfluke; leech; hirudinea
• 郅zhìextremely; very
• 轾zhìback and lower of chariot; short; low

Characters that look like 侄

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 侵qīnto invade; to encroach; to infringe
• 俊jùnsmart; eminent; handsome
• 侠xiáknight-errant; brave and chivalrous; hero
• 俪lì(bound form) paired; coupled; (bound form) husband and wife
• 佼jiǎohandsome
• 俚lǐrustic; vulgar; unrefined

Sounds the same

Read zhí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 职office; duty
• 值value; (to be) worth; to happen to
• 植to plant
• 直straight; to straighten; fair and reasonable
• 执to execute (a plan); to grasp
• 殖to grow; to reproduce
• 跖metatarsus; (literary) sole of the foot; (literary) to tread on
• 踯used in 踯躅
• 埴soil with large clay content
• 秷sound of reaping
• 摭pick up; to select
• 稙early-planted crop