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兹

zī

Character Traditional 茲

What 兹 means

1. literarythis
2. literarynow
3. literaryyear

Other readings

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

• cíused in {龟兹|Qiū cí}

Example sentences

• 美兹丽喜欢月亮。
  Meztli likes the moon.
• 今天早上我看到了利兹。
  Jīntiān zǎoshang wǒ kàn dào le Lìzī.
  I saw Liz this morning.
• 他是利兹大学的英文系教授。
  Tā shì Lìzī dàxué de Yīngwén jì jiàoshòu.
  He is a professor of English at Leeds.
• Libusza住在波兹南。
  Libusza lives in Poznań.
• 我的梦想是在格罗兹尼学习车臣语。
  My dream is to study Chechen in Grozny.
• 亚伯拉罕从那里搬到南方，住在凯兹和苏尔之间，并在格拉拉停留了一段时间。
  Abraham removed from thence to the south country, and dwelt between Cades and Sur, and sojourned in Gerara.

Words starting with 兹

• 兹因zī yīn(formal) whereas; since
• 兹沃勒Zī wò lèZwolle (Netherlands)
• 兹事体大zī shì tǐ dàthis is no small thing (idiom); to have a serious matter at hand
• 兹卡病毒Zī kǎ bìng dú(Taiwan) Zika virus

Words containing 兹

• 华尔兹huá ěr zī(loanword) waltz (dance)
• 乌兹别克斯坦Wū zī bié kè sī tǎnUzbekistan
• 利兹Lì zīLeeds
• 罗兹Luó zīŁódź, third largest city of Poland
• 伯利兹Bó lì zīBelize
• 杰佛兹Jié fó zīJames Jeffords (1934-2014), former US Senator from Vermont
• 加兹尼Jiā zī níGhazni (Afghan province)
• 图卢兹Tú lú zīToulouse (city in France)
• 基布兹jī bù zīkibbutz
• 尼米兹Ní mǐ zīChester William Nimitz (1885-1966), US admiral
• 德勒兹Dé lè zīGilles Deleuze (1925-1995), French philosopher
• 波兹南Bō zī nánPoznan (city in Poland)
• 波兹坦Bō zī tǎnPotsdam, Germany
• 波兹曼Bō zī mànLudwig Boltzmann (1844-1906), Austrian physicist and philosopher
• 瓦都兹Wǎ dū zīVaduz, capital of Liechtenstein (Tw)
• 加兹尼省Jiā zī ní shěngGhazni or Ghaznah province of Afghanistan
• 尼米兹号Ní mǐ zī HàoNimitz class, US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, 8 in commission since 1975
• 爱德华兹Ài dé huá zī(name) Edwards
• 捷尔梅兹Jié ěr méi zīTermez city in southeast Uzbekistan
• 普立兹奖Pǔ lì zī JiǎngPulitzer Prize (Tw)
• 格罗兹尼Gé luó zī níGrozny, capital of Chechen Republic, Russia
• 法兹鲁拉Fǎ zī lǔ lāMaulana Fazlullah, Pakistan Taleban leader
• 乌兹别克Wū zī bié kèUzbek; abbr. for Uzbekistan
• 菲尔兹奖Fēi ěr zī JiǎngFields Medal (prestigious international award in mathematics)

Characters that look like 兹

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

• 孩hái(bound form) child
• 翁wēngelderly man; father; father-in-law
• 茜qiàn(bound form) Indian madder; munjeet (Rubia cordifolia); (bound form) madder red…
• 圃pǔgarden; orchard
• 茴huí(bound form) fennel
• 窈yǎo(literary) deep; profound; dim (variant of 杳

Sounds the same

Read zī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 资resources; capital; to provide
• 咨(bound form) to consult; to seek advice; to take counsel
• 姿beauty; disposition; looks
• 滋to grow; to nourish; to increase
• 缁Buddhists; black silk; dark
• 孜used in 孜孜
• 仔used in 仔肩
• 吱(onomatopoeia) chirp; squeak; creak
• 谘simplified form of 諮…
• 龇to bare (one's teeth)
• 淄black; name of a river
• 孳industrious; produce; bear