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十字

shí zì

2-character word

What 十字 means

1. cross road
2. cross-shaped
3. crucifix
4. the character ten

The characters in 十字

• 十shíten; 10
• 字zìletter; symbol; character

Example sentences

• 在十字路口右转。
  Turn right at the crossroad.
• 十字路口出了车祸。
  Shízì lùkǒu chū le chēhuò.
  There's been an accident at the crossroads.
• 十字架被搬到了教堂。
  Shízìjià bèi bān dào le jiàotáng.
  The cross was moved to the church.
• 这个十字路口很危险。
  Zhège shízì lùkǒu hěn wēixiǎn.
  This intersection is dangerous.

Words starting with 十字

• 十字路口shí zì lù kǒucrossroads; intersection
• 十字架shí zì jiàcross; crucifix; yoke one has to endure
• 十字军Shí zì jūnthe Crusades; Crusader army; (fig.) crusade; militant campaign for a cause
• 十字形shí zì xíngcruciform; cross shape
• 十字丝shí zì sīcrosshairs
• 十字绣shí zì xiùcross-stitch
• 十字镐shí zì gǎopickaxe
• 十字架刑shí zì jià xíngcrucifiction
• 十字花科shí zì huā kēCruciferae or Brassicaceae…
• 十字转门shí zì zhuàn ménturnstile
• 十字螺丝刀shí zì luó sī dāoPhillips screwdriver (with a cross-shaped tip)
• 十字军东征Shí zì jūn Dōng zhēngthe Crusades

Words containing 十字

• 红十字会Hóng shí zì huìthe Red Cross
• 红十字Hóng shí zìRed Cross
• 画十字huà shí zìto make the sign of the cross; to make a cross (on paper)
• 南十字座Nán shí zì zuò(astronomy) the Southern Cross
• 蔷薇十字团qiáng wēi shí zì tuánthe Rosicrucian order (masonic order)
• 划十字huà shí zìvariant of 画十字

Sounds the same

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

• 识字to learn to read; able to read; literate