Dictionary › 咨

咨

zī

HSK 5 Character Traditional 諮

What 咨 means

1. bound formto consult; to seek advice; to take counsel

Other readings

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

• zīvariant of {咨|zī}; used in {咨文|zī wén}; used in {咨嗟|zī jiē}

Example sentences

• 我想咨询点儿事情。
  Wǒ xiǎng zīxún diǎnr shìqing.
  I'd like some advice on something.
• 游客咨询处在哪里?
  Where is the tourist information office?
• 你应该咨询你的医生。
  You should consult your doctor.
• 好的，您想咨询什么事情？
  Hǎo de, nín xiǎng zīxún shénmeshì qíng?
  OK, what would you like advice on?
• 好的，您想咨询什幺事情？
  OK, what would you like advice on?

Words starting with 咨

• 咨询zī xúnto inquire; to consult; to seek advice from
• 咨文zī wén(old) official communication (between government offices of equal rank)…
• 咨请zī qǐngto formally request (by means of an official communication 咨文
• 咨商zī shāng(Taiwan) consultation (on policy, trade etc); (psychological) counseling
• 咨客zī kè(service industry) reception staff
• 咨询员zī xún yuánadvisor; consultant
• 咨嗟zī jiē(literary) to sigh; to heave a sigh; (literary) to gasp in admiration

Words containing 咨

• 国情咨文guó qíng zī wénspeech delivered by a head of state to the legislature (e.g.…
• 殊域周咨录Shū yù zhōu zī lùMing dynasty record (1574) of exploration and foreign relations
• 同侪咨商tóng chái zī shāng(Taiwan) peer counseling
• 国际电报电话咨询委员会Guó jì Diàn bào Diàn huà Zī xún Wěi yuán huìInternational Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee (CCITT)

Characters built on 次

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

• 资zīresources; capital; to provide
• 茨cíCaltrop or puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris); to thatch (a roof)
• 瓷cíchinaware; porcelain; china
• 姿zībeauty; disposition; looks
• 恣zìto abandon restraint; to do as one pleases; comfortable (dialect)
• 佽cìnimble; to help
• 絘cìancient tax in the form of bales of cloth
• 趑zīto falter; unable to move

Characters that look like 咨

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

• 害hàito do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm
• 香xiāngfragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic
• 卖màito sell; to betray; to spare no effort
• 姿zībeauty; disposition; looks
• 耍shuǎto play with; to wield; to act (cool etc)
• 杳yǎodark and quiet; disappear

Sounds the same

Read zī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 资resources; capital; to provide
• 姿beauty; disposition; looks
• 滋to grow; to nourish; to increase
• 兹(literary) this; (literary) now; (literary) year
• 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