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姿

zī

HSK 5 Character

What 姿 means

1. beauty
2. disposition
3. looks
4. appearance

Example sentences

• 若她的姿态能再低一点就更完美了。
  Ruò tā de zītài néng zài dī yīdiǎn jiù gèng wánměi le.
  If her nose were a little shorter, she would be quite pretty.
• 你想要找一个高学历、高收入、姿容和性格都很好的人，但这难道不是太奢望了吗？
  Nǐ xiǎngyào zhǎo yī gè gāoxuélì, gāo shōurù, zīróng hé xìnggé dōu hěn hǎo de rén, dàn zhè nándào bù shì tài shēwàng le ma?
  You want to find someone with a good education, a good salary, good looks, and a good personality. Don't you think that that's aiming a bit too high?
• 在家庭照片中，西哈姆看起来无忧无虑。她对着镜头摆出一副随兴的姿势，头发绑成马尾。
  In family photos, Ciham appears carefree. She poses casually for the camera, her hair pulled into a braided ponytail.
• 知道吗？内科急救专家对于子宫下垂常用的应对方法是带上手套，把拳头深入阴道，然后用力将子宫向上推。但这个姿势在赶到医院前是改变不了了!
  Zhīdào ma? nèikē jíjiù zhuānjiā duìyú zǐgōng xiàchuí chángyòng de yìngduì fāngfǎ shì dàishàng shǒutào, bǎ quántou shēnrù yīndào, ránhòu yònglì jiāng zǐgōng xiàngshàng tuī. dàn zhège zīshì zài gǎndào yīyuàn qián shì gǎibiàn buliǎo le!
  Did you know that the proper EMT response to a prolapsed uterus is to make a gloved fist and shove the uterus and your fist itself up the vagina? Also, once you've done that, you're stuck in that position until you get to the hospital!

Words starting with 姿

• 姿势zī shìposture; position
• 姿态zī tàiattitude; posture; stance
• 姿色zī sègood looks (of a woman)
• 姿容zī rónglooks; appearance
• 姿式zī shìvariant of 姿势

Words containing 姿

• 孙燕姿Sūn Yàn zīStefanie Sun (1978-), Singaporean singer-songwriter
• 舞姿wǔ zīdancer's posture and movement
• 多姿多彩duō zī duō cǎidiversity (of forms and colors)
• 坐姿zuò zīsitting posture
• 身姿shēn zīthe way one carries oneself
• 风姿fēng zīgood looks; good figure; graceful bearing
• 多姿duō zīmany postures
• 千姿百态qiān zī bǎi tài(idiom) to come in many different shapes; to display a great variety of forms
• 英姿yīng zīheroic bearing; dashing figure
• 丰姿fēng zīcharm; good looks
• 殊姿shū zīdiffering attitude; different posture
• 泳姿yǒng zīswimming style; swimming stroke
• 睡姿shuì zīsleeping posture
• 站姿zhàn zīstance
• 涨姿势zhǎng zī shìInternet slang for 长知识
• 站军姿zhàn jūn zīto stand at attention (military)
• 多彩多姿duō cǎi duō zīelegant and graceful posture; splendid, full of content
• 故作姿态gù zuò zī tàito put on an act
• 仙姿玉色xiān zī yù sèheavenly beauty, jewel colors (idiom); unusually beautiful lady
• 风姿绰约fēng zī chuò yuē(idiom) graceful; lovely
• 摇曳多姿yáo yè duō zīswaying gently; moving elegantly
• 搔首弄姿sāo shǒu nòng zī(idiom) to strike a coquettish pose
• 英姿飒爽yīng zī sà shuǎng(of a person) valiant and formidable-looking; to carry oneself tall
• 搔头弄姿sāo tóu nòng zīsee 搔首弄姿

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
• 咨zī(bound form) to consult; to seek advice; to take counsel
• 茨cíCaltrop or puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris); to thatch (a roof)
• 瓷cíchinaware; porcelain; china
• 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 姿

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

• 要yàoto want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should
• 委wěito entrust; to cast aside; to shift (blame etc)
• 耍shuǎto play with; to wield; to act (cool etc)
• 晏yànlate; quiet
• 荟huìto flourish; luxuriant growth
• 娄Lóusurname Lou; one of the 28 lunar mansions in Chinese astronomy

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
• 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