Dictionary › 瓷

瓷

cí

HSK 6 Character

What 瓷 means

1. chinaware
2. porcelain
3. china

Example sentences

• 我对东方陶瓷有兴趣。
  Wǒ duì dōngfāng táocí yǒuxìngqù.
  I have an interest in Oriental ceramics.

Words starting with 瓷

• 瓷器cí qìchinaware; porcelain
• 瓷砖cí zhuānceramic tile
• 瓷碗cí wǎnporcelain bowl
• 瓷实cí shi(dialect) firm; robust
• 瓷瓶cí píngporcelain bottle
• 瓷娃娃cí wá waporcelain doll; (fig.) person with osteogenesis imperfecta
• 瓷釉cí yòuporcelain glaze

Words containing 瓷

• 陶瓷táo cípottery and porcelain; ceramics
• 搪瓷táng cíenamel
• 白瓷bái cíblanc de chine (porcelain)
• 碰瓷pèng cí(colloquial) to scam sb by setting up an "accident" in which one appears to have…
• 青瓷qīng cíceladon (pottery)
• 骨瓷gǔ cíbone china (fine white porcelain made from a mixture of clay and bone ash)
• 半导瓷bàn dǎo císemiconducting ceramic (electronics)
• 碰瓷儿pèng cí rerhua form of 碰瓷
• 陶瓷器táo cí qìpottery; chinaware
• 青花瓷qīng huā cíblue and white porcelain
• 精密陶瓷jīng mì táo cífine ceramics (used for dental implants, synthetic bones, electronics, knife blades etc)…
• 薄胎瓷器bó tāi cí qìeggshell china
• 卫生陶瓷wèi shēng táo cíchamber pot; commode

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)
• 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 瓷

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

• 爱àito love; to be fond of; to like; affection; to be inclined (to do sth)…
• 曼mànhandsome; large; long
• 竞jìngto compete; to contend; to struggle
• 毫háohair; drawing brush; (in the) least
• 竟jìngunexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to
• 梵Fànabbr. for 梵教; abbr. for Sanskrit 梵语; abbr. for 梵蒂冈

Sounds the same

Read cí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 词word; statement; speech; lyrics; a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty…
• 辞to resign; to dismiss; to decline
• 磁magnetic; magnetism; porcelain
• 慈compassionate; gentle; merciful
• 雌female; Taiwan pr. cī
• 茨Caltrop or puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris); to thatch (a roof)
• 祠shrine; to offer a sacrifice
• 兹used in 龟兹
• 鹚used in 鸬鹚
• 糍used in 糍粑
• 茈used in 凫茈
• 𪉈(a kind of waterbird)