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紫

zǐ

HSK 5 Character

What 紫 means

1. purple
2. violet

Example sentences

• 是紫色的吗？
  Is it purple?
• 他的袜子是紫色的。
  Tā de wàzi shì zǐsè de.
  His socks are purple.
• 花园里全是紫百合。
  The garden was full of purple lilies.
• 这朵花的颜色是紫色。
  Zhè duǒ huā de yánsè shì zǐsè.
  This flower is violet in color.
• 紫外线可导致皮肤癌。
  Zǐwàixiàn kě dǎozhì pífū'ái.
  Ultraviolet rays can cause skin cancer.
• 我喜欢那件紫色的上衣。
  I like that purple shirt.

Words starting with 紫

• 紫色zǐ sèpurple; violet (color)
• 紫荆zǐ jīngChinese redbud (Cercis chinensis)
• 紫禁城Zǐ jìn chéngthe Forbidden City; the Imperial Palace in Beijing; same as 故宫
• 紫外线zǐ wài xiànultraviolet ray
• 紫薇zǐ wēicrape myrtle
• 紫罗兰zǐ luó lán(botany) common stock; gillyflower (Matthiola incana); (botany) violet
• 紫红色zǐ hóng sèred-purple; mauve; prune (color)
• 紫菜zǐ càiedible seaweed of genus Porphyra or genus Pyropia, esp. one used to make dried sheets of…
• 紫藤zǐ téngwisteria
• 紫砂zǐ shāa type of clay found in the region of Yixing 宜兴
• 紫金山Zǐ jīn ShānPurple Mountain in suburbs of Nanjing, with Ming tombs and Sun Yat-sen's mausoleum
• 紫外zǐ wàiultraviolet (ray)
• 紫晶zǐ jīngamethyst (purple crystalline silicon dioxide)
• 紫杉zǐ shānJapanese yew (taxus cuspidata)
• 紫气zǐ qìpurple cloud (auspicious portent in astrology)
• 紫米zǐ mǐblack rice; purple rice
• 紫胀zǐ zhàngto get red and swollen
• 紫草zǐ cǎored root gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon); flowering plant whose roots provide…
• 紫苏zǐ sūbeefsteak plant; shiso; Perilla frutescens
• 紫铜zǐ tóngcopper (pure copper, as opposed to alloy)
• 紫丁香zǐ dīng xiānglilac
• 紫寿带zǐ shòu dài(bird species of China) black paradise flycatcher; Japanese paradise flycatcher…
• 紫外光zǐ wài guāngultraviolet light
• 紫式部Zǐ Shì bùMurasaki Shikibu (born c. 973), Japanese writer, author of "The Tale of Genji"

Words containing 紫

• 赵紫阳Zhào Zǐ yángZhao Ziyang (1919-2005), PRC reforming politician, general secretary of Chinese Communist…
• 青紫qīng zǐpurple
• 大红大紫dà hóng dà zǐto hit the big time
• 酱紫jiàng zǐdark reddish purple; Internet slang abbr. for 这样子
• 甲紫jiǎ zǐgentian violet
• 洋紫苏yáng zǐ sūsage (herb)
• 葡萄紫pú tao zǐgrayish purple color
• 龙胆紫lóng dǎn zǐgentian violet C25H30ClN3; crystal violet
• 腰金衣紫yāo jīn yī zǐgolden seal at the waist, purple gown (idiom); in official position
• 胡紫薇Hú Zǐ wēiHu Ziwei (1970-), PRC lady TV presenter
• 邓紫棋Dèng Zǐ qíG.E.M. (1991-), Chinese pop star
• 洋紫荆yáng zǐ jīngHong Kong orchid (Bauhinia blakeana)
• 大紫荆勋章Dà Zǐ jīng Xūn zhāngGreat Bauhinia Medal (GBM), established in 1997 as the highest award under Hong Kong's…
• 大紫胸鹦鹉dà zǐ xiōng yīng wǔ(bird species of China) Lord Derby's parakeet (Psittacula derbiana)
• 白苋紫茄bái xiàn zǐ qiéwhite amaranth, purple eggplant (idiom); common foodstuff, unpretentious lifestyle
• 绛紫jiàng zǐdark reddish purple
• 台湾紫啸鸫Tái wān zǐ xiào dōng(bird species of China) Taiwan whistling thrush (Myophonus insularis)
• 姹紫嫣红chà zǐ yān hónglit. beautiful purples and brilliant reds (idiom); fig. beautiful flowers
• 阿尔泰紫菀Ā ěr tài zǐ wǎn(botany) Aster altaicus
• 淡紫䴓dàn zǐ shī(bird species of China) yellow-billed nuthatch (Sitta solangiae)
• 万紫千红wàn zǐ qiān hóngthousands of purples and reds (idiom); a blaze of color…
• 三色紫罗兰sān sè zǐ luó lánpansy

Characters built on 此

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

• 雌cífemale; Taiwan pr. cī
• 疵cīblemish; flaw; defect
• 眦zì(anatomy) corner of the eye; canthus
• 呲cī(colloquial) to scold; to rebuke
• 赀zīto estimate; to fine (archaic); variant of 资
• 龇zīto bare (one's teeth)
• 髭zīmustache
• 訾zīto calculate; to assess; wealth

Characters that look like 紫

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

• 常chángalways; ever; often
• 营yíngcamp; barracks; battalion
• 絮xùcotton wadding; fig. padding; long-winded
• 雳lìused in 霹雳
• 萦yíng(literary) to wind around
• 棠tángcherry-apple

Sounds the same

Read zǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 仔(bound form) (of domestic animals or fowl) young; (bound form) fine; detailed
• 姊older sister; Taiwan pr. jiě
• 子son; child; seed
• 梓Chinese catalpa (Catalpa ovata), a tree that serves as a symbol of one's hometown and…
• 籽seed (of a plant)
• 滓(bound form) dregs; sediment
• 笫bamboo mat; bed mat
• 秭billion
• 耔hoe up soil around plants
• 呰to slander; to blame; to revile
• 矷(a kind of stone)
• 胏dried meat with bone