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纸

zhǐ

HSK 2 Character Traditional 紙 Measure word 张、沓

What 纸 means

1. paper
2. classifier for documents, letters etc

Other readings

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

• zhǐvariant of {纸|zhǐ}

Example sentences

• 纸易燃。
  Paper burns easily.
• 我想纸。
  I want paper.
• 厕纸没了。
  Cèzhǐ méile.
  There's no toilet paper.
• 纸烧得快。
  Paper burns quickly.
• 我烧了纸。
  I burned the paper.
• 那是纸吗？
  Is that paper?

Words starting with 纸

• 纸条zhǐ tiáoslip of paper
• 纸张zhǐ zhāngpaper
• 纸币zhǐ bìbank notes; paper currency
• 纸片zhǐ piàna piece, scrap or fragment of paper
• 纸箱zhǐ xiāngcarton; cardboard box
• 纸牌zhǐ páiplaying card
• 纸袋zhǐ dàipaper bag
• 纸盒zhǐ hépaperboard box; cardboard box; carton
• 纸质zhǐ zhì(attributive) paper; hard-copy; printed; paper quality
• 纸板zhǐ bǎncardboard
• 纸鹤zhǐ hèpaper crane
• 纸钱zhǐ qiánritual money made of paper burnt for the Gods or the dead
• 纸上谈兵zhǐ shàng tán bīnglit. military tactics on paper (idiom); fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than…
• 纸醉金迷zhǐ zuì jīn mílit. dazzling with paper and gold (idiom); fig. indulging in a life of luxury
• 纸烟zhǐ yāncigarette
• 纸人zhǐ rénhuman figure made of paper or papier-mâché
• 纸品zhǐ pǐnpaper products; stationery
• 纸型zhǐ xíngpaper matrix in which type is set
• 纸婚zhǐ hūnpaper wedding (first wedding anniversary)
• 纸媒zhǐ méiprint media; (old) paper taper used to light a cigarette etc
• 纸带zhǐ dàipaper tape; ticker tape; paper streamer
• 纸书zhǐ shūprinted book; print book
• 纸样zhǐ yàngpaper pattern as model in dressmaking; paper patten
• 纸花zhǐ huāpaper flower

Words containing 纸

• 报纸bào zhǐnewspaper; newsprint
• 信纸xìn zhǐletter paper; writing paper
• 图纸tú zhǐblueprint; drawing; design plans
• 废纸fèi zhǐwaste paper
• 卫生纸wèi shēng zhǐtoilet paper; tissues
• 壁纸bì zhǐwallpaper
• 稿纸gǎo zhǐdraft paper
• 剪纸jiǎn zhǐpapercutting (Chinese folk art); to make paper cutouts
• 手纸shǒu zhǐtoilet paper
• 造纸zào zhǐpapermaking
• 宣纸xuān zhǐfine writing paper, originally from Jing county 泾县, Xuancheng 宣城, Anhui
• 包装纸bāo zhuāng zhǐwrapping paper
• 牛皮纸niú pí zhǐkraft paper
• 白纸黑字bái zhǐ hēi zì(written) in black and white
• 烧纸shāo zhǐto burn paper offerings (as part of religious ceremony)
• 草纸cǎo zhǐrough straw paper; toilet paper; brown paper
• 卡纸kǎ zhǐcardboard; card stock
• 墨纸mò zhǐblotting paper
• 板纸bǎn zhǐpaperboard; board
• 油纸yóu zhǐoilpaper
• 相纸xiàng zhǐphotographic paper
• 硬纸yìng zhǐcardboard; stiff paper
• 试纸shì zhǐ(chemistry, medicine) test strip
• 贴纸tiē zhǐsticker

Characters built on 氏

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

• 祇qígod of the earth
• 舐shìto lick; to lap (up)
• 衹qírobe of a Buddhist monk or nun
• 芪qísee 黄芪
• 氐dǐfoundation; on the whole

Characters that look like 纸

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

• 纳nàto receive; to accept; to enjoy
• 抵dǐto press against; to support; to prop up; to resist; to withstand; to be equal to…
• 纯chúnpure; simple; unmixed
• 纨wán(literary) fine white silk; delicate silk fabric
• 纰pīerror; carelessness; spoiled silk

Sounds the same

Read zhǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 只only; merely; just
• 指finger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to
• 止to stop; to prohibit; until
• 址(bound form) site; location
• 旨imperial decree; purport; aim
• 徵4th note in the ancient Chinese pentatonic scale 五音
• 芷angelica (type of iris); plant root used in TCM
• 趾toe
• 酯ester
• 祉felicity
• 咫8 in. length unit of Zhou dynasty
• 枳(orange); hedge thorn