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赐

cì

Character Traditional 賜

What 赐 means

1. bound formto confer; to bestow; to grant
2. literarygift; favor
3. Taiwan pr. sì

Example sentences

• 感谢赐正。
  I stand corrected.
• 上帝赐予我健康的身体。
  Shàngdì cìyǔ wǒ jiànkāng de shēntǐ.
  I'm blessed with good health.
• 拜电视所赐，现在的小孩都不喜欢看书了。
  Bài diànshì suǒ cì, xiànzài de xiǎohái dōu bù xǐhuan kànshū le.
  Thanks to television, boys and girls are apt to neglect reading books.
• 昨天是历史，明天是谜团，只有今天是天赐的礼物。那就是它为什么被称作“当下”的原因。
  Zuótiān shì lìshǐ, míngtiān shì mítuán, zhǐ yǒu jīntiān shì tiāncì de lǐwù. nà jiùshì tā wèishénme bèi chēngzuò “ dāngxià ” de yuányīn.
  Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the "present".
• 昨天是历史，明天是谜团，只有今天是天赐的礼物。那就是它为什么被称作「当下」的原因。
  Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the "present".
• 我们在天上的父，愿人都尊你的命为圣。愿你的国降临。愿你的旨意行在地上如同行在天上。我们日用的饮食，今日赐给我们，免我们的债，如同我们免了人的债，不叫我们遇见试探，救我们脱离凶恶。
  Wǒmen zài tiānshàng de fù, yuàn rén dōu zūn nǐ de mìng wèi shèng. yuàn nǐ de guó jiànglín. yuàn nǐ de zhǐyì xíng zài dìshàng rútóng xíng zài tiānshàng. wǒmen rìyòng de yǐnshí, jīnrì cìgěi wǒmen, miǎn wǒmen de zhài, rútóng wǒmen miǎn le rén de zhài, bù jiào wǒmen yùjiàn shìtàn, jiù wǒmen tuōlí xiōng'è.
  Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

Words starting with 赐

• 赐予cì yǔto grant; to bestow
• 赐福cì fúto bless
• 赐姓cì xìng(of an emperor) to bestow a surname
• 赐教cì jiào(honorific) to impart one's wisdom; to enlighten
• 赐死cì sǐ(of a ruler) to order sb to commit suicide (in lieu of execution)
• 赐爵cì juéto bestow a noble title
• 赐给cì gěito bestow; to give
• 赐鉴cì jiàn(formal) (used in a submitted document) please review; for your kind consideration
• 赐顾cì gùto honor (sb) by one's visit; to patronize (a shop or restaurant)
• 赐与cì yǔvariant of 赐予

Words containing 赐

• 恩赐ēn cìto bestow (favors, charity etc)
• 赏赐shǎng cìto bestow a reward; a reward
• 天赐tiān cìbestowed by heaven
• 厚赐hòu cìto reward generously; generous gift
• 颁赐bān cìto award (a medal etc)
• 端木赐Duān mù CìDuanmu Ci (520 BC-446 BC), disciple of Confucius, also known as Zi Gong 子贡
• 速赐康sù cì kāng(Taiwan; colloquial) pentazocine (a synthetic opioid analgesic)
• 拜你所赐bài nǐ suǒ cì(derog.) this is all thanks to you!; well, thanks a lot!
• 御赐yù cìto be bestowed by the emperor
• 钦赐qīn cì(of an emperor) to bestow
• 不吝赐教bù lìn cì jiàoto be so kind as to enlighten me

Characters built on 易

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

• 锡xītin (chemistry); to bestow; to confer
• 踢tīto kick; to play (e.g. soccer); (slang) butch (in a lesbian relationship)
• 惕tìfearful; respectful
• 剔tīto scrape the meat from bones; to pick (teeth etc); to weed out
• 蜴yìused in 蜥蜴
• 埸yìborder
• 裼tìbaby's quilt

Characters that look like 赐

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

• 晤wùto meet (socially)
• 猖chāngferocious
• 寐mèito sleep soundly
• 鹃juāncuckoo
• 脲niàocarbamide; urea (NH2)2CO; also written 尿素
• 缟gǎoplain white silk

Sounds the same

Read cì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 次next in sequence; second; the second (day, time etc)
• 刺thorn; sting; thrust
• 伺used in 伺候
• 佽nimble; to help
• 絘ancient tax in the form of bales of cloth
• 朿stab
• 莿Urtica thunbergiana
• 蛓(literary) caterpillar
• 刾old variant of 刺