Word: 字 (zì)

专家说这幅字不是真迹。

Zhuānjiā shuō zhè fú zì bú shì zhēnjì.

The expert said this piece of calligraphy is not authentic.

两个“山”字摞一块儿，出

liǎng gè“shān”zì luò yíkuàir, chū

two 'mountain' characters stacked together: out

人怕笑，字怕吊

rén pà xiào, zì pà diào

people fear being laughed at, writing fears being hung up

从前文后理来推断一个字的意思。

Cóngqián wén hòu lǐ lái tuīduàn yí gè zì de yìsi.

Get the meaning of a word from its context.

他们懂得读这几个字吗？

Tāmen dǒngde dú zhè jǐ ge zì ma?

Are they able to read these words?

他会不会写这个字？

Tā huì búhuì xiě zhège zì?

Can he write this character?

他猜出来这个字的意思了。

Tā cāi chūlái zhège zì de yìsi le.

He's guessed what this character means.

他连字都不会念，更别说写了。

Tā lián zì dōu búhuì niàn, gèng biéshuō xiěle.

He can't even read, let alone write.

你怎么拼这个字？

Nǐ zěnme pīn zhège zì?

How do you spell the word?

你的字写得真漂亮！

Nǐ de zì xiě de zhēn piàoliang!

Your handwriting is really good!

你看，路牌上是什么字？

Nǐ kàn, lùpái shàng shì shénme zì?

Look, what does the street sign say?

你知道这是谁的字吗？

Nǐ zhīdào zhè shì shéi de zì ma?

Do you know whose handwriting this is?

八个人也抬不走一个理字

bā gè rén yě tái bù zǒu yí gè lǐ zì

even eight men can't carry off the single word 'reason'

其实有没有这个字的？

Qíshí yǒuméiyǒu zhège zì de?

Is that even a word?

写这个字时，先写一横再写竖。

Xiě zhège zì shí, xiān xiě yì héng zài xiě shù.

When writing this character, write the horizontal stroke first and then the vertical one.

印章上的字大多是篆书。

Yìnzhāng shàng de zì dàduō shì zhuànshū.

The characters on seals are mostly in seal script.

她一个字都没对我说。

Tā yí gè zì dōu méi duì wǒ shuō.

She didn't say even one word to me.

她俯首认真地写字。

Tā fǔshǒu rènzhēndexiě zì.

She bent her head and wrote carefully.

她写了一手漂亮的好字。

Tā xiěle yìshǒu piàoliang de hǎo zì.

She writes a very good hand.

她写得一手秀丽的字。

Tā xiě de yìshǒu xiùlì de zì.

She writes a beautiful hand.

她写的字很难看。

Tā xiě de zì hěn nánkàn.

She's got terrible handwriting.

她在本子上写了几个字。

Tā zài běnzi shàng xiěle jǐ ge zì.

She wrote a few characters in her notebook.

她的字写得很秀气。

Tā de zì xiě de hěn xiùqi.

Her handwriting is very delicate.

字这么潦草，谁看得懂？

Zì zhème liáocǎo, shéi kàndedǒng?

With handwriting this messy, who could read it?

屏幕上慢慢显现出一行字。

Píngmù shàng mànmàn xiǎnxiàn chū yìxíng zì.

A line of text slowly appeared on the screen.

忍字家中宝

rěn zì jiāzhōngbǎo

the word 'patience' is the treasure of the home

想把字写得漂亮一些。

Xiǎng bǎ zì xiě de piàoliang yìxiē.

I want to improve my penmanship.

我不懂这个字。

Wǒ bù dǒng zhège zì.

I don't understand this word.

我为她重复念这个字很多遍。

Wǒ wèi tā chóngfù niàn zhège zì hěn duō biàn.

I repeated the word several times for her.

我写错了一个字。

Wǒ xiě cuòle yí gè zì.

I miswrote a word.

我同学是复姓，名字有四个字。

Wǒ tóngxué shì fùxìng, míngzi yǒu sì gè zì.

My classmate has a two-character surname, so his name has four characters.

我已经在字典里查过这个字了。

Wǒ yǐjīng zài zìdiǎn lǐ cháguo zhège zì le.

I have already looked up this word in the dictionary.

我常把这两个字的偏旁写错。

Wǒ cháng bǎ zhè liǎng gè zì de piānpáng xiě cuò.

I often write the components of these two characters wrong.

我总是把这两个字混淆。

Wǒ zǒngshì bǎ zhè liǎng gè zì hùnxiáo.

I always mix up these two characters.

我用我的字典查了那几个字。

Wǒ yòng wǒ de zìdiǎn chále nà jǐ ge zì.

I looked up the words in my dictionary.

我的字典里没有这个字。

Wǒ de zìdiǎn lǐ méiyǒu zhège zì.

The word is not in my dictionary.

括号里的字是什么意思？

Kuòhào lǐ de zì shì shénme yìsi?

What does the word in the brackets mean?

有人会发这个字的音吗？

Yǒurén huì fā zhège zì de yīn ma?

Does anyone know how to pronounce this character?

有人可以念这个字吗？

Yǒurén kěyǐ niàn zhège zì ma?

Is there anyone who can pronounce this word?

每一个字的意思都是独特的。

Měi yí gè zì de yìsi dōu shì dútè de.

No two words are identical in meaning.

汉语字是很美丽的。

Hànyǔ zì shì hěn měilì de.

Chinese characters are very beautiful.

法字没多重,万人抬不动

fǎ zì méi duōchóng,wàn rén tái bú dòng

the character 'law' isn't heavy, yet ten thousand people can't lift it

洞房里贴着大红喜字。

Dòngfáng lǐ tiēzhe dàhóng xǐ zì.

A big red double happiness character is pasted up in the bridal chamber.

《百家姓》读掉头一个字，开口就说钱

《bǎijiāxìng》dú diàotóu yí gè zì, kāikǒu jiù shuō qián

read the Hundred Family Surnames without its first character: the first word out of your mouth is 'money'

红纸上写着恭贺新禧四个字。

Hóng zhǐ shàng xiězhe gōnghèxīnxǐ sì gè zì.

The red paper has the four characters for Happy New Year written on it.

红色的字挂在墙上，特别显。

Hóngsè de zì guà zài qiáng shàng, tèbié xiǎn.

The red characters hanging on the wall really stand out.

经理看完，当下就签了字。

Jīnglǐ kàn wán, dāngxià jiù qiānle zì.

The manager finished reading and signed it at once.

老师要我们重复这个字。

Lǎoshī yào wǒmen chóngfù zhège zì.

The teacher made us repeat the word.

老鼠啃书本,字字句句往肚子里吃

lǎoshǔ kěnshūběn,zì zìjù jù wǎng dǔzi li chī

a mouse gnawing a book: every word goes into its stomach

能在杯子上雕刻几个字吗？

Néng zài bēizi shàng diāokè jǐ ge zì ma?

Can you engrave a few words on this cup?

英国人是不会用这样的字的。

Yīngguórén shì búhuì yòng zhèyàng de zì de.

An Englishman would not use such a word.

蚂蚁尿到书本上，湿不了几个字

mǎyǐ niào dào shūběn shàng, shī bù liǎo jǐ ge zì

an ant pees on a book: it can't wet many characters

认识偏旁能帮你猜出字的意思。

Rènshi piānpáng néng bāng nǐ cāi chū zì de yìsi.

Knowing the components can help you guess what a character means.

论文的摘要不能超过三百字。

Lùnwén de zhāiyào bùnéng chāoguò sānbǎi zì.

The abstract of a paper can't exceed three hundred characters.

请你在这个地方签个字。

Qǐng nǐ zài zhège dìfang qiān gè zì.

Please sign here.

读书人识不尽字，种田人识不尽草

dúshūrén shí bújìn zì, zhòngtián rén shí bújìn cǎo

scholars can't know all the characters, farmers can't know all the weeds

这两个字的意思是一样的。

Zhè liǎng gè zì de yìsi shì yíyàng de.

Those two characters mean the same thing.

这个字也是由法语衍生出来的。

Zhège zì yě shì yóu Fǎyǔ yǎnshēng chūlái de.

This word is also French in origin.

这个字字典里查不到。

Zhège zì zìdiǎn lǐ chá búdào.

This word can't be found in the dictionary.

这个字对她来说意义重大。

Zhège zì duì tā lái shuō yìyì zhòngdà.

This word means a lot to her.

这个字很难发音。

Zhège zì hěn nán fāyīn.

This word is difficult to pronounce.

这个字怎么写？

Zhège zì zěnme xiě?

How do you write this character?

这个字怎么念？

Zhège zì zěnme niàn?

How do you read this character?

这个字我一直学不会。

Zhège zì wǒ yìzhí xué búhuì.

I can never learn (remember) this character.

这个字有两个意思。

Zhège zì yǒu liǎng gè yìsi.

This word has two meanings.

这个字的意思是什么？

Zhège zì de yìsi shì shénme?

What is the meaning of this word?

这个字的意思是什么呀？

Zhège zì de yìsi shì shénme ya?

What does this word mean?

这个字的第一笔是撇。

Zhège zì de dìyī bǐ shì piě.

The first stroke of this character is a left-falling stroke.

这个字的读音我总是记不住。

Zhège zì de dúyīn wǒ zǒngshì jìbúzhù.

I can never remember the pronunciation of this character.

这几个字该怎么解释？

Zhè jǐ ge zì gāi zěnme jiěshì?

How would you explain these words?

这块碑上的字已经很模糊了。

Zhèkuài bēi shàng de zì yǐjīng hěn móhule.

The characters on this stone tablet are already very blurry.

这孩子才四岁，就识两百个字了。

Zhè háizi cái sì suì, jiù shí liǎng bǎi gè zì le.

This child is only four and already knows two hundred characters.

这封信的每个字我都推敲过。

Zhè fēng xìn de měige zì wǒ dōu tuīqiāoguo.

I've thought over every word of this letter.

这幅字笔力刚劲，很有风骨。

Zhè fú zì bǐlì gāngjìng, hěn yǒu fēnggǔ.

The brushwork of this calligraphy is bold and has real vigor.

这次听写你错了几个字？

Zhècì tīngxiě nǐ cuòle jǐ ge zì?

How many characters did you get wrong in this dictation?