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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
cǐ | ci3
English translation
this
these
this, these; in this case, then

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Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

Contains the radical

zhǐ

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

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sitting man

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

止匕

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

zhǐ

Explanation

Depicts a person ( rén ) stopping ( zhǐ ), meaning "here".

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甚至 shènzhì 总统 zǒngtǒng 否认 fǒurèn zhǒng 谣传 yáo chuán .

Even the President helped out in this particular deception.

因此 yīncǐ dāng 互补 hù bǔ 染色体 rǎn sè tǐ 丢失 diū shī shí , jiù huì 产生 chǎnshēng 恶性 è xìng fēn .

Maligrant segregants may, therefore, arise when complementing chromosomes are lost.

此刻 cǐ kè yǒu 什么 shénme rén 照顾 zhàogu zhāo 春宝 ne ? ”

" Who is taking care of Chun Bao while you've here? "

属性 shǔ xìng de zuì xiǎo 分辨率 fēn biàn lǜ wéi 一秒.

The minimum resolution of this property is one second.

zǒu lái cuàn xiǎng ràng 贝基看见 kànjiàn ,以此 yǐ cǐ lái 激怒 jī nù , shāng de xīn .

And he kept drifting about to find Becky and lacerate her with the performance.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
this
如此 rú cǐ so如此 rú cǐ
因此 yīncǐ thus因此 yīncǐ
彼此 bǐcǐ each other彼此 bǐcǐ
此次 cǐ cì this time此次 cǐ cì
此外 cǐwài besides此外 cǐwài
为此 wèi cǐ for this reason為此
此时 cǐ shí now此時
此前 cǐ qián before this此前 cǐ qián
从此 cóngcǐ from now on從此
此刻 cǐ kè now此刻 cǐ kè
在此 zài cǐ hereto在此 zài cǐ
与此同时 yǔ cǐ tóng shí at the same time與此同時
由此 yóu cǐ hereby由此 yóu cǐ
就此 jiù cǐ thus就此 jiù cǐ
到此为止 dào cǐ wéi zhǐ to end here到此為止
此后 cǐ hòu after this此後
以此 yǐ cǐ with this以此 yǐ cǐ
除此之外 chú cǐ zhī wài apart from this除此之外 chú cǐ zhī wài
此地 cǐ dì here此地 cǐ dì
至此 zhì cǐ so far至此 zhì cǐ
此处 cǐ chù this place此處
此时此刻 cǐ shí cǐ kè at this very moment此時此刻

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Decomposition

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Compounds

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