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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zī | zi1
English translation
to consult
to inquire, to consult, to discuss; to plan

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

mouth

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

次口

Semantic compound

kǒu

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. kǒu represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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kěn xiá 醋源 péng 涣械 kòu ? xuàn ?

The top 11 tackled some classic tunes from the U. K.

详情 xiáng qíng 咨询 zīxún 名誉 míngyù 秘书 mìshū A.R.布什 Bù shí

Details are available from the Hon. Sec. A.R. Bushby.

qǐng 拨打 bō dǎ 我们 wǒmen de 客户服务 kè hù fú wù 热线 rè xiàn 咨询 zīxún

Call our customer careline for advice.

xiàng 往常 wǎngcháng 一样 yīyàng 我们 wǒmen 马上 mǎshàng zhǎo 专家 zhuānjiā 咨询 zīxún

As always, we went straight to the experts for advice.

一些 yī xiē 学校 xuéxiào 现在 xiànzài 开设 kāi shè 咨询 zīxún suǒ yǒu 学校 xuéxiào dōu yǒu 某种 mǒu zhǒng 教导 jiào dǎo 关怀 guānhuái 体制 tǐ zhì

A few schools now offer counselling sessions; all have some system of pastoral care.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
咨询 zīxún to consult咨詢
to consult
咨文 zī wén official communication (between gov. offices of equal rank)咨文 zī wén

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Decomposition

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