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姿

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姿

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姿 Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zī | zi1
English translation
beauty
disposition
looks
appearance
grace, good looks; bearing, poise, posture

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About 姿

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

姿

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

woman

Etymology of 姿

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

次女 cì nǚ

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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Example sentences using 姿

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一直 yīzhí 一种 yī zhǒng 舒服 shūfu de 姿势 zīshì tǎng zhāo , tuǐ 已经 yǐjīng 麻木 mámù le .

I had been lying awkwardly and my leg had gone numb.

Bié 这样 zhè yàng luàn huá luàn dēng , yāo 采用 cǎi yòng 正确 zhèngquè de 游泳 yóuyǒng 姿势 zīshì .

Don't fling your arms and legs around like that. Make the proper swimming strokes.

zài 这些 zhè xiē 间歇 jiàn xiē , 出现 chūxiàn 急性 jí xìng 腹痛 fù tòng , chéng quǎn Zuò 姿 shì .

Between these episodes, subacute abdominal pain is manifest and the horse may assume a sitting - dog position.

zài 照片 zhàopiàn Zhōng , bǎi chū 水手 shuǐ shǒu 伫立 zhù lì 远望 yuǎn wàng de 姿势 zīshì .

In the photo she stands in the attitude of a sailor looking afar.

zhǐ zuò 象征性 xiàng zhēng xìng de 姿势 zīshì jiù 可以 kěyǐ le . 瑞秋! shì jiè Shū !

Kind of a symbolic gesture. - Rachel, that was a library card.

Words with 姿

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
姿势 zīshì posture姿勢
姿态 zītài attitude姿態
姿beauty姿
舞姿 wǔ zī dancer's posture and movement舞姿 wǔ zī
多姿多彩 duō zī duō cǎi diversity (of forms and colors)多姿多彩 duō zī duō cǎi
姿色 zī sè good looks (of a woman)姿色 zī sè
孙燕姿 Sūn Yàn zī Stefanie Sun (1978-), Singaporean singer-songwriter孫燕姿
多姿 duō zī many postures多姿 duō zī
风姿 fēng zī good looks風姿
千姿百态 qiān zī bǎi tài in thousands of postures (idiom)千姿百態
搔首弄姿 sāo shǒu nòng zī to stroke one's hair coquettishly (idiom)搔首弄姿 sāo shǒu nòng zī
英姿飒爽 yīng zī sà shuǎng to carry oneself tall英姿颯爽
姿容 zī róng looks姿容 zī róng
丰姿 fēng zī charm丰姿 fēng zī
风姿绰约 fēng zī chuò yuē graceful風姿綽約
多彩多姿 duō cǎi duō zī elegant and graceful posture多彩多姿 duō cǎi duō zī
故作姿态 gù zuò zī tài to put on an act故作姿態

姿 Decomposition & Compounds

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姿 Decomposition

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