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君子 jūnzǐ

君子 jūnzǐ Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 2 English Translations of the word 君子 jūnzǐ .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jūnzǐ | jun1 zi3
English translation
nobleman
person of noble character

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Traditional form

君子 jūnzǐ

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 君子 jūnzǐ

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jūn

Type

ideographic

Explanation

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

Positional decomposition

尹口

Number of Strokes

7

Type

pictographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a small child with its two arms outstretched.

Positional decomposition

了一

Number of Strokes

3

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Example sentences using 君子 jūnzǐ

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" de 绿眼睛 yǎnjing 伪君子 wěi jūn zǐ , shì de 办法 bànfǎ , shì shì ?

" That's your system, isn't it, my green - eyed hypocrite?

zài zhè 集中 jízhōng ,这批仁人君子 rén rén jūn zǐ zhēng 面红耳赤 miàn hóng ěr chì ,醉意淋漓 lín lí .

This sage conclave disputed high and drank deep.

桃金 niáng ; 使君子; ...

Myrtaceae; Combretaceae; Elaeagnaceae; Haloragidaceae; Melastomaceae; Lecythidaceae; Lythraceae; Rhizophoraceae; Onagraceae; Lecythidaceae; Punicaceae.

自己 zìjǐ 坦白 tǎnbái de 瘾君子 yǐn jūn zǐ zài 13 yuè qián bèi 逮捕 dàibǔ

The self-confessed drug addict was arrested 13 months ago.

谢谢 xièxie nín nín shì 真正 zhēnzhèng de 君子 jūnzǐ

Thank you—you're a real gentleman.

君子 jūnzǐ Decomposition

See the 2 Chinese characters that make up 君子 jūnzǐ and their own compounds.

君子 jūnzǐ Compounds

See all 115 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 君子 jūnzǐ in their composition.

  • jūn
    • jiǒng
    • xūn
      • jǐn
        • , , jǐn , , , , jìn , , ,
      • jìn ,
    • qún , qún , jùn , jūn , jùn , tūn , jùn , jūn , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
    • hǎo
      • nāo , hào
    • xiǎng
      • dūn
        • dūn , duì , tūn , dūn , duì , dūn , duì , , , , , , , , dùn , , , , ,
      • guō
      • shú
      • chún , chún , chún , zhūn , guǒ , dūn , duǒ , tūn , guō , tūn , rún , , chún , , , , , , , , zhūn , , , chún
    • yóu
    • zhuǎn
      • càn
        • chán , chán , zhàn , chǎn , ,
    • zǎi , , , jiǎn , mǎn , qióng , , , xué , , , , , , , , , yàn , , ,
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