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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
cí | ci2
English translation
magnetic
magnetism
porcelain
magnetic; porcelain

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Shí

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

stone

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

石兹

Semantic compound

Shí

Phonetic compound

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倒好磁带 cídài , yòu 播放 bōfàng le xiǎo Duàn 录音 lùyīn .

He rewound the tape and replayed a few bits and pieces.

zài xiǎo de 角闪岩 Zhōng ,磁铁矿 cí tiě kuàng zhàn 510%, jǐn yǒu 局部 júbù 的散染 zhuàng 富集.

Most of the smaller hornblendite bodies contain about 5 - 10 percent magnetite, with only local sporadic enrichment.

gāi Jué 相乘 xiāng chéng de shì 表面 biǎomiàn de 磁化强度.

The angle is multiplied by the intensity of magnetization of the surface.

měi Bāo nèi zhuāng 书一 běn , bìng 盒式磁带.

Each pack contains a book and accompa - nying cassette.

一定 yīdìng yāo xiān 复制 fùzhì 磁盘 cí pán ,然后 ránhòu zài Guān 电脑 diànnǎo .

Make sure you back up the disk before you turn the computer off.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
magnetic
磁带 cídài magnetic tape磁帶
电磁 diàn cí electromagnetic電磁
核磁共振 hé cí gòng zhèn nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)核磁共振 hé cí gòng zhèn
磁场 cí chǎng magnetic field磁場
磁性 cí xìng magnetic磁性 cí xìng
磁铁 cí tiě magnet磁鐵
磁盘 cí pán (computer) disk磁盤
电磁波 diàn cí bō electromagnetic wave電磁波
磁悬浮 cí xuán fú maglev磁懸浮
磁力 cí lì magnetic磁力 cí lì
电磁场 diàn cí chǎng electromagnetic fields電磁場
磁石 cí shí magnet磁石 cí shí
磁共振 cí gòng zhèn magnetic resonance磁共振 cí gòng zhèn
磁卡 cí kǎ magnetic card磁卡 cí kǎ
磁碟 cí dié (magnetic) computer disk (hard disk or floppy)磁碟 cí dié
磁浮 cí fú maglev (type of train)磁浮 cí fú
磁化 cí huà to magnetize磁化 cí huà
永磁 yǒng cí permanent magnetism永磁 yǒng cí
磁头 cí tóu magnetic head (of a tape recorder etc)磁頭
磁极 cí jí magnetic pole磁極
磁体 cí tǐ magnet磁體
磁铁矿 cí tiě kuàng magnetite Fe3O4磁鐵礦
电磁铁 diàn cí tiě electromagnet電磁鐵

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Decomposition

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