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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
cì | ci4
English translation
to give; to bestow a favor; to appoint

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Bèi

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

money

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

贝易

Semantic compound

Bèi

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Bèi represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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教士 jiào shì niàn 祷文 dǎo wén ,祈神赐福 cì fú .

The priest pronounced a blessing.

厚赐 shòu zhī 有愧.

I feel unworthy of the precious gift you have bestowed on me.

上帝 Shàng dì 赐福 cì fú 第七 tiān , 定为 shèng .

God blessed the seventh day, and made it holy.

托尼 Cóng 杯中 mǐn le 一口 yī kǒu 感叹 gǎn tàn dào :“人间 rénjiān 美味 měi wèi ā 神灵 shén líng de 琼浆玉液 qióng jiāng yù yè ya 天赐 tiān cì 之物太棒了

Tony sipped from his glass. "Mmm. Ambrosia. Nectar of the gods. Divine. Wonderful."

shì 国王 guówáng 赐给 cì gěi de 头衔 tóu xián

It was a title bestowed upon him by the king.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
to confer
赐予 cì yǔ to grant賜予
恩赐 ēn cì favor恩賜
赏赐 shǎng cì to bestow賞賜
赐给 cì gěi to bestow賜給
赐福 cì fú to bless賜福
天赐 tiān cì bestowed by heaven天賜
赐死 cì sǐ to commit suicide on the orders of a sovereign (old)賜死
赐姓 cì xìng to bestow a surname (of emperor conferring favor on ethnic group)賜姓
颁赐 bān cì to award (a prize)頒賜

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