字

zi6included in 7 dictionaries

zi4included in 1 dictionaries

du6included in 1 dictionaries

zi6

· included in 7 dictionaries

實用廣州話分類詞典: 7308CantonCharacter十、數與量 > 十E時間和空間的計量單位 > 十E1時間的量

五分鐘（鐘錶盤上每五分鐘位置上有一個數字）

Examples

兩點三個～

兩點十五分

十點八個～

十點四十分

八點九個半～

八點四十七、八分

兩三個～

十來分鐘

再過半個～度就得嘞

再過大約兩三分鐘就行了

Notes: [廣州話中不習慣使用“分鐘”，在“點”或“鐘頭”之下主要用“～”；還時常有省略的說法，如“三點五”指“三點五個～”即三點二十五分，決不可理解為三點五分]

實用廣州話分類詞典: 7308CantonCharacter十、數與量 > 十E時間和空間的計量單位 > 十E1時間的量

Jyutping:

zi6

五分鐘（鐘錶盤上每五分鐘位置上有一個數字）

Examples

兩點三個～

兩點十五分

十點八個～

十點四十分

八點九個半～

八點四十七、八分

兩三個～

十來分鐘

再過半個～度就得嘞

再過大約兩三分鐘就行了

粵典 (words.hk)Hong KongCharacter

Jyutping:

zi6

#文字；記錄#語言嘅#符號（量詞：隻／個／行） (character; word)

名詞

Examples

#漢字

hon3 zi6

Chinese character; Japanese kanji

十二小時制嘅時鐘上面有十二個代表整點嘅數字，分針每五分鐘就到另一個數字，所以每個字就用嚟代指五分鐘（量詞：個） (five minutes; literally 'number' (referring to the distance between two adjacent numbers on a clock))

Examples

半個字

bun3 go3 zi6

two minutes and a half

憑據、字據 (written pledge, contract)

Examples

#簽字

to sign and confirm the agreement

書法；字跡；筆跡；寫字嘅痕跡、表現形式（量詞：手） (script; handwriting; penmanship; calligraphy)

Examples

你手字好靚喎！

nei5 sau2 zi6 hou2 leng3 wo3!

Your handwriting/calligraphy is beautiful!

硬幣上鑄有幣值數字果一邊 (tails (of a coin))

Examples

擲到公我就俾一蚊你，擲到字你就俾一蚊我。

zaak6 dou2 gung1 ngo5 zau6 bei2 jat1 man1 nei5, zaak6 dou2 zi6 nei5 zau6 bei2 jat1 man1 ngo5.

If it's heads, I'll give you a dollar; if it's tails, you'll have to give me a dollar.

#發音 (pronunciation (of a word or character))

Examples

#字正腔圓

zi6 zing3 hong1 jyun4

to speak with clear articulation

以前男子滿二十歲，行過冠禮，代表經已成人，就會取表字（或作#別字），改嗰陣會襯返佢本名嘅意思。同輩外人多數唔會直呼其名，而係以字相稱。 ((in Chinese culture) zi, i.e. a courtesy name bestowed upon a man at his coming-of-age ceremony at 20. Although the courtesy name usually matches in meaning with the given name, the former is usually used in place of the latter by acquaintances of the same generation as a term of address.)

Examples

岳飛，字鵬舉

ngok6 fei1, zi6 paang4 geoi2

Yue Fei, courtesy name Pengju

維基辭典YueCharacter

Jyutping:

zi6

letter; symbol; character, especially a Chinese character (Classifier: 個／个 m c; 隻／只 c)

Examples

這個字怎麼唸？

How do you read this character?

字母

letter

字串

character string

word; term; wording; diction

Examples

這字拼錯了。

This word is wrongly spelt; you've left out a letter.

word (natural unit of data)

handwriting; writing

Examples

他的字很差。

His handwriting is very bad.

字如其人

One's handwriting is like the one themself

courtesy name; Chinese-style name (a name traditionally given to Chinese males at the age of 20 and females at the age of 15)

Examples

仲尼是孔子的字。

Zhongni is the courtesy name of Confucius.

to style; to give someone a courtesy name

Examples

岳飛字鵬舉。

Yue Fei is styled with the courtesy name of Pengju.

style of handwriting; printing type

Examples

柳字

style of calligraphy of Liu Gongquan

(a calligrapher's) calligraphy work

Examples

字畫

calligraphy and painting

pronunciation of a character; pronunciation

Examples

字正腔圓

pronouncing every word clearly and correctly

written letter; message; correspondence

receipt; contract; slip

Examples

我還沒收到款子，先別寫個字兒給他。

I haven't received the sum of payment yet, so don't write a receipt for him yet.

side of a coin with written characters; tails

five minutes (derived from the locations of 1 to 12 on a clock face) (Classifier: 個／个 m c; 隻／只 h)

Examples

三個字

fifteen minutes [i.e. when the minute hand points to 3]

七點兩字

ten past seven

一個字

five minutes [i.e. when the minute hand points to 1]

而家係一點十一個字。

It's five to two now. (Literally: It's one o'clock [and] eleven five-minutes.)

爭三個字到六點

a quarter to six (Literally: Missing three five-minutes to six o'clock)

to give birth to; to deliver a baby; to bring into the world

to be pregnant; to be carrying a baby

to be betrothed; to be allowed to marry

Examples

待字閨中

to stay in the boudoir waiting to be betrothed

to bring up; to raise; to rear (a child)

Examples

其僚無子，使字敬叔。

Her companion had no child, but she was employed to bring up Jingshu.

to love; to cherish; to care very much for

Examples

子弗祗服厥父事，大傷厥考心；于父不能字厥子，乃疾厥子。

The son who does not reverently discharge his duty to his father, but greatly wounds his father's heart, and the father who can (no longer) love his son, but hates him.

楚雖大，非吾族也，其肯字我乎？

Although Chu is great, they are not akin to us; how will they be willing to love us?

禮也者，小事大、大字小之謂。事大在共其時命，字小在恤其所無。

By definition, ritual propriety means that the lesser serve the greater and the greater care for the lesser. Serving the greater consists of respecting timely commands from them. Caring for the lesser consists of showing concern about the things that they lack.

to envy; to be jealous of; to admire

to educate; to teach; to instruct

to govern; to administer

a surname

certificate