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› 芝
芝
zi1
Mandarin: zhi1
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1
Zoysia pungens
2
a kind of fragrant herb
3
purplish mushroom symbolising nobility
4
a surname
5
used in transliteration of words such as cheese
6
sesame
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# adapted from cc-cedict
Other Readings
芝
ji3
ji1
[[sesame]] sesame | ji máah gūn 芝麻官 — a low-ranking official. | ji má
Words containing 芝
芝士餅
zi1
si6*2
beng2
[n] cheesecake
芝麻灣
zi1
maa4
waan1
Chi Ma Wan, a place in Hong Kong
芝麻綠官
zi1
maa4
luk6
gun1
a low ranking official [colloquial]
東芝
dung1
zi1
Toshiba, manufacturer of consumer electronics.
芝加哥論壇報
zi1
gaa1
go1
leon6
taan4
bou3
Chicago Tribune
芝士蛋糕
zi1
si6*2
daan6
gou1
cheesecake; cheese cake; tiramisu
黑芝麻
hak1
ji1
maa6
[[black sesame]] the hallucinogenic drug lysergic acid diethylamide or LSD
芝麻開門
zi1
maa4
hoi1
mun4
"open sesame"
芝士
zi1
si6*2
cheese | Syn.: 乳酪; 奶酪; 乾酪
芝加哥大學
zi1
gaa1
go1
daai6
hok6
University of Chicago
芝麻綠豆
zi1
maa4
luk6
dau6*2
trivial; trifling | syn: 瑣碎
陳穀子爛芝麻
zan6
guk1
zi2
laan6
zi1
maa4
old-time things or talk (gossip) that are of no particular importance
三芝鄉
saam1
zi1
hoeng1
Sanchih (village in Taiwan)
芝麻閂門
zi1
maa4
saan1
mun4
"close sesame"
芝麻卷
zi1
maa4
gyun2
Sesame roll
雙層芝士孖堡
soeng1
cang4
zi1
si6*2
maa1
bou2
Double Cheese Burger
老芝
lou5
zi1
a slang term for The Chi Ma Wan Correctional Institution
芝士漢堡包
zi1
si6*2
hon3
bou2
baau1
a cheeseburger
芝士漢堡
zi1
si2
hon3
bou2
a cheeseburger
山芝麻
saan1
zi1
maa4
Helicteres angustifolia (helicteres)
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