Cantonese Dictionary

字儒

zi6 jyu4

Chữ Nho, the Vietnamese term for classical Chinese writing produced in Vietnam

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字元

zi6 jyun4

Mandarin: zi4 yuan2

[computer] character (TW)

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字元集

zi6 jyun4 zaap6

Mandarin: zi4 yuan2 ji2

character set

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字勻

zi6 wan4

generation name

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字匯

zi6 wui6

Mandarin: zi4 hui4

Simplified: 字汇

Glossary

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字喃

zi6 naam4

Mandarin: zi4 nan2

Chữ Nôm, an obsolete writing system which uses Chinese characters to represent Vietnamese

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字圖

zi6 tou4

Mandarin: zi4 tu2

glyph

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字型

zi6 jing4

Mandarin: zi4 xing2

font; typeface (sometimes written as 字形)

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字墨

zi6 mak6

Mandarin: zi4 mo4

culture; knowledge

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字字珠璣

zi6 zi6 zyu1 gei1

Mandarin: zi4 zi4 zhu1 ji1

Simplified: 字字珠玑

it describes one's speech | word choice is very elegant

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字尾

zi6 mei5

Mandarin: zi4 wei3

suffix

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字帖

zi6 tip3*2

Mandarin: zi4 tie4

copybook (for calligraphy)

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字幕

zi6 mok6

Mandarin: zi4 mu4

subtitle (on TV , DVD)

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字彙

zi6 wui6

Mandarin: zi4 hui4

[computer] character repertoire; glossary, lexicon

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字彙判斷任務

zi6 wai6/wui6 pun3 dyun3 jam6 mou6

Mandarin: zi4 hui4 pan4 duan4 ren4 wu4

character decision task

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字形

zi6 jing4

font; typeface (sometimes written as 字型)

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字斟句酌

zi6 zam1 geoi3 zoek3

Mandarin: zi4 zhen1 ju4 zhuo2

weighing every word

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字書

zi6 syu1

Mandarin: zi4 shu1

wordbook; lexicon; dictionary

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字根合體字

zi6 gan1 hap6 tai2 zi6

Mandarin: zi4 gen1 he2 ti3 zi4

stem compound

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字條

zi6 tiu4

[n] a note, memorandum, memo

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字正腔圓

zi6 zing3 hong1 jyun4

pronounce every word correctly and in a sweet, mellow voice

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字段

zi6 dyun6

Mandarin: zi4 duan4

(numeric, data) field

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字母

zi6 mou5

Mandarin: zi4 mu3

letter; alphabet

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字母系統

zi6 mou5 hai6 tung2

Mandarin: zi4 mu3 xi4 tong3

alphabet, alphabetic system

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字母表

zi6 mou5 biu2

Mandarin: zi4 mu3 biao3

alphabet (set of letters arranged in a particular order)

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字母詞

zi6 mou5 ci4

Mandarin: zi4 mu3 ci2

alphabetic word / character

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字母順序概率

zi6 mou5 seon6 zeoi6 koi3 leot6*2

Mandarin: zi4 mu3 shun4 xu4 gai4 lv4

probability of letter sequences

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字牌

zi6 paai4*2

Mandarin: zi4 pai2

(mahjong) an alternate name for the honour tiles | cf. 番子

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字眼

zi6 ngaan5

diction; wording

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字碼

zi6 maa5

Mandarin: zi4 ma3

character code

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