兹 (zī): (literary) this, (literary) now, (literary) year
兹 (zī) is a Chinese character meaning “(literary) this.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 八 (structural) and 一 (structural). It ranks #1764 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- (literary) this
- (literary) now
- (literary) year
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 华尔兹 | huá ěr zī | (loanword) waltz (dance) |
| 利兹 | lì zī | Leeds |
| 洛佩兹 | luò pèi zī | Lopez (name) |
| 乌兹别克斯坦 | wū zī bié kè sī tǎn | Uzbekistan |
| 阿兹特克 | ā zī tè kè | Aztec |
| 罗兹 | luó zī | Łódź, third largest city of Poland |
| 赫兹 | hè zī | hertz (Hz), unit of frequency |
| 伯利兹 | bó lì zī | Belize |
| 盖兹 | gài zī | Gates (name) |
| 泰格·伍兹 | tài gé · wǔ zī | Eldrick "Tiger" Woods (1975-), American golfer |
| 毕兹 | bì zī | QNB (quinuclidinyl benzilate) |
| 爱德华兹 | ài dé huá zī | (name) Edwards |
| 乌兹别克人 | wū zī bié kè rén | Uzbek (person) |
| 格罗兹尼 | gé luó zī ní | Grozny, capital of Chechen Republic, Russia |
| 图卢兹 | tú lú zī | Toulouse (city in France) |
兹 appears in 69 compound words: 6 as the first character, 51 as the last, and 43 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 兹 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (8)
Showing 7 of 8 idioms containing 兹.
Example Sentences
兹字虽然难写，但意思很有趣。
cí zì suī rán nán xiě , dàn yì sī hěn yǒu qù .
The character "兹" may be difficult to write, but its meaning is quite interesting.
伊朗局势|霍尔木兹海峡航运瘫痪 全球1成货柜船受困
yī lǎng jú shì huò ěr mù zī hǎi xiá háng yùn tān huàn quán qiú 1 chéng huò guì chuán shòu kùn
Situation in Iran|Shipping in the Strait of Hormuz is paralyzed, and 10% of the world's container ships are trapped
中国国企高层:北京已要求伊朗维持荷莫兹海峡畅通
zhōng guó guó qǐ gāo céng : běi jīng yǐ yāo qiú yī lǎng wéi chí hé mò zī hǎi xiá chàng tōng
Chinese state-owned enterprise executives: Beijing has asked Iran to keep the Strait of Hormoz open
芦荟的天然成分,可能有助对抗阿兹海默症?
lú 荟 de tiān rán chéng fēn , kě néng yǒu zhù duì kàng ā zī hǎi mò zhèng ?
Aloe vera's natural ingredients may help fight Alzheimer's disease?
北京观察》德国总理率史上最大访华团!梅尔兹押注中国市场,台湾问题向北京靠拢?
běi jīng guàn chá dé guó zǒng lǐ lǜ shǐ shàng zuì dà fǎng huá tuán ! méi ěr zī yā zhù zhōng guó shì chǎng , tái wān wèn tí xiàng běi jīng kào lǒng ?
Beijing Observer: The German Chancellor led the largest delegation to China in history! Merz bets on the Chinese market, and the Taiwan issue moves closer to Beijing?
盖兹认婚外情!坦承与2俄女有染 强调非艾普斯...
gài zī rèn hūn wài qíng ! tǎn chéng yǔ 2 é nǚ yǒu rǎn qiáng diào fēi ài pǔ sī . . .
Gates admitted to extramarital affairs! Admitted to having an affair with 2 Russian women and emphasized that it was not Epps...
他是利兹大学的英文系教授。
Tā shì Lìzī dàxué de Yīngwénxì jiàoshòu.
He is a professor of English at Leeds.
今天早上我看到了利兹。
Jīntiān zǎoshang wǒ kàn dào le Lìzī.
I saw Liz this morning.
我的梦想是在格罗兹尼学习车臣语。
Wǒ de mèngxiǎng shì zài Géluózīní xuéxí Chēchén yǔ.
My dream is to study Chechen in Grozny.
美兹丽喜欢月亮。
Měi zī lì xǐhuan yuèliang.
Meztli likes the moon.
Character Family
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