咨 (zī): (bound form) to consult, to seek advice, to take counsel
咨 (zī) is a Chinese character meaning “(bound form) to consult.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 次 (phonetic) and 口 (semantic). It ranks #2331 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 咨 mouth. Its radical form 口 (mouth) appears in many related characters such as 口 (kǒu, mouth), 叫 (jiào, to call, to be called), 右 (yòu, (bound form) right).
Definitions
- (bound form) to consult
- to seek advice
- to take counsel
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 咨
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 咨文 | zī wén | (old) official communication (between government offices of equal rank) |
| 国际电报电话咨询委员会 | guó jì diàn bào diàn huà zī xún wěi yuán huì | International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee (CCITT) |
| 国情咨文 | guó qíng zī wén | speech delivered by a head of state to the legislature (e.g. (USA) State of the Union Address, (Russia) Address to th... |
| 殊域周咨录 | shū yù zhōu zī lù | Ming dynasty record (1574) of exploration and foreign relations |
| 同侪咨商 | tóng chái zī shāng | (Tw) peer counseling |
| 咨请 | zī qǐng | to formally request (by means of an official communication 咨文[zi1 wen2]) |
| 咨询员 | zī xún yuán | advisor |
| 咨商 | zī shāng | (Tw) consultation (on policy, trade etc) |
| 咨客 | zī kè | (service industry) reception staff |
| 咨嗟 | zī jiē | (literary) to sigh |
咨 appears in 11 compound words: 64 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 36 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 咨 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
他咨才很好，能言善辩，是个出色的律师。
tā zī cái hěn hǎo , néng yán shàn biàn , shì gě chū sè de lǜ shī .
He is highly intelligent and eloquent, an outstanding lawyer.
...下面窄到一根手指都疼是怎么回事?需要心理咨询辅助吗
. . . xià miàn zhǎi dào yī gēn shǒu zhǐ dōu téng shì zěn má huí shì ? xū yāo xīn lǐ zī xún fǔ zhù ma
... What's going on with the bottom so narrow that a finger hurts? Do you need psychological counseling assistance?
川普国情咨文 学者:若充满情绪动员 只是为期中选举...
chuān pǔ guó qíng zī wén xué zhě : ruò chōng mǎn qíng xù dòng yuán zhī shì wéi qī zhōng xuǎn jǔ . . .
Trump's State of the Union Address Scholars: If it is full of emotional mobilization, it is just a midterm election...
民调低迷 川普24日发表国情咨文
mín diào dī mí chuān pǔ 2 4 rì fā biǎo guó qíng zī wén
Polls are sluggish Trump delivered a State of the Union address on the 24th
民调低迷 川普今发表国情咨文
mín diào dī mí chuān pǔ jīn fā biǎo guó qíng zī wén
Polls are sluggish Trump delivered a State of the Union address today
美国总统川普国情咨文 跃热门押注标的
měi guó zǒng tǒng chuān pǔ guó qíng zī wén yuè rè mén yā zhù biāo de
U.S. President Trump's State of the Union address jumped to the hot bet target
我想咨询点儿事情。
Wǒ xiǎng zīxún diǎnr shìqing.
I'd like some advice on something.
好的，您想咨询什么事情？
Hǎo de, nín xiǎng zīxún shénmeshì qíng?
OK, what would you like advice on?
Character Family
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