字母
zì mǔ
Pinyin

Definition

字母
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zì mǔ
  1. letter (of the alphabet)
  2. CL:個|个[gè]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

名字
míng zi
  1. 1 name (of a person or thing)
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
字
zì
  1. 1 letter
  2. 2 symbol
  3. 3 character
  4. 4 word
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
  6. 6 courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
数字
shù zì
  1. 1 numeral
  2. 2 digit
  3. 3 number
  4. 4 figure
  5. 5 amount
  6. 6 digital (electronics etc)
  7. 7 CL:個|个[gè]
文字
wén zì
  1. 1 character
  2. 2 script
  3. 3 writing
  4. 4 written language
  5. 5 writing style
  6. 6 phraseology
  7. 7 CL:個|个[gè]
母亲
mǔ qīn
  1. 1 mother
  2. 2 also pr. [mǔ qin]
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
父母
fù mǔ
  1. 1 father and mother
  2. 2 parents
丈母
zhàng mǔ
  1. 1 wife's mother
  2. 2 mother-in-law
丈母娘
zhàng mǔ niáng
  1. 1 wife's mother
  2. 2 mother-in-law
  3. 3 same as 丈母
伯母
bó mǔ
  1. 1 wife of father's elder brother
  2. 2 aunt
  3. 3 (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother)
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
十字
shí zì
  1. 1 cross road
  2. 2 cross-shaped
  3. 3 crucifix
  4. 4 the character ten
十字架
shí zì jià
  1. 1 cross
  2. 2 crucifix
  3. 3 yoke one has to endure
十字绣
shí zì xiù
  1. 1 cross-stitch
十字路口
shí zì lù kǒu
  1. 1 crossroads
  2. 2 intersection
字典
zì diǎn
  1. 1 Chinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 詞典|词典[cí diǎn], which has entries for words of one or more characters)
  2. 2 CL:本[běn]
字幕
zì mù
  1. 1 caption
  2. 2 subtitle
字数
zì shù
  1. 1 number of written characters
  2. 2 number of words
  3. 3 word count
字样
zì yàng
  1. 1 model or template character
  2. 2 written slogan or phrase
  3. 3 mention (e.g. "air mail" 航空 on a letter, "first draft" 初稿 on a document etc)
字母
zì mǔ
  1. 1 letter (of the alphabet)
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
字眼
zì yǎn
  1. 1 wording
字号
zì hào
  1. 1 characters and numbers (as used in a code)
  2. 2 alphanumeric code
  3. 3 serial number

Idioms (15)

一字一泪
yī zì yī lèi
  1. 1 each word is a teardrop (idiom)
一字不���
yī zì bù tí
  1. 1 to not mention a single word (about sth) (idiom)
一字千金
yī zì qiān jīn
  1. 1 one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom)
  2. 2 (in praise of a piece of writing or calligraphy) each character is perfect
  3. 3 each word is highly valued
一字褒贬
yī zì bāo biǎn
  1. 1 dispensing praise or blame with a single word (idiom)
  2. 2 concise and powerful style
八字没一撇
bā zì méi yī piě
  1. 1 lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. things have not even begun to take shape
  3. 3 no sign of success yet
八字还没一撇
bā zì hái méi yī piě
  1. 1 lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. things have not even begun to take shape
  3. 3 no sign of success yet
八字还没一撇儿
bā zì hái méi yī piě r5
  1. 1 lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. things have not even begun to take shape
  3. 3 no sign of success yet
再生父母
zài shēng fù mǔ
  1. 1 like a second parent (idiom); one's great benefactor
咬文嚼字
yǎo wén jiáo zì
  1. 1 to bite words and chew characters (idiom); punctilious about minutiae of wording
在家靠父母，出外靠朋友
zài jiā kào fù mǔ , chū wài kào péng you
  1. 1 one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
在家靠父母，出门靠朋友
zài jiā kào fù mǔ , chū mén kào péng you
  1. 1 one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
字字珠玉
zì zì zhū yù
  1. 1 every word a gem (idiom); magnificent writing
字里行间
zì lǐ háng jiān
  1. 1 between the words and the lines (idiom); implied meaning
  2. 2 connotations
载酒问字
zài jiǔ wèn zì
  1. 1 a scholarly and inquisitive individual (idiom)
只字不提
zhī zì bù tí
  1. 1 not to mention (idiom); to say not one word
  2. 2 fig. to omit mention (of a non-person or embarrassing topic)
  3. 3 to censor

Sample Sentences

哈哈，常用词语甚至句子的输入是可以用首字母缩写的，比如说，“什么”，你就输入两个字的首字母“SM”，“生日快乐”就输入“SRKL”，快多了吧！
hāhā ，chángyòng cíyǔ shènzhì jùzi de shūrù shì kěyǐ yòng shǒu zìmǔ suōxiě de ，bǐrú shuō ，“shénme ”，nǐ jiù shūrù liǎng gè zì de shǒu zìmǔ “SM ”，“shēngrì kuàilè ”jiù shūrù “SRKL ”，kuài duō le ba ！
Haha, if you regularly use a word, or even a phrase, you can just use the first letter of each character as shorthand, like, for example, if you want to type "什么" or "what", you can just type in the first letter of each character "SM", for "生日快乐" or "Happy Birthday" you just have to type "SRKL". It's so much faster!
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字母
zìmǔ
letter (in an alphabet)
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不知道，像字母A。
bù zhīdào ，xiàng zìmǔ A 。
I don't know. It looks like the letter A.
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最近还有一个热点，就是韩国电视台SBS。这三个字母是汉城广播系统的英语缩写，但中国人联想到的却是京骂。
zuìjìn hái yǒu yī ge rèdiǎn ，jiùshì Hánguó diànshìtái SBS 。zhè sān ge zìmǔ shì hànchéng guǎngbō xìtǒng de yīngyǔsuōxiě ，dàn zhōngguórén liánxiǎng dào de què shì jīngmà 。
Lately there's another hot topic-- the Korean National TV station SBS. These three letters stand for the English abbreviation Seoul Broadcasting System. But they make Chinese people think of a filthy word.
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哟，这里还有英文字母呢！“MM”,“GG”是什么？还有“PMP”。
yō ，zhèlǐ hái yǒu Yīngwén zìmǔ ne ！“MM”,“GG”shì shénme ？hái yǒu “PMP”。
Oh, and here there are even English letters! What are ``MM" and ``GG?" And this ``PMP?"
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