[zì]
[名]
(文字) character; word
									
										Chinese character
										汉字
									
									
									
										daily words
										常用字
									
									
									
										meaning of a word
										字义
									
									(字音) pronunciation
									
										have clear articulation
										咬字清楚
									
									
									
										pronounce every word clearly and sing in tune
										字正腔圆
									
									(字体) form of a written or printed character; style of handwriting; printing type
									
										italics
										斜体字
									
									
									
										boldface; boldface type
										黑体字
									
									
									
										the running style of Chinese writing
										草字
									
									
									
										style of calligraphy of Liu Gongquan (柳公权, 778 -- 865 A. D.)
										柳字
									
									
									
										He writes a good hand.; He has good handwriting.
										他写得一手好字。
									
									(书法的作品) scripts; writings
									
										only collect scripts [writings], not paintings
										专藏字, 不藏画
									
									(字眼; 词) wording; diction
									
										pay excessive attention to wording
										咬文嚼字
									
									(字据) receipt; written pledge
									
										give a written pledge
										立字为凭
									
									
									
										write out and sign a receipt
										开收据并在上面签字
									
									(根据人名中的字义, 另取的别名) a style [name] taken at the age of twenty, by which a man is sometimes called
									
										Yue Fei styled himself Pengju.
										岳飞字鹏举。
									
									(姓氏) a surname
									
										Zi E
										字谔
									
									[动]
(旧时称女子许配) (of a girl) be betrothed (in ancient times)
									
										be engaged to marry
										字人
									
									
									
										not yet engaged; not be betrothed yet
										待字闺中