Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

herewith

Chinese: 此、现在,文言或书面用法。

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “zi” becomes a different word in each tone. 兹 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 兹因zī yīn(formal) whereas; since
  • 毕兹bì zīQNB (quinuclidinyl benzilate)
  • 赫兹hè zīhertz (Hz), unit of frequency
  • 华尔兹huá ěr zī(loanword) waltz (dance)
  • 基布兹jī bù zīkibbutz

Example Sentence

兹定于明天上午九点召开班会。Zī dìng yú míng tiān shàng wǔ jiǔ diǎn zhào kāi bān huì.It is hereby decided to hold a class meeting at nine tomorrow morning.

(literary) this定于dìng yúset at明天míng tiāntomorrow上午shàng wǔmorningjiǔninediǎnto touch briefly召开zhào kāito convene (a conference o班会bān huìclass meeting (in schools)