Chinese Word: 徵 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

徵

Pinyin: zhǐ

English Definition: 4th note in pentatonic scale 五音

Chinese Definition:
①古代五音之一，相当于简谱“5”。

Total strokes: 15; Radical: 彳

Pictophonetic:正 indicates the sound; 彳 (step) conveys the meaning.

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Similar Characters: 幑

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含商咀徵	hán shāng jǔ zhǐ	permeated with beautiful music (idiom)
含宫咀徵	hán gōng jǔ zhǐ	permeated with beautiful music (idiom)
变徵之声	biàn zhǐ zhī shēng	modified fifth note of the pentatonic scale
宫商角徵羽	gōng shāng jué zhǐ yǔ	pre-Tang names of the five notes of the pentatonic scale, corresponding roughly to do, re, mi, sol, la

1		zài 在 wǒ 我 de 的 shēng huó 生活 zhōng 中 nǚ ér 女儿 bìng bù 并不 shì 是 wéi yī 唯一 xiàng 向 wǒ 我 zhǐ 徵 xún 询 yì jiàn 意见 de 的 rén 人。 My daughter is not the only person in my life that asks for advice.
2		cuò wù 错误 hé 和 bù kě kào xìng 不可靠性 shàng shēng 上升， jiē zhǒng ér lái 接踵而来 de 的 shì 是 yí xì liè 一系列 tuān liú 湍流 de 的 zhǐ 徵 zhuàng 状， cóng xiǎo 从小 chén 尘 bào 暴 hé 和 bào fēng 暴风 fā zhǎn 发展 dào 到 zhǐ yǒu 只有 wèi xīng 卫星 shàng 上 kě yǐ 可以 kàn dào 看到 de 的 xí juǎn 席卷 zhěng kuài 整块 dà lù 大陆 de 的 xuán wō 旋涡。 Errors and uncertainties multiply, cascading upward through a chain of turbulent features, from dust devils and squalls up to continent-size eddies that only satellites can see.