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Meaning of 茨

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茨
Pinyin: cí
English Definition: Caltrop or puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris); to thatch (a roof)
Chinese Definition:
①用茅或苇覆盖房子:茅茨(用茅草覆盖屋顶)。茨宇(茅屋)。茨檐。茨门。
②蒺藜:茨藿(“藿”,野菜;指以茨藿充饥,引申为粗劣的食物)。
③积土填满:“茨其所决而高之。”
Total strokes: 9; Radical: 艸
Pictophonetic:次 indicates the sound; 艹 (grass) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • ⿱ Above to below
    • 艹 [ cǎo ] grass, weed, plant, herb
    • 次 [ cì ] order, sequence; second, next; one after the other
Similar Characters: 苀
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Example Words
科茨沃尔德 kē cí wò ěr dé the Cotswolds (England)
阿尔茨海默 ā ěr cí hǎi mò Alois Alzheimer (1864-1915), German psychiatrist and neuropathologist
阿尔茨海默氏症 ā ěr cí hǎi mò shì zhèng Alzheimer's disease; senile dementia
菲茨杰拉德 fēi cí jié lā dé Fitzgerald (name)
萨尔茨堡 sà ěr cí bǎo Salzburg
More:茨* | *茨 | *茨*
Example Sentences
1
“
也就是说
,
”
教授循循善诱
,
“
是从一个地方到另一个地方的任何手段
、
媒介或方法
。
”
博伦虬茨威克兹的表情就象被引入陷阱一般
。
"That is" pursued the professor, "any medium, agency, or method of going form one place to another," Bolenciecwcz had the look of a man who is being led into a trap.
2
在某些图书馆或书店里某些图书的书脊上
,
你会看见
“
欧茨
”
,
但这里的
“
欧茨
”
不能作名词解
,
它是个描述性的词语
。
On the spines of books shelved in certain libraries and bookstores you will see OATES but this is a descriptive term, this is not a noun.