拆字

Chinese

		to tear open; to tear down; to tear apart to tear open; to tear down; to tear apart; to open	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word
trad. (拆字)		拆	字
simp. #(拆字)		拆	字

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): chāizì

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄞ ㄗˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ce² zi⁴

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caak³ zi⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thiah-lī / thiah-jī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chāizì
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄞ ㄗˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chaizìh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻai¹-tzŭ⁴
    • Yale: chāi-dz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chaitzyh
    • Palladius: чайцзы (čajczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ce² zi⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: cez
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛ²¹ t͡sz̩²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caak³ zi⁶
    • Yale: chaak jih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaak⁸ dzi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: cag³ ji⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːk̚³ t͡siː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiah-lī
    • Tâi-lô: thiah-lī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiahli
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ li²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ li³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiah-jī
    • Tâi-lô: thiah-jī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiahji
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ d͡zi²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ zi³³/

Verb

拆⫽字 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. to disassemble Chinese characters
2. to perform glyphomancy; to tell fortunes by disassembling Chinese characters

Synonyms

• (to perform glyphomancy):

Dialectal synonyms of 測字 (“to perform glyphomancy”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		測字, 拆字, 相字
Mandarin	Beijing	測字兒
	Taiwan	測字, 拆字
	Harbin	拆字
	Yantai (Muping)	拆字兒
	Jinan	拆字兒
	Luoyang	拆字兒
	Xi'an	測字 †
	Yinchuan	測字 †
	Lanzhou	測字 †
	Xining	測字
	Ürümqi	測字
	Wuhan	測字 †
	Chengdu	測字 †
	Guiyang	測字 †
	Liuzhou	測字
	Xuzhou	測字兒
	Yangzhou	測字 †
	Nanjing	測字
	Singapore	測字
Cantonese	Guangzhou	拆字
	Dongguan	測字
Gan	Nanchang	測字
	Lichuan	測字
	Pingxiang	測字
Hakka	Meixian	拆字
	Yudu	測字 †
Huizhou	Jixi	拆字
Jin	Taiyuan	測字 †
	Xinzhou	測字 †
Northern Min	Jian'ou	測字
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	測字
Southern Min	Xiamen	拆字
	Quanzhou	別字
	Zhangzhou	拆字
	Tainan	拆字
	Singapore (Hokkien)	測字
Puxian Min	Putian	測字
	Putian (Donghai)	測字
	Putian (Jiangkou)	測字
	Putian (Nanri)	測字
	Xianyou	測字
	Xianyou (Fengting)	測字
	Xianyou (Youyang)	測字
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	拆字
Wu	Shanghai	拆字
	Shanghai (Chongming)	拆字
	Suzhou	拆字
	Danyang	測字 †
	Hangzhou	測字 † (new-style)
	Ningbo	測字 †
	Wenzhou	拆字
	Jinhua	測字 †
Xiang	Changsha	測字 † (new-style)
	Loudi	測字 †
Note	† - 測字 and 拆字 are homophonous