檢字

Chinese

		to check; to examine; to inspect	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word
trad. (檢字)		檢	字
simp. (检字)		检	字

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎnzì

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄗˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gim² zi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎnzì
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄗˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎnzìh
    • Wade–Giles: chien³-tzŭ⁴
    • Yale: jyǎn-dz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeantzyh
    • Palladius: цзяньцзы (czjanʹczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gim² zi⁶
    • Yale: gím jih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gim² dzi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gim² ji⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːm³⁵ t͡siː²²/

Verb

檢字

1. to look up a word (in a dictionary)
2. to pick up a type (in a manual type setting for print)

Noun

檢字

1. character index (in a Chinese character dictionary); word index (in a non-Chinese-language dictionary)

Derived terms

• 檢字法／检字法
• 檢字表／检字表