Pronunciation

Characters pronounced ci.

10 name characters share this pronunciation across tones. Pinyin alone does not identify a character; choose the Hanzi you want.

All 10 characters are listed below. Each links to its own page with meaning, structure, and names that use it.

伺 cì Calm · Virtuous serve, wait upon, attend; examine 次 cì Modern order, sequence; next 赐 cì Generous · Classic · Virtuous give, bestow favors; appoint 慈 cí Warm · Virtuous · Calm kind, charitable, benevolent 瓷 cí Precious · Elegant · Modern crockery, porcelain, chinaware 祠 cí Classic · Loyal · Scholarly ancestral temple; offer sacrifice 词 cí Scholarly · Artistic · Elegant words; phrase, expression 辞 cí Elegant · Scholarly · Calm · Classic words, speech, expression, phrase 雌 cí Natural · Cute · Calm female; feminine; gentle, soft 此 cǐ Calm this, these; in this case, then

Why several characters share one pinyin

Mandarin has many homophones. Tone narrows the sound, but different characters can still share the same syllable and tone. The Hanzi is the identity; the pinyin is only the sound.

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