斜體字

简 斜体字 · 繁 斜體字
Mandarin · pinyin xié tǐ zì

Meanings

  1. italics
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斜
xié · slanting, sloping, inclined
體
tǐ · body; group, class, body, unit
字
zì · letter, character, word
体
tǐ · body; group, class, body, unit; inferior
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Mandarin tones

2–3–4 · xie2 ti3 zi4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ce4 tai2 zi6

Cantonese word readings for 斜體字. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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