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紙

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Mandarin · pinyin zhǐ

paper (Classifier: 張 zhāng, 沓 dá)
classifier for documents, letters etc

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紙: zhǐ · paper
纸: zhǐ · paper

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3 · zhi3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

zi2

Cantonese word readings for 紙. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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(countable) paper (Classifier: 張／张; 頁／页)
(chiefly Cantonese) currency
(Cantonese, countable) banknote; bill (Classifier: 張／张 c)
(chiefly Cantonese) document; certificate
Classifier for document and letters.
(abbreviation, alt-of) short for 紙錢／纸钱 (zhǐqián, “paper made to resemble money and burnt as an offering to the dead”)
(Mandarin, neologism, slang) Pronunciation spelling of 子 (zǐ).
a surname

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