"字母" meaning in Chinese

See 字母 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /t͡sz̩⁵¹ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sz̩⁵¹ muɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Erhua, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sz̩⁴⁴ mou²⁴/ [Mandarin, Dungan, Sinological-IPA], /t͡siː²² mou̯¹³/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /sɨ⁵⁵ mu²⁴/ [Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli, Neipu, Sinological-IPA], /t͡si²⁴²⁻⁵³ mo³³/ [Min-Dong, Fuzhou, Sinological-IPA], /li³³⁻¹¹ bu⁵³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen, IPA], /li⁴¹⁻²² bu⁵⁵⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen, IPA], /li²²⁻²¹ bu⁵³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen, IPA], /zi³³⁻²¹ bɤ⁴¹/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Taiwan, variant, Zhangzhou, IPA, Kaohsiung], /d͡zi²²⁻²¹ bo⁵³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Taiwan, variant, Zhangzhou, IPA], /zi³³⁻²¹ bu⁴¹/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Kaohsiung, IPA], /d͡zi¹¹ bo⁵²/ [Min-Nan, Teochew, Sinological-IPA], /zz̩²² mu⁴⁴/ [Wu, Northern, Shanghai, Sinological-IPA] Audio: Zh-zìmu.ogg [Mandarin, Standard], LL-Q9186-Luilui6666-字母.wav [Cantonese, Jyutping]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 字母
  1. letter (of an alphabet)
    Sense id: en-字母-zh-noun-Zjwsld4k
  2. alphabet Synonyms (alphabet): 字母表 (zìmǔbiǎo), 字母系統 (zìmǔ xìtǒng), 字母系统 (zìmǔ xìtǒng)
    Sense id: en-字母-zh-noun-TdTzg1UF Categories (other): Alphabets, Orthography Disambiguation of Alphabets: 15 68 8 9 Disambiguation of Orthography: 9 45 34 11 Disambiguation of 'alphabet': 15 85 0 0
  3. (Chinese phonetics) character representing an initial consonant Tags: Chinese
    Sense id: en-字母-zh-noun--18kJ-~- Categories (other): Chinese phonetics, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Intermediate Mandarin Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 10 10 52 27 Disambiguation of Intermediate Mandarin: 14 14 48 23 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences
  4. (typography) matrix Synonyms: 字模
    Sense id: en-字母-zh-noun-bgDNVizC Categories (other): Typography Topics: media, publishing, typography
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 四字母詞 (sìzìmǔcí), 四字母词 (sìzìmǔcí), 大寫字母 (dàxiě zìmǔ), 大写字母 (dàxiě zìmǔ), 字母圈 (zìmǔquān), 字母系統 (zìmǔ xìtǒng), 字母系统 (zìmǔ xìtǒng), 字母表 (zìmǔbiǎo), 字母詞, 字母词, 拉丁字母 (Lādīng Zìmǔ), 拼音字母 (pīnyīn zìmǔ), 斯拉夫字母, 腓尼基字母 (Féiníjī zìmǔ), 西里爾字母 (Xīlǐ'ěr zìmǔ), 首字母 (shǒuzìmǔ)
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      "roman": "sìzìmǔcí",
      "word": "四字母詞"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "sìzìmǔcí",
      "word": "四字母词"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "dàxiě zìmǔ",
      "word": "大寫字母"
    },
    {
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      "roman": "dàxiě zìmǔ",
      "word": "大写字母"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "zìmǔquān",
      "word": "字母圈"
    },
    {
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      "roman": "zìmǔ xìtǒng",
      "word": "字母系統"
    },
    {
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      "roman": "zìmǔ xìtǒng",
      "word": "字母系统"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "zìmǔbiǎo",
      "word": "字母表"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "字母詞"
    },
    {
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      "word": "字母词"
    },
    {
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      "roman": "Lādīng Zìmǔ",
      "word": "拉丁字母"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "pīnyīn zìmǔ",
      "word": "拼音字母"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "斯拉夫字母"
    },
    {
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      "roman": "Féiníjī zìmǔ",
      "word": "腓尼基字母"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Xīlǐ'ěr zìmǔ",
      "word": "西里爾字母"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "shǒuzìmǔ",
      "word": "首字母"
    }
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "roman": "Yīngwén yǒu 26 ge zìmǔ.",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "text": "英文有26個字母。",
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          "english": "There are 26 letters in the English alphabet.",
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          "tags": [
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          "text": "英文有26个字母。",
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          "_dis": "15 68 8 9",
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        {
          "_dis": "9 45 34 11",
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          "english": "Latin alphabet",
          "roman": "lādīngzìmǔ",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "text": "拉丁字母",
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          "english": "alphabetical data",
          "roman": "zìmǔ shùjù",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "text": "字母數據",
          "type": "example"
        },
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          "roman": "zìmǔ shùjù",
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          "text": "字母数据",
          "type": "example"
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          "_dis1": "15 85 0 0",
          "roman": "zìmǔbiǎo",
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          "word": "字母表"
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          "roman": "zìmǔ xìtǒng",
          "sense": "alphabet",
          "word": "字母系統"
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          "roman": "zìmǔ xìtǒng",
          "sense": "alphabet",
          "word": "字母系统"
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          "langcode": "zh",
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            ]
          ],
          "english": "Thirty-six Initials (of rime tables)",
          "roman": "sānshíliù zìmǔ",
          "tags": [
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "三十六字母",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "character representing an initial consonant"
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      "links": [
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        [
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        [
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          "character"
        ],
        [
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        "(Chinese phonetics) character representing an initial consonant"
      ],
      "tags": [
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      "topics": [
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        "linguistics",
        "phonetics",
        "phonology",
        "sciences"
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    },
    {
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          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Typography",
          "orig": "zh:Typography",
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      ],
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          "typography"
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        [
          "matrix",
          "matrix"
        ]
      ],
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        "(typography) matrix"
      ],
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          "word": "字模"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "media",
        "publishing",
        "typography"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zìmǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄗˋ ㄇㄨˇ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Zh-zìmu.ogg",
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      "tags": [
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        "Standard"
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Dungan",
        "Cyrillic",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "зыму (zɨmu, III-I)"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zi⁶ mou⁵"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q9186-Luilui6666-字母.wav",
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        "Jyutping"
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sṳ-mû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Dong",
        "Foochow-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cê-mō̤"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lī-bú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jī-bó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jī-bú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ri⁷ bho²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "⁶zy-mu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zìmǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄗˋ ㄇㄨˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zìhmǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tzŭ⁴-mu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dz̀-mǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tzyhmuu"
    },
    {
      "roman": "czymu",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цзыму"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sz̩⁵¹ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zìmǔr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄗˋ ㄇㄨˇㄦ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zìhmǔr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tzŭ⁴-mu³-ʼrh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dz̀-mǔr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tzyhmuul"
    },
    {
      "roman": "czymur",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цзымур"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sz̩⁵¹ muɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Dungan",
        "Cyrillic",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "зыму (zɨmu, III-I)"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sz̩⁴⁴ mou²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Dungan",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zi⁶ mou⁵"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jih móuh"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzi⁶ mou⁵"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ji⁶ mou⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siː²² mou̯¹³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sṳ-mû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sii^(muˊ)"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "si⁴ mu¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɨ⁵⁵ mu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Dong",
        "Fuzhou",
        "Foochow-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cê-mō̤"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡si²⁴²⁻⁵³ mo³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Dong",
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lī-bú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lī-bú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lixbuo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li³³⁻¹¹ bu⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li⁴¹⁻²² bu⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li²²⁻²¹ bu⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jī-bó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jī-bó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jixboir"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/zi³³⁻²¹ bɤ⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡zi²²⁻²¹ bo⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jī-bú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jī-bú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jixbuo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/zi³³⁻²¹ bu⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ri⁷ bho²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jī bó"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡zi¹¹ bo⁵²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "⁶zy-mu"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zy^去 mu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "³zr-mu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/zz̩²² mu⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "字母"
}
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    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 字",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 母",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Eastern Min lemmas",
    "Eastern Min nouns",
    "Intermediate Mandarin",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "zh:Alphabets",
    "zh:Orthography"
  ],
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    {
      "roman": "sìzìmǔcí",
      "word": "四字母詞"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sìzìmǔcí",
      "word": "四字母词"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dàxiě zìmǔ",
      "word": "大寫字母"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dàxiě zìmǔ",
      "word": "大写字母"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zìmǔquān",
      "word": "字母圈"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zìmǔ xìtǒng",
      "word": "字母系統"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zìmǔ xìtǒng",
      "word": "字母系统"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zìmǔbiǎo",
      "word": "字母表"
    },
    {
      "word": "字母詞"
    },
    {
      "word": "字母词"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Lādīng Zìmǔ",
      "word": "拉丁字母"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pīnyīn zìmǔ",
      "word": "拼音字母"
    },
    {
      "word": "斯拉夫字母"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Féiníjī zìmǔ",
      "word": "腓尼基字母"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Xīlǐ'ěr zìmǔ",
      "word": "西里爾字母"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shǒuzìmǔ",
      "word": "首字母"
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "zh",
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              8
            ]
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              13,
              20
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              22
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            [
              6,
              8
            ]
          ],
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          "roman": "Yīngwén yǒu 26 ge zìmǔ.",
          "tags": [
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "英文有26个字母。",
          "type": "example"
        }
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              10
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              2,
              4
            ]
          ],
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          "roman": "lādīngzìmǔ",
          "tags": [
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
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          "type": "example"
        },
        {
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              0,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              2
            ]
          ],
          "english": "alphabetical data",
          "roman": "zìmǔ shùjù",
          "tags": [
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
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          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
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              0,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              2
            ]
          ],
          "english": "alphabetical data",
          "roman": "zìmǔ shùjù",
          "tags": [
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "字母数据",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "alphabet"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "alphabet",
          "alphabet"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples",
        "zh:Chinese phonetics"
      ],
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            [
              10,
              14
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              5
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Thirty-six Initials (of rime tables)",
          "roman": "sānshíliù zìmǔ",
          "tags": [
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "三十六字母",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "character representing an initial consonant"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Chinese",
          "Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "phonetics",
          "phonetics"
        ],
        [
          "character",
          "character"
        ],
        [
          "initial",
          "initial"
        ],
        [
          "consonant",
          "consonant"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Chinese phonetics) character representing an initial consonant"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Chinese"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "phonetics",
        "phonology",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "zh:Typography"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "matrix"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "typography",
          "typography"
        ],
        [
          "matrix",
          "matrix"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(typography) matrix"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "字模"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "media",
        "publishing",
        "typography"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zìmǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄗˋ ㄇㄨˇ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Zh-zìmu.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/76/Zh-zìmu.ogg/Zh-zìmu.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zh-zìmu.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Dungan",
        "Cyrillic",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "зыму (zɨmu, III-I)"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zi⁶ mou⁵"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q9186-Luilui6666-字母.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/48/LL-Q9186-Luilui6666-字母.wav/LL-Q9186-Luilui6666-字母.wav.mp3",
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      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "wav_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LL-Q9186-Luilui6666-字母.wav"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sṳ-mû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Dong",
        "Foochow-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cê-mō̤"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lī-bú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jī-bó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jī-bú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ri⁷ bho²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "⁶zy-mu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zìmǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄗˋ ㄇㄨˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zìhmǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tzŭ⁴-mu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dz̀-mǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tzyhmuu"
    },
    {
      "roman": "czymu",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цзыму"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sz̩⁵¹ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zìmǔr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄗˋ ㄇㄨˇㄦ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zìhmǔr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tzŭ⁴-mu³-ʼrh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dz̀-mǔr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tzyhmuul"
    },
    {
      "roman": "czymur",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цзымур"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sz̩⁵¹ muɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Dungan",
        "Cyrillic",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "зыму (zɨmu, III-I)"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sz̩⁴⁴ mou²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Dungan",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zi⁶ mou⁵"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jih móuh"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzi⁶ mou⁵"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ji⁶ mou⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siː²² mou̯¹³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sṳ-mû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sii^(muˊ)"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "si⁴ mu¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɨ⁵⁵ mu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Dong",
        "Fuzhou",
        "Foochow-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cê-mō̤"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡si²⁴²⁻⁵³ mo³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Dong",
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lī-bú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lī-bú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lixbuo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li³³⁻¹¹ bu⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li⁴¹⁻²² bu⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li²²⁻²¹ bu⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jī-bó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jī-bó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jixboir"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/zi³³⁻²¹ bɤ⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡zi²²⁻²¹ bo⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwan",
        "variant",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jī-bú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jī-bú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jixbuo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/zi³³⁻²¹ bu⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ri⁷ bho²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jī bó"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡zi¹¹ bo⁵²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "⁶zy-mu"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zy^去 mu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "³zr-mu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/zz̩²² mu⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "zìmǔbiǎo",
      "sense": "alphabet",
      "word": "字母表"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zìmǔ xìtǒng",
      "sense": "alphabet",
      "word": "字母系統"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zìmǔ xìtǒng",
      "sense": "alphabet",
      "word": "字母系统"
    }
  ],
  "word": "字母"
}

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