Usage of the character 紙
zhǐ
纸
[紙]
- paper (CL:張／张 (zhāng),沓 (dá))
- classifier for documents, letters etc
miànzhǐ
面纸
[面紙]
- facial tissue; kleenex
fǎngzhǐ
仿纸
[仿紙]
- copying paper (with printed model characters and blank squares for writing practice)
tiēzhǐ
贴纸
[貼紙]
- sticker
jiǎnzhǐ
剪纸
[剪紙]
- papercutting (Chinese folk art)
- to make paper cutouts
zhǐméi
纸媒
[紙媒]
- print media
- (old) paper taper used to light a cigarette etc
chǔzhǐ
楮纸
[楮紙]
- kozogami
zhǐzhāng
纸张
[紙張]
- paper
zhézhǐ
折纸
[摺紙]
- to fold paper (to make origami articles); origami
zàozhǐ
造纸
[造紙]
- papermaking
zhǐcǎo
纸草
[紙草]
- papyrus
xìnzhǐ
信纸
[信紙]
- letter paper
- writing paper
bǎzhǐ
靶纸
[靶紙]
- target sheet
zhǐhè
纸鹤
[紙鶴]
- paper crane
zhǐjīn
纸巾
[紙巾]
- paper towel
- napkin
- facial tissue
- CL:張／张 (zhāng),包 (bāo)
zhǐshū
纸书
[紙書]
- print book; printed book
zhǐdài
纸袋
[紙袋]
- paper bag
shǒuzhǐ
手纸
[手紙]
- toilet paper
bàozhǐ
报纸
[報紙]
- newspaper
- newsprint
- CL:份 (fèn),期 (qī),張／张 (zhāng)
xuānzhǐ
宣纸
[宣紙]
- fine writing paper, originally from Jing county 涇縣／泾县, Xuancheng 宣城, Anhui
báozhǐ
薄纸
[薄紙]
- thin paper (tissue paper, onionskin etc)
qiángzhǐ
墙纸
[牆紙]
- wallpaper
zhǐpái
纸牌
[紙牌]
- playing card
mòzhǐ
墨纸
[墨紙]
- blotting paper
lüzhǐ
滤纸
[濾紙]
- filter paper
zhǐbó
纸箔
[紙箔]
- joss paper
zhǐyào
纸鹞
[紙鷂]
- kite
juǎnzhǐ
卷纸
[卷紙]
- toilet roll
bǎnzhǐ
板纸
[板紙]
- paperboard
- board
yìngzhǐ
硬纸
[硬紙]
- cardboard; stiff paper
làzhǐ
蜡纸
[蠟紙]
- wax paper
- stencil paper
fèizhǐ
废纸
[廢紙]
- waste paper
zhǐhūn
纸婚
[紙婚]
- paper wedding (first wedding anniversary)
zhǐtiáo
纸条
[紙條]
- slip of paper
míngzhǐ
冥纸
[冥紙]
- joss paper made to resemble paper money
mèizhǐ
妹纸
[妹紙]
- (Internet slang) (pun on 妹子 (mèizi))
zhǐyú
纸鱼
[紙魚]
- silverfish (Lepisma saccarina)
- fish moth
zhǐjiā
纸夹
[紙夾]
- paper clip
zhǐbēi
纸杯
[紙杯]
- paper cup
zhǐzhì
纸质
[紙質]
- paper
- hard copy
- printed (as opposed to electronically displayed)
diézhǐ
叠纸
[疊紙]
- to fold paper
- origami
zhǐbì
纸币
[紙幣]
- bank notes
- paper currency
- CL:張／张 (zhāng)
zhènzhǐ
镇纸
[鎮紙]
- paperweight
jiàngzhǐ
浆纸
[漿紙]
- paper pulp
gǎozhǐ
稿纸
[稿紙]
- draft paper
shāozhǐ
烧纸
[燒紙]
- to burn paper offerings (as part of religious ceremony)
túzhǐ
图纸
[圖紙]
- blueprint
- drawing
- design plans
- graph paper
zhǐbǎn
纸板
[紙板]
- cardboard
zhǐhuā
纸花
[紙花]
- paper flower
kǎzhǐ
卡纸
[卡紙]
- cardboard
- card stock
zhǐpiàn
纸片
[紙片]
- a piece, scrap or fragment of paper
chōuzhǐ
抽纸
[抽紙]
- paper tissue (in a box)
zhǐyàng
纸样
[紙樣]
- paper pattern as model in dressmaking
- paper patten
zhǐpén
纸盆
[紙盆]
- paper cone used as hailer
yóuzhǐ
油纸
[油紙]
- oilpaper
cèzhǐ
厕纸
[廁紙]
- toilet paper
cǎozhǐ
草纸
[草紙]
- rough straw paper
- toilet paper
- brown paper
xīzhǐ
锡纸
[錫紙]
- tinfoil
xiàngzhǐ
相纸
[相紙]
- photographic paper
zhǐqián
纸钱
[紙錢]
- ritual money made of paper burnt for the Gods or the dead
zhǐyān
纸烟
[紙煙]
- cigarette
zhǐmǎ
纸马
[紙馬]
- paper dolls for ritual use in the shape of people or animals
zhǐxíng
纸型
[紙型]
- paper matrix in which type is set
zhǐdìng
纸锭
[紙錠]
- paper ingots (burned as offerings to the dead)
cánzhǐ
蚕纸
[蠶紙]
- paper on which silkworm lays its eggs
shāzhǐ
砂纸
[砂紙]
- sandpaper (i.e. abrasive)
zhǐduī
纸堆
[紙堆]
- papers
- stack of paper
zhǐpǐn
纸品
[紙品]
- paper products
- stationery
zhǐrén
纸人
[紙人]
- human figure made of paper or papier-mâché
zhǐdài
纸带
[紙帶]
- paper tape
- ticker tape
- paper streamer
zhǐxiāng
纸箱
[紙箱]
- carton
- cardboard box
zhǐhuī
纸灰
[紙灰]
- ash from burnt paper
zhǐchāo
纸钞
[紙鈔]
- banknote
zhǐyuān
纸鸢
[紙鳶]
- kite
zhǐjiāng
纸浆
[紙漿]
- paper pulp
bìzhǐ
壁纸
[壁紙]
- wallpaper
báibàozhǐ
白报纸
[白報紙]
- newsprint
cáizhǐjī
裁纸机
[裁紙機]
- trimmer
- paper cutter
báimiánzhǐ
白棉纸
[白棉紙]
- stencil tissue paper
biàntiáozhǐ
便条纸
[便條紙]
- scrap paper
cānjīnzhǐ
餐巾纸
[餐巾紙]
- paper napkin
- serviette
húqiángzhǐ
糊墙纸
[糊牆紙]
- wallpaper
cādìngzhǐ
擦腚纸
[擦腚紙]
- toilet paper
bǎoxiānzhǐ
保鲜纸
[保鮮紙]
- plastic wrap
- cling wrap
- cling film
fùyìnzhǐ
复印纸
[複印紙]
- photocopier paper
fùxiězhǐ
复写纸
[複寫紙]
- carbon paper
zhǐmǎr
纸马儿
[紙馬兒]
- erhua variant of 紙馬／纸马 (zhǐmǎ)
zhǐhuǒchái
纸火柴
[紙火柴]
- matches made of cardboard
diànzhǐshū
电纸书
[電紙書]
- electronic book reader
yángpízhǐ
羊皮纸
[羊皮紙]
- parchment
zàozhǐshù
造纸术
[造紙術]
- papermaking process
lübózhǐ
铝箔纸
[鋁箔紙]
- aluminum foil
wǎléngzhǐ
瓦楞纸
[瓦楞紙]
- corrugated fiberboard; corrugated cardboard
bāozhuāngzhǐ
包装纸
[包裝紙]
- wrapping paper
zàizhìzhǐ
再制纸
[再製紙]
- recycled paper
wúzhǐhuà
无纸化
[無紙化]
- paperless
niúpízhǐ
牛皮纸
[牛皮紙]
- kraft paper
zhǐniàopiàn
纸尿片
[紙尿片]
- disposable diaper
nuòmǐzhǐ
糯米纸
[糯米紙]
- rice paper
- membrane of glutinous rice, used to wrap sweets etc
zìzhǐlǒu
字纸篓
[字紙簍]
- wastepaper basket
suìzhǐjī
碎纸机
[碎紙機]
- paper shredder
zhǐniàobù
纸尿布
[紙尿布]
- disposable diaper
zhǐméir
纸煤儿
[紙煤兒]
- paper taper used to light cigarette etc
zhǐniàokù
纸尿裤
[紙尿褲]
- disposable diaper
zhāopáizhǐ
招牌纸
[招牌紙]
- label
- sticker
zhǐlǎohǔ
纸老虎
[紙老虎]
- paper tiger
huánhúnzhǐ
还魂纸
[還魂紙]
- recycled paper
wèishēngzhǐ
卫生纸
[衛生紙]
- toilet paper
- bathroom tissue
máobiānzhǐ
毛边纸
[毛邊紙]
- fine paper made from bamboo, used for calligraphy, painting etc
- also written 毛邊／毛边 (máobiān)
cánjiǎnzhǐ
蚕茧纸
[蠶繭紙]
- paper made from silkworm cocoons
bōlizhǐ
玻璃纸
[玻璃紙]
- cellophane
pāizhǐbù
拍纸簿
[拍紙簿]
- writing pad
zhǐyèzi
纸叶子
[紙葉子]
- deck of playing cards
xībózhǐ
锡箔纸
[錫箔紙]
- aluminum foil
- CL:張／张 (zhāng)
zhǐhuǒguō
纸火锅
[紙火鍋]
- paper hot pot (hot pot using a single-use pot made of Japanese washi paper with a special coating to prevent burning and leaking, used for cooking at the dining table)
fàngdàzhǐ
放大纸
[放大紙]
- enlarging paper (photography)
- bromide paper
zhǐhuángjīn
纸黄金
[紙黃金]
- gold contract
- special drawing right (SDR)
- paper gold (finance)
fānggézhǐ
方格纸
[方格紙]
- squared paper
- graph paper
- grid paper (manuscript paper with squares for Chinese characters)
gùzhǐduī
故纸堆
[故紙堆]
- a pile of old books
mǎfènzhǐ
马粪纸
[馬糞紙]
- strawboard
zìzhǐlǒuzi
字纸篓子
[字紙簍子]
- see 字紙簍／字纸篓 (zìzhǐlǒu)
jiǎnfǎzhǐjiāng
碱法纸浆
[鹼法紙漿]
- alkali pulp
jìngxīzìzhǐ
敬惜字纸
[敬惜字紙]
- to treasure written material as a cultural resource (idiom)
báizhǐhēizì
白纸黑字
[白紙黑字]
- (written) in black and white
yīzhǐkōngwén
一纸空文
[一紙空文]
- a worthless piece of paper (idiom)
zhǐbāoyǐnpǐn
纸包饮品
[紙包飲品]
- juice box
- drink in a carton
- Tetra Pak drink
jīnmízhǐzuì
金迷纸醉
[金迷紙醉]
- lit. dazzling with paper and gold (idiom); fig. indulging in a life of luxury
fǎngyángpízhǐ
仿羊皮纸
[仿羊皮紙]
- imitation parchment
zhǐrénzhǐmǎ
纸人纸马
[紙人紙馬]
- paper dolls for ritual use in the shape of people or animals
zhǐshàngtánbīng
纸上谈兵
[紙上談兵]
- lit. military tactics on paper (idiom)
- fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice
- armchair strategist
- idle theorizing
- cf Zhao Kuo 趙括／赵括 ( Zhào Kuò) leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰／长平之战 ( Chángpíngzhī Zhàn) in 260 BC
bàozhǐbàodǎo
报纸报导
[報紙報導]
- newspaper report
yuèránzhǐshàng
跃然纸上
[躍然紙上]
- to appear vividly on paper (idiom); to show forth vividly (in writing, painting etc)
- to stand out markedly
Luòyángzhǐguì
洛阳纸贵
[洛陽紙貴]
- lit. paper has become expensive in Luoyang (because everyone is making a copy of a popular story) (idiom)
- fig. (of a product) to sell like hotcakes
zuāngùzhǐduī
钻故纸堆
[鑽故紙堆]
- to dig into piles of outdated writings (idiom); to study old books and papers
shíruǐshìzhǐ
石蕊试纸
[石蕊試紙]
- litmus paper (chemistry)
zhǐzuìjīnmí
纸醉金迷
[紙醉金迷]
- lit. dazzling with paper and gold (idiom); fig. indulging in a life of luxury
zhǐduǎnqíngcháng
纸短情长
[紙短情長]
- (idiom) a piece of paper is too short to convey my feelings
fúdiāoqiángzhǐ
浮雕墙纸
[浮雕牆紙]
- anaglypta (sculptured wallpaper)
wèishēngyòngzhǐ
卫生用纸
[衛生用紙]
- toilet paper
zhǐbāobùzhùhuǒ
纸包不住火
[紙包不住火]
- lit. paper can't wrap fire; fig. the truth will out
wúzhǐhuàbàngōng
无纸化办公
[無紙化辦公]
- paperless office