字墨

Chinese

		letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word	China ink; ink stick; (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (字墨)		字	墨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): zìmò

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄇㄛˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zi⁴ me²

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zi⁶ mak⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): du⁵ mak⁵

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): si⁴ mêd⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zìmò
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄇㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zìhmò
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-mo⁴
    • Yale: dz̀-mwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhmoh
    • Palladius: цзымо (czymo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu̯ɔ⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: zi⁴ me²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zme
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹³ mɛ²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ mak⁶
    • Yale: jih mahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ mak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ meg⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² mɐk̚²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: du⁵ mak⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu³² ᵐbak̚³²/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: si⁴ mêd⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /sz̩⁵³ mɛt̚⁵/

Noun

字墨

1. (uncountable, figuratively, dialectal) education; literacy

   Synonym: 文化 (wénhuà)

   • 在犁兒園老一輩莊稼人中，松林老漢是唯一懂得字墨的人。 [MSC, trad.]
     在犁儿园老一辈庄稼人中，松林老汉是唯一懂得字墨的人。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1974, 克非, 《春潮急》

     Zài Lí'éryuán lǎoyībèi zhuāngjiàrén zhōng, Sōnglín lǎohàn shì wéiyī dǒngdé zìmò de rén. [Pinyin]

     Among the older farmers in Li'er Garden, Old Songlin was the only one who could read.