zì mǔ
ReadWriteQuiz

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  • 1

    n.alphabet; letter; letters of an alphabet

    • hái zi zài xué xí yīng yǔ zì mǔ

      孩子学习英语字母

      The child is learning the English alphabet.

    • jì suàn jī àn zì mǔ cì xù pái liè zhè xiē dān cí

      计算机字母次序排列这些单词

      The computer sorts the words into alphabetical order.

    • míng dān shang suǒ yǒu míng zi yǐ àn zì mǔ shùn xù pái liè hǎo

      名单所有名字字母顺序排列

      All the names on the list have been sorted into alphabetical order.

  • 2

    n.(in phonology) a character representing an initial consonant

    • fā yīn yǔ zì mǔ zhī jiān bìng méi yǒu yī duì yī de guān xi

      发音字母之间没有一对一关系

      There is no one-to-one correspondence between sounds and letters.

    • zhè shì zì mǔ biǎo li dài biǎo yuán yīn fā yīn de zì mǔ

      字母代表元音发音字母

      This is a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken vowel.

Word usage

  • "字母" is often matched with measure word "个"or"行".
    • 字母

      one letter

    • 字母

      one line of letters

Chinese words with pinyin zi mu