檢字

Chinese

		to check; to examine; to inspect	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word
trad. (檢字)		檢	字
simp. (检字)		检	字

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiǎnzì

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄗˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gim² zi⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎnzì
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄗˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎnzìh
  - Wade–Giles: chien³-tzŭ⁴
  - Yale: jyǎn-dz̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeantzyh
  - Palladius: цзяньцзы (czjanʹczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gim² zi⁶
  - Yale: gím jih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gim² dzi⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: gim² ji⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːm³⁵ t͡siː²²/

Verb

檢字

to look up a word (in a dictionary)
to pick up a type (in a manual type setting for print)

Noun

檢字

character index (in a Chinese character dictionary); word index (in a non-Chinese-language dictionary)

Derived terms

檢字法 / 检字法
檢字表 / 检字表