拆字

拆字

Chinese

		to tear open; to tear down; to tear apart to tear open; to tear down; to tear apart; to open	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word
simp. and trad. (拆字)		拆	字

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chāizì

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄞ ㄗˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caak³ zi⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): thiah-lī / thiah-jī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: chāizì
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄞ ㄗˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chaitzyh
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chaizìh
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: caak³ zi⁶
    • Yale: chaak jih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaak⁸ dzi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: cag³ ji⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰäːk̚³ t͡siː²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiah-lī
    • Tâi-lô: thiah-lī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiahli
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ li²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ li³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiah-jī
    • Tâi-lô: thiah-jī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiahji
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ ʑi³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ d͡ʑi²²/

Verb

拆字

1. to perform glyphomancy; to tell fortunes by disassembling Chinese characters

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 測字 (“to perform glyphomancy”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		測字, 拆字, 相字
Mandarin	Taiwan	測字, 拆字
Min Nan	Xiamen	拆字
	Quanzhou	別字
	Zhangzhou	拆字
	Tainan	拆字