之字形

Chinese

		's; him/her/it; this	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word	to appear; to look; form to appear; to look; form; shape
simp. and trad. (之字形)		之	字	形
Literally: “之 (zhī) shape”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhīzìxíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓ ㄗˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ zi⁶ jing⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhīzìxíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓ ㄗˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhihzìhsíng
    • Wade–Giles: chih¹-tzŭ⁴-hsing²
    • Yale: jr̄-dz̀-syíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jytzyhshyng
    • Palladius: чжицзысин (čžiczysin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ ɕiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi¹ zi⁶ jing⁴
    • Yale: jī jih yìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ dzi⁶ jing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ ji⁶ ying⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ t͡siː²² jɪŋ²¹/

Noun

之字形

1. zigzag (shape)