測字

Chinese

		side; to lean; to survey side; to lean; to survey; to measure; conjecture	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word
trad. (測字)		測	字
simp. (测字)		测	字

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): cèzì

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄜˋ ㄗˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ce² zi⁴
Cantonese (Jyutping): cak¹ zi⁶ / caak¹ zi⁶
Gan (Wiktionary): cet⁶ zi⁵
Jin (Wiktionary): cah⁴ zi³
Northern Min (KCR): chă̤-cī
Eastern Min (BUC): cháik-cê
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhek-jī
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷tshaq-zy
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ce⁶ zr⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cèzì
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄜˋ ㄗˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cèzìh
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻê⁴-tzŭ⁴
  - Yale: tsè-dz̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsehtzyh
  - Palladius: цэцзы (cɛczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: ce² zi⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: cez
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛ²¹ t͡sz̩²¹³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cak¹ zi⁶ / caak¹ zi⁶
  - Yale: chāk jih / chāak jih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsak⁷ dzi⁶ / tsaak⁷ dzi⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ceg¹ ji⁶ / cag¹ ji⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐk̚⁵ t͡siː²²/, /t͡sʰaːk̚⁵ t͡siː²²/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: cet⁶ zi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛt̚⁵ t͡sz̩¹¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: cah⁴ zi³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰaʔ² t͡sz̩⁴⁵/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: chă̤-cī
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛ²⁴ t͡si⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: cháik-cê
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛiʔ²⁴⁻⁵⁵ t͡sɛi²⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhek-jī
  - Tâi-lô: tshik-jī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhekji
  - IPA (Singapore): /t͡sʰek̚³²⁻⁴ d͡zi²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ zi³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁷tshaq-zy
  - MiniDict: tshah^入 zy
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴tshaq-zr
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰaʔ³³ zz̩⁴⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: ce⁶ zr⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɤ̞²⁴ t͡sz̩²¹⁻¹¹/

Verb

測⫽字 (verb-object) (intransitive)

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
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	測字兒
	Taiwan	測字, 拆字
	Harbin	拆字
	Singapore	測字
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	拆字兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	拆字兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	拆字兒
	Xi'an	測字 †
	Xining	測字
	Xuzhou	測字兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	測字 †
	Lanzhou	測字 †
	Ürümqi	測字
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	測字 †
	Wuhan	測字 †
	Guiyang	測字 †
	Liuzhou	測字
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	測字
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	測字 †
Cantonese	Guangzhou	拆字
Cantonese	Dongguan	測字
Gan	Nanchang	測字
	Lichuan	測字
	Pingxiang	測字
Hakka	Meixian	拆字
Hakka	Yudu	測字 †
Huizhou	Jixi	拆字
Jin	Taiyuan	測字 †
Jin	Xinzhou	測字 †
Northern Min	Jian'ou	測字
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	測字
Southern Min	Xiamen	拆字
	Quanzhou	別字
	Zhangzhou	拆字
	Tainan	拆字
	Singapore (Hokkien)	測字
Puxian Min	Putian	測字
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	測字
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	測字
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	測字
	Xianyou	測字
	Xianyou (Fengting)	測字
	Xianyou (Youyang)	測字
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	拆字
Wu	Shanghai	拆字
	Shanghai (Chongming)	拆字
	Suzhou	拆字
	Danyang	測字 †
	Hangzhou	測字 † (new-style)
	Ningbo	測字 †
	Wenzhou	拆字
	Jinhua	測字 †
Xiang	Changsha	測字 † (new-style)
Xiang	Loudi	測字 †
Note	† - 測字 and 拆字 are homophonous

Derived terms