字紙

Chinese

	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word	paper
trad. (字紙)	字	紙
simp. (字纸)	字	纸
anagram	紙字／纸字

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zìzhǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄓˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ zi²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): sṳ-chṳ́

(Hailu, HRS): sii^˖ zhi^ˊ
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zi⁵ zyor³ / zi⁵ zya³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lī-chóa / jī-chóa

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zìzhǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄓˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zìhjhǐh
  - Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-chih³
  - Yale: dz̀-jř
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhjyy
  - Palladius: цзычжи (czyčži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi⁶ zi²
  - Yale: jih jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² t͡siː³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-chṳ́
  - Hakka Romanization System: sii zii^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴ zi³
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ t͡sɨ³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: sii^˖ zhi^ˊ
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨ³³ t͡ʃi²⁴/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zi⁵ zyor³ [Phonetic: zi⁵ lyor³]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: cī-ciô̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡si¹¹ ^(t͡s-)lyɒ⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zi⁵ zya³ [Phonetic: zi⁵ lya³]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡si²¹ ^(t͡s-)lya³³²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī-chóa
  - Tâi-lô: lī-tsuá
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lixzoar
  - IPA (Xiamen): /li²²⁻²¹ t͡sua⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁴¹⁻²² t͡sua⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /li³³⁻¹¹ t͡sua⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jī-chóa
  - Tâi-lô: jī-tsuá
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jixzoar
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /zi³³⁻²¹ t͡sua⁴¹/
  - IPA (Tainan): /d͡zi³³⁻¹¹ t͡sua⁵³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zi²²⁻²¹ t͡sua⁵³/

Note: jī-chóa - “wastepaper” (Tainan).

Noun

字紙

wastepaper; scrap paper
(Taiwanese Hokkien) document; deed; contract

Synonyms

(wastepaper): 廢紙／废纸 (fèizhǐ)

Derived terms

字紙亭 / 字纸亭 (zìzhǐtíng)
字紙烌 / 字纸烌
字紙爐 / 字纸炉
字紙簍 / 字纸篓 (zìzhǐlǒu)
字紙䉂 / 字纸䉂
字紙籃 / 字纸篮
字紙籠 / 字纸笼
字紙籠仔 / 字纸笼仔
字紙籮 / 字纸箩
抾字紙的 / 抾字纸的
歹字紙 / 歹字纸

References

小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “字紙”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
“字紙”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
“Entry #501”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.
莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “字纸”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 578.