Chinese words starting with “zi”
62 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable zi. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 15 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial z · final i · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 1st tone 15
- 3rd tone 6
- 4th tone 41
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 自己zì jǐHSK 2
oneself; one's own
- 自然zì ránHSK 3
nature; natural; naturally
- 自由zì yóuHSK 2
freedom; liberty; free; unrestricted
- 资料zī liàoHSK 4
material; resources; data; information; profile (Internet)
- 自我zì wǒHSK 6
self-; ego (psychology)
- 资金zī jīnHSK 3
funds; capital
- 自从zì cóngHSK 3
since (a time); ever since
- 资格zī géHSK 3
qualifications; seniority
- 自动zì dòngHSK 3
automatic; voluntarily
- 自行车zì xíng chēHSK 2
bicycle; bike
- 自身zì shēnHSK 3
itself; oneself; one's own
- 自主zì zhǔHSK 3
independent; to act for oneself; autonomous
- 子女zǐ nǚHSK 3
children; sons and daughters
- 自觉zì juéHSK 3
conscious; aware; on one's own initiative; conscientious
- 字典zì diǎnHSK 2
Chinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 词典, which has entries for words of one or more characters); (coll.) dictionary
All 62 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 自 | zì | p,r,d | self; oneself; from; since; naturally; surely | |
| 2 | 子 | zǐ | g,q | son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat; Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 位; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; sub- | |
| 3 | 字 | zì | n | letter; symbol; character; word; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China | |
| 4 | 仔细 | zǐ xì | ad,a | careful; attentive; cautious; to be careful; to look out | |
| 5 | 资源 | zī yuán | n | natural resource (such as water or minerals); resource (such as manpower or tourism) | |
| 6 | 自信 | zì xìn | v,an,a,vn | to have confidence in oneself; self-confidence | |
| 7 | 咨询 | zī xún | vn,v | to consult; to seek advice; consultation; (sales) inquiry (formal) | |
| 8 | 自杀 | zì shā | v,vn | to kill oneself; to commit suicide; to attempt suicide | |
| 9 | 资产 | zī chǎn | n | property; assets | |
| 10 | 子弹 | zǐ dàn | n | bullet | |
| 11 | 姿势 | zī shì | n | posture; position | |
| 12 | 自豪 | zì háo | a,an | proud (of one's achievements etc) | |
| 13 | 自愿 | zì yuàn | v,vn | voluntary | |
| 14 | 资助 | zī zhù | v,vn | to subsidize; to provide financial aid; subsidy | |
| 15 | 兹 | zī | Rg | now; here; this; time; year | |
| 16 | 滋味 | zī wèi | n | taste; flavor; feeling | |
| 17 | 自私 | zì sī | a,an | selfish; selfishness | |
| 18 | 紫 | zǐ | a | purple; violet | |
| 19 | 自称 | zì chēng | v | to call oneself; to claim to be; to profess; to claim a title | |
| 20 | 字母 | zì mǔ | n | letter (of the alphabet) | |
| 21 | 资本 | zī běn | n | capital (economics) | |
| 22 | 姿态 | zī tài | n | attitude; posture; stance | |
| 23 | 自行 | zì xíng | d,b | voluntary; autonomous; by oneself; self- | |
| 24 | 自在 | zì zai | a,ad | comfortable; at ease | |
| 25 | 自尊 | zì zūn | v,vn | self-respect; self-esteem; ego; pride | |
| 26 | 资本主义 | zī běn zhǔ yì | n | capitalism | |
| 27 | 资讯 | zī xùn | n | information | |
| 28 | 资深 | zī shēn | b | veteran (journalist etc); senior; highly experienced | |
| 29 | 自助 | zì zhù | b,d | self-service | |
| 30 | 自如 | zì rú | a | unobstructed; unconstrained; smoothly; with ease; freely | |
| 31 | 自来水 | zì lái shuǐ | n | running water; tap water | |
| 32 | 字幕 | zì mù | n | caption; subtitle | |
| 33 | 滋润 | zī rùn | v,a,an,vn | moist; humid; to moisten; to provide moisture; comfortably off | |
| 34 | 自以为是 | zì yǐ wéi shì | v | to believe oneself infallible (idiom); to be opinionated | |
| 35 | 自卫 | zì wèi | v,vn | to defend oneself; self-defense | |
| 36 | 自责 | zì zé | v,vn | to blame oneself | |
| 37 | 自负 | zì fù | v,a | conceited; to take responsibility | |
| 38 | 字眼 | zì yǎn | n | wording | |
| 39 | 自然而然 | zì rán ér rán | l | involuntary; automatically | |
| 40 | 自尊心 | zì zūn xīn | n | self-respect; self-esteem; ego | |
| 41 | 自言自语 | zì yán zì yǔ | l | to talk to oneself; to think aloud; to soliloquize | |
| 42 | 自卑 | zì bēi | a | to have low self-esteem; to abase oneself | |
| 43 | 自发 | zì fā | d,b | spontaneous | |
| 44 | 自立 | zì lì | v,vn | independent; self-reliant; self-sustaining; to stand on one's own feet; to support oneself | |
| 45 | 子孙 | zǐ sūn | n | offspring; posterity | |
| 46 | 字体 | zì tǐ | n | calligraphic style; typeface; font | |
| 47 | 自然界 | zì rán jiè | n | nature; the natural world | |
| 48 | 子弟 | zǐ dì | n | child; the younger generation | |
| 49 | 自学 | zì xué | v,vn | self-study; to study on one's own | |
| 50 | 自信心 | zì xìn xīn | n | self-confidence |
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