hanzi

hanzi (plural hanzi)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Hanzi.

Borrowed from Mandarin 漢字 / 汉字 (hànzì, “Han characters”), from Middle Chinese 漢 (xàn, “Han dynasty, China”) + 字 (dzì, “[written] character”). Compare Cantonese 漢字 / 汉字 (hon³ zi⁶), Hokkien 漢字 / 汉字 (hàn-jī, hàn-lī) and Japanese 漢字 (kanji). Doublet of hanja, honji, and kanji.

• IPA^(key): /han.zi/
• Hyphenation: han‧zi

hanzi (uncountable)

1. (colloquial) Hanzi; Chinese character

From Afrikaans gans; compare Zulu ihansi.

hanzí class 9 (plural hanzí class 10)

1. goose

Unadapted borrowing from Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 汉字 (hànzì).

• IPA^(key): /ˈxansi/ [ˈxãn.si]
  • Rhymes: -ansi
• IPA^(key): /ˈxandsi/ [ˈxãndzi]
  • Rhymes: -andsi
• IPA^(key): /ˈhantsi/ [ˈhãntsi]
  • Rhymes: -antsi

hanzi m (plural hanzis)

1. Hanzi, Chinese character

   Synonyms: carácter chino, letras chinas, caracter chino

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.