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CI-3

('ci' in the third tone)

There are 32 standard Chinese characters with a 'ci' pronunciation. In ten of them, is the sound-indicating component.

= this, here and now

Based on:

= zhi(3) = which, academically, means 'to stop', but is never used alone

Part of:

= xie(1) = indefinite amount; dictionaries often give the translation 'some', but this is misleading; one could NOT say: 些人; however, the following is OK:  一些人 = yi(1) xie(1) ren(2). If we translate as 'indefinite amount', this make perfect sense: one indefinite amount of people

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此处 = ci(3)chu(3) = here (lit. here place)

On computer interfaces:

点击此处... = Dian(3)ji(1) ci(3)chu(3)... = Click here to...


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Created: September 1, 1995  -  Last updated: October 1, 2007