Chinese Vocabulary
识字
to be literate, to know characters
识字
shí zì2nd tone
- Pinyin
- shí zì
- Strokes
- 13
- In episodes
- 2
Stroke order for 识字
识字 is written with 13 strokes (识: 7, 字: 6). The animation replays automatically.
Usage
一辈子不识字 — illiterate his whole life. Literally "to recognise characters".
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识字 appears in 2 Fluentide podcast episodes at natural native speed — each with the full Chinese script, pinyin, and line-by-line English translation.
Dolly Parton Died at 80. The Thing She Was Proudest Of Was a Free Book in the Mail, Because Her Father Never Learned to Read.识字 spoken at natural speedmediumDolly Parton Died at 80. The Thing She Was Proudest Of Was a Free Book in the Mail, Because Her Father Never Learned to Read.识字 spoken at natural speednormal
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