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Meaning of 茨

Pinyin cí

Radical

艹

Strokes

Definition

Tribulus terrestris / thatched hut

Usage

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茨 [cí] 1. 用茅或苇覆盖房子。 To cover a house with reeds or thatch. - 茅～（用茅草覆盖屋顶）：Thatch a house with reeds. - ～宇（茅屋）：Thatched hut. - ～檐：Thatched eaves. - ～门：Door made of reeds or thatch. 2. 蒺藜。 Tribulus terrestris. - ～藿（“藿”，野菜；指以茨藿充饥，引申为粗劣的食物）：Hui (wild vegetables); refer to using tribulus to satisfy hunger, extended meaning refers to poor quality food. 3. 积土填满。 To fill up with soil. - “～其所决而高之。”: "Fill the drained area and make it higher." 引申用法: 1. 《说文》：茨，以茅苇盖屋。 From "Shuowen": "茨 is to cover a house with reeds." 2. 《庄子·让王》：环堵之室，茨以生草。 From "Zhuangzi": "A room with a circular wall, thatched with growing grass." 名词定义: 1. 用芦苇、茅草盖的屋顶 ([En.] thatched hut). - 引用: 《韩非子·五蠹》：尧之王天下也，茅茨不剪，采椽不斫。 In "Han Feizi": "When Yao was king, the thatch was not cut, and the rafters were not hewn." - 例: 例如: 茨宇（茅屋）；茨竹（用茅草和竹子搭盖的房子）；茨檐（茅舍，民房）。 2. 蒺藜 ([En.] Tribulus terrestris). - 引用: 《诗·鄘风·墙有茨》：墙有茨，不可埽也。 In "Shijing": "The wall has tribulus, it cannot be swept away." - 引用: 《诗·小雅·楚茨》：楚楚者茨，言抽其棘。 In "Shijing": "The one that stands out is tribulus, meaning to remove its thorns." - 例: 例如: 茨门（茅草，芦苇所做的门）；茨棘（茅草与荆棘，比喻荒野）。

波茨坦 Bō cí tǎn

Potsdam, near Berlin, Germany

博茨瓦纳 Bó cí wǎ nà

Botswana

弗兰茨 fú lán cí

Franc

朴茨茅斯 pǔ cí máo sī

Portsmouth

朴茨 pǔ cí

Ports

顿涅茨克 Dùn niè cí kè

Donetsk, city in Ukraine

盖茨 Gài cí

Gates (name)

舒尔茨 shū ěr cí

Schurz

诺维茨基 nuò wéi cí jī

Nowitzki（人名） / Dirk Nowitzki（德国职业篮球运动员）

布尼茨 bù ní cí

Bunitz

格拉茨 Gé lā cí

Graz (city in Austria)

托洛茨基 Tuō luò cí jī

Leon Davidovich Trotsky (1879-1940), early Bolshevik leader, exiled by Stalin in 1929 and murdered in 1940

威茨 wēi cí

Weitz

克劳塞维茨 kè láo sāi wéi cí

Clausewitz

萨尔茨堡 Sà ěr cí bǎo

Salzburg

美因茨 Měi yīn cí

Mainz (city in Germany)

斯蒂格利茨 sī dì gé lì cí

Stiglitz

罗伯茨 Luó bó cí

Roberts

圣基茨 shèng jī cí

St. Kitts

伊尔库茨克 Yī ěr kù cí kè

Irkutsk

贝尔茨 bèi ěr cí

Belz

波茨坦广场 bō cí tǎn guǎng chǎng

Potsdamer Platz

施瓦茨 shī wǎ cí

schwartz / schwarz