Chinese Word of the Day

纸巾
zhǐ jīn

tissue

Definitions

Chinese > English
纸巾
1. Simplified form of 紙巾
紙巾	zhǐjīn
1. n. facial tissue (e.g. for blowing one's nose)
2. n. paper towel (e.g. for cleaning up spills)
3. n. (Xiamen, Quanzhou, &, Zhangzhou Hokkien) toilet paper
English > Chinese
tissue
1. 组织
Components
纸
1. Simplified form of 紙
紙	zhǐ
1. paper
草稿紙 - scratch paper
她買了紙、筆等文具。 - She bought paper, pens, and other such stationery.
他用棕色的紙把包裹包起來。 - He wrapped brown paper around the package.
2. (chiefly Cantonese) currency
港紙 - Hong Kong dollar
加紙 - Canadian dollar
3. (Cantonese, ) banknote; bill
十蚊紙 - ten-dollar bill
4. Short for 紙錢, paper made to resemble money and burnt as an offering to the dead
5. (Mandarin, neologism, slang)
妹紙 - girl
胖紙 - fatty
巾	jīn
1. a square item of cloth; towel; kerchief
2. (historical) piece of clothing worn on the head in China
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