鼻子
bíziTraditional: 鼻子
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Translation
nose
Word origin
Formed from 鼻 (bí), originally a pictograph of a nose later given the phonetic 畀, plus the noun suffix 子 (zi).
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 鼻 (bí, nose) + 子 (zi, noun suffix)
Stroke order
鼻
子
Examples
。
Her nose is high and well-shaped.
，红。
The weather is cold and my nose has turned red.
。
A dog's nose is very keen.
捂。
He covered his nose with his hand.
钻。
The scent of this flower drifted into my nose.
鼻子 (bí zi) means nose, the everyday word for the facial feature. The bare character 鼻 carries the same meaning but is rarely used alone in modern speech.
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