活字

Chinese

		to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word
simp. and trad. (活字)		活	字

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huózì

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄗˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wut⁶ zi⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oa̍h-jī / oa̍h-lī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huózì
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄗˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huózìh
    • Wade–Giles: huo²-tzŭ⁴
    • Yale: hwó-dz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwotzyh
    • Palladius: хоцзы (xoczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wut⁶ zi⁶
    • Yale: wuht jih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wut⁹ dzi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wud⁶ ji⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːt̚² t͡siː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oa̍h-jī
    • Tâi-lô: ua̍h-jī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oaqji
    • IPA (Taipei): /ua(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ d͡zi³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ua(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ zi³³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oa̍h-lī
    • Tâi-lô: ua̍h-lī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oaqli
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ua(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ li³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ua(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ li³³/

Noun

活字

1. movable type

   泥活字  ―  ní huózì  ―  ceramic movable type

   鐵活字／铁活字  ―  tiě huózì  ―  metallic movable type

   鉛活字／铅活字  ―  qiān huózì  ―  lead movable type

Derived terms

• 活字印刷 (huózì yìnshuā)
• 活字印刷術 / 活字印刷术 (huózì yìnshuāshù)
• 活字版