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- noun Alternative capitalization of
Hanzi
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Examples
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Obviously, the Chinese uses Chinese characters (where they are known as hanzi).
Lightly Toasted 2010
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The Chinese hanzi for that would be “Jenn Sitt 是谁?”
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With virtually zero cognates with English and a complex writing system that only occasionally suggests pronunciation and content, hanzi 汉字:Chinese writing made the perfect test case for Brainscape's claims to help me fit new information into my poor, overstimulated brain.
An Xiao Mina: Brainscape Taps Into the Greatest App of All: Your Brain An Xiao Mina 2011
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You can copy and paste any hanzi into Dim Sum and it will give you the definitions.
Continue Learning Chinese after Settling In « Peace Corps: China 2007
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Stop watching all those pirated DVDs and practice your hanzi.
Archive 2008-01-01 Phil Razem 2008
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Stop watching all those pirated DVDs and practice your hanzi.
5 Days in 北京!Beijing! Phil Razem 2008
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First, as I learn more and more Chinese, I will most likely be incorporating specific hanzi, or Chinese characters, into my blog entries and personal e-mails see the above example: 你们好 Ni men hao!
Archive 2007-12-01 Phil Razem 2007
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With Japanese it's relatively easy because of the case markings and conjugations which are in a completely different script from the kanji/hanzi used for nouns and stems of verbs.
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First, as I learn more and more Chinese, I will most likely be incorporating specific hanzi, or Chinese characters, into my blog entries and personal e-mails see the above example: 你们好 Ni men hao!
Runnin' the Great Wall... Phil Razem 2007
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As for the writing sytem discussion, with hanzi you may need many more than you do kanji, but the big difference is that hanzi are generally systematic.
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