Chinese symbol for “diction”
吐字
tǔ zì
diction; enunciation; (opera) to pronounce the words correctly
The closest CC-CEDICT match for diction is 吐字 (tǔ zì), defined as: diction; enunciation; (opera) to pronounce the words correctly.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “diction”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 措辞 (措辭) | cuò cí | wording; way of expressing something |
| 用字 | yòng zì | to use letters; to use words |
| 发脱口齿 (發脫口齒) | fā tuō kǒu chǐ | diction; enunciation |
| 措词 (措詞) | cuò cí | wording; way of expressing something |
| 口齿 (口齒) | kǒu chǐ | mouth and teeth; enunciation |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 吐字.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 呕吐 (嘔吐) | ǒu tù | to vomit |
| 吐露 | tǔ lù | to tell; to disclose |
| 吞吐量 | tūn tǔ liàng | throughput |
| 吐槽 | tǔ cáo | (coll.) to complain humorously; to gripe about (sth) in a teasing way; also pr. [tu4cao2] |
| 吐口 | tǔ kǒu | to spit; fig. to spit out (a request, an agreement etc) |
| 吐血 | tù xiě | to cough up blood; (coll.) (used figuratively to indicate an extreme degree of anger or frustration etc) |
| 名字 | míng zi | name (of a person or thing) |
| 数字 (數字) | shù zì | numeral; digit |
See also: Japanese symbol for “diction”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.