Dice in Chinese (Mandarin): 骰子 (shǎizi)
骰子
shǎizi
dice
- Simplified
- 骰子
- Pinyin
- shǎizi
- Typed as
- shaizi
In Taiwan, people say 骰子 (shǎizi) instead.
Use it in a sentence
我扔骰子。
I throw the dice.
The characters in 骰子
骰
Dice. 骨 (bone) is on the left: dice were once made of bone.
13 strokes
子
A small ending found in many nouns, said short and light.
3 strokes
骰子 is read shǎizi in everyday speech and tóuzi in the dictionary. Rolling the dice is 掷骰子 (zhì shǎizi).
More examples with 骰子
骰子有六个面。
骰子有六個面。
Shǎizi yǒu liù gè miàn.
A die has six sides.
轮到你掷骰子了。
輪到你擲骰子了。
Lún dào nǐ zhì shǎizi le.
It's your turn to roll the dice.
How to write 骰子 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
骰 13 strokes
子 3 strokes
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