ci

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Number 1.1.1 See also 2 Esperanto 2.1 Pronoun 3 French 3.1 Pronunciation 3.1.1 Homophones 3.2 Contraction 4 Hmong 4.1 Verb 5 Italian 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Pronoun 5.3 Adverb 6 Lojban 6.1 Cmavo 7 Mandarin 7.1 Noun 7.1.1 Synonyms 7.1.2 Derived terms 7.2 Measure word 7.3 Pinyin syllable 7.3.1 Usage notes 8 Old Irish 8.1 Pronoun 9 Sicilian 9.1 Alternative forms 9.2 Pronunciation 9.3 Etymology 1 9.3.1 Adverb 9.4 Etymology 2 9.4.1 Pronoun 9.4.1.1 Inflection 9.4.1.2 Usage notes 10 Welsh 10.1 Pronunciation 10.2 Noun 10.2.1 Mutation 10.2.2 Derived terms

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Number

ci

1. A Roman numeral representing one hundred and one (101).

[edit] See also

• Alternate forms: CI, LLI, llli
• Previous: c (one hundred, 100)
• Next: cii (one hundred and two, 102)

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[edit] Esperanto

[edit] Pronoun

ci (accusative cin)

1. thou.

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[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

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• IPA: /si/, SAMPA: /si/

[edit] Homophones

• si

[edit] Contraction

ci

Contracts ici or ceci

1. here; as in cette chose-ci "this thing here".

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[edit] Hmong

[edit] Verb

ci

1. to cook, to roast.

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Etymology

For both pronoun and adverb.
From Vulgar Latin *hīcce, from Latin hic (“‘here’”).

[edit] Pronoun

ci

1. us.
2. (reflexive) ourselves
3. on it, about it, of it

[edit] Adverb

ci

1. here, there

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[edit] Lojban

[edit] Cmavo

ci (rafsi: cib)

1. three

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Noun

ci (Pinyin ci2, traditional 詞, simplified 词)

1. word
   • Zhongwen "wenti" zhege ci2 you 3-zhong yisi: 1. yi2wen4 2. kun4nan5 3. yi4ti2.

   There are 3 kinds of meaning for the Chinese word "wenti", it may refer to "query", "problem" or "issue".

   • paishengci shi yige cong qita ci paisheng chulai de ci.

   derivative is a word that derives from another one.

[edit] Synonyms

• ciyu
• cir

[edit] Derived terms

• ciyu
• duoyinjieci
• danyinjieci
• paishengci

[edit] Measure word

ci (Pinyin ci4, traditional and simplified 次)

1. verbal measure word: time; occurrence
   • wo meitian zuo yundong 3 ci, mei ci ban ge xiaoshi.

   I do physical exercise 3 times every day, half hour every time.

   • zhe-ci diaocha bijiaole butong guojia de jiage.

   the survey compares prices in different countries.

[edit] Pinyin syllable

ci

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of four tones, cī, cí, cǐ, or cì.

[edit] Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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[edit] Old Irish

[edit] Pronoun

ci

1. Alternative spelling of cía.

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[edit] Sicilian

[edit] Alternative forms

• cci

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtʃi/

[edit] Etymology 1

From Latin hīc via Vulgar Latin *hīcce. Compare Italian ci.

[edit] Adverb

ci

1. here, there

[edit] Etymology 2

[edit] Pronoun

ci

1. dative form of iddu (“‘he’”); to him
2. dative form of idda (“‘she’”); to her
3. dative form of iddi (“‘they’”); to them

[edit] Inflection

3rd person	m	f	pl
nominative	iddu	idda	iddi
prepositional	iddu	idda	iddi
accusative	lu	la	li
dative	ci	ci	ci
reflexive	si	si	si

[edit] Usage notes

• Differently from Italian, the Sicilian pronoun ci is not used for the first person plural (us). The Sicilian equivalent is ni.

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[edit] Welsh

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ki/

[edit] Noun

ci m. (plural cŵn) 

1. dog

[edit] Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
ci	gi	nghi	chi

[edit] Derived terms

• cïaidd
• corgi