zi

See also zī, zí, zǐ, zì, and ZI

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /zi/

Etymology

Contraction of *zëi, from Proto-Albanian *džedi, from earlier *džedíja, from *gʷedijos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷoh₁dʰo- (compare Dutch kwaad ‘angry, evil’, Serbo-Croatian gȁd ‘loathing, nausea’).

Adjective

i zi m (feminine e zezë, m plural të zinj, f plural të zeza)

1. black

Antonyms

• bardhë

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Ewe

Noun

zi

1. deer

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Mandarin

Romanization

zi (form of zi0 or zi5)

1. 孍
2. 子

Romanization

zi

1. Nonstandard spelling of zī.
2. Nonstandard spelling of zí.
3. Nonstandard spelling of zǐ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of zì.

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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Romanian

Alternative forms

• ziuă

Pronunciation

• IPA: [zi]

Etymology 1

From Latin dīēs (“day”), from Proto-Indo-European *dyew- (“heaven, sky; to shine”).

Noun

zi f (plural zile)

1. day

Declension

declension of zi

	singular		plural
gender f	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	o zi	ziua	niște zile	zilele
genitive/dative	unei zile	zilei	unor zile	zilelor

Antonyms

• noapte

Derived terms

• ziar

Etymology 2

Forms of zice

Verb

zi

1. second-person singular imperative form of zice.