ci

Noun

ci (uncountable)

1. One of the Classical Chinese poetry forms

Anagrams

• -ic, IC, I²C

Noun

ci

1. water

Pronoun

ci

1. you (basa madia)

Noun

cí

1. thatch, especially of the species Diheteropogon grandiflorus

Noun

cí

1. commission, errand
2. message, order
3. mission, task, assignment
   • ò cí bɛ́ í kàn

     • it is your duty
4. work, labor (especially agricultural)
   • cí kɛ́

     • to work in the fields
5. usefulness, utility
   • cí tɛ́ nìn ná

     • that's useless

Verb

cí

1. to send, charge with a mission
   • sɛ́bɛn cí mɔ̀gɔ mà

     • to send a letter to someone

Verb

cì

1. to hit
   • fíyɛn bɛ́ cì

     • the wind is blowing
   • fàli cì

     • to hit an donkey
2. to break
   • à y'á kùn cì

     • He knocked him unconscious
3. to destroy
4. to split, divide, cut
   • dɔ́gɔ cì

     • to split wood
5. to burst, explode with a loud noise
   • màrifa cì

     • to fire off a round (with a gun)
6. to trace, tattoo
   • bála cì

     • to plot an area of a field to be hoed
   • tùgu cì

     • to vaccinate in the arm

Noun

cì

1. line, stroke
2. tattoo

Adverb

ci

1. there

Pronoun

ci

1. us (both direct and indirect object)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /t͡ʃi/

Pronoun

ci

1. who

Noun

ci

1. water

Pronunciation

• IPA: [t͡si]
• Hyphenation: ci

Pronoun

ci (accusative cin, possessive cia)

1. thou, you (second-person informal singular pronoun)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /si/
• Homophones: si, scie, scies, scient

Adverb

ci

1. here
2. this
   • cet homme-ci ― this man
   • Ces choses-ci ― these things
   • Je préfère ce gâteau-ci à celui-là. ― I prefer this cake to that one.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /t͡ʃí/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [t͡ʃɪ́]

Verb

ci (grade Ø)

1. to eat, to eat soft things

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tsi/

Determiner

ci

1. Alternative form of ici (“these”)

Pronoun

ci

1. Alternative form of ici (“these”)

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈt͡ʃi]
• Hyphenation: ci

Noun

ci (first-person possessive ciku, second-person possessive cimu, third-person possessive cinya)

1. (obsolete) weight unit: 1/10 tahil (for opium).

Noun

ci (first-person possessive ciku, second-person possessive cimu, third-person possessive cinya)

1. river (large stream which drains a landmass)

Noun

ci (first-person possessive ciku, second-person possessive cimu, third-person possessive cinya)

1. alternative form of encik.
2. alternative form of taci (“elder sister”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tsi/

Adverb

ci

1. here (at this place)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈt͡ʃi/^*, (most common outside of Tuscany) ^*/ˈt͡ʃi/^*
• Hyphenation: cì

Noun

ci f (invariable)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter C.; cee

Alternative forms

• -ci (enclitic)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /t͡ʃi/, (Sicily, Calabria) ^*/t͡ʃi/
• Hyphenation: ci

Pronoun

ci

1. us
   • Loro ci conoscono ― They know us
2. (reflexive) ourselves; each other
   • Ci arrabbiamo ― We (ourselves) get angry
   • Ci amiamo ― We love each other
3. to us
   • Lui ci ha detto questo ― He said this to us
4. replaces the indefinite personal pronoun si (“one”) before reflexive si (“oneself”); one
   • Ci si lava. ― One washes oneself.
   • Ci si annoia quando non c'è niente da fare.

     • One gets bored when there is nothing to do.
5. it, to it
   • Non ci credo. ― I do not believe it.

Adverb

ci

1. to there, here, there
   • Synonym: vi (formal)
   • Ci sono andato ― I have been there
   • Ci siamo ― We're here
   • Ci sono molte cose ― There are many things
   • C'è un problema ― There is a problem
2. forms part of many verbs:
   • volerci ― to require/take
   • abituarci ― to get used to it
   • riuscirci ― to be able to do it
   • entrarci ― to do with something
   • contarci ― to count on it
   • pensarci ― to think about it
   • starci ― to agree / to be up for something
   • farcela ― to manage to do something
   • crederci ― to believe it

Alternative forms

• tchi, twi, kyi

Noun

ci m (uncountable)

1. the Twi language family

Pronoun

ci

1. you

Noun

ci

1. mouth

Verb

cī

1. second-person singular present active imperative of ciō

Pronunciation

• IPA: /t͡ʃi/

Noun

ci (Jawi spelling چي‎, plural ci-ci, informal 1st possessive ciku, 2nd possessive cimu, 3rd possessive cinya)

1. river (large stream which drains a landmass)

Romanization

ci

1. Nonstandard spelling of cī.
2. Nonstandard spelling of cí.
3. Nonstandard spelling of cǐ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of cì.

Verb

ci

1. strike

Pronunciation

• IPA: /t͡ʃī/

Conjunction

ci

1. Used to order actions temporally: then; and
   • Musa à bá nakàn yínna, Gàná ci à gí eci yínna ― Musa will cut meat today, and Gana will eat yam today

Adverb

ci

1. here (in this place)

Pronoun

ci

1. Alternative form of cía

Conjunction

ci

1. Alternative form of cía

Pronunciation

• IPA: /t͡ɕi/
• Syllabification: ci

Alternative forms

• (stressed) tobie

Pronoun

ci

1. short dative singular of ty.

Pronoun

ci m

1. virile nominative plural of ten

Pronunciation

• IPA: /t͡ʃi/

Conjunction

ci

1. (adversative) but; so that; on the contrary, opposite
   • Nici eu, ci el. ― Not I, but he.

Alternative forms

• cci

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈtʃi]
• (unstressed) IPA: [tʃɪ]

Adverb

ci

1. here, there

Pronoun

ci

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

Pronoun

ci (relative)

1. who

Noun

ci

1. salt

Pronoun

ci (interrogative)

1. who?

Pronunciation

• IPA: /si/

Determiner

ci (after an open syllabe : ç', feminine : cisse, masculine form before vowel : cist, feminine form before vowel : ciste, plural : ces)

1. this
   • Ci rotch

     • This rock
   • C' est ç' rotch-ci

     • It's this rock
   • Cist ome

     • This man
   • Cisse gayole

     • This box
   • Ciste afwaire

     • This affair
   • Ces måjhons

     • These houses

Pronoun

ci (before a vowel : c', alternative form : çou)

1. it, this
   • Ci m' fwait må

     • It hurts me
   • C' est on ome

     • It a man

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kiː/

Noun

ci m (plural cŵn)

1. dog

Mutation

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ci˧/

Verb

ci

1. to cook, to roast, to toast
2. to glow, to shine

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA: /ɕi˨˦/
• Tone numbers: ci¹
• Hyphenation: ci

Noun

ci (1957–1982 spelling ci)

1. vehicle

Classifier

ci (1957–1982 spelling ci)

1. carload of; cartload of; truckload of

Verb

ci (1957–1982 spelling ci)

1. to sew with a sewing machine
2. to machine on a lathe

Verb

ci (Sawndip form 𫩝, 1957–1982 spelling ci)

1. (intransitive, of wind) to blow
   • Synonyms: (dialectal) baed, (dialectal) daet, (dialectal) boq, (dialectal) coi
2. (transitive) to blow
   • Synonym: (dialectal) baed
3. (transitive) to play (a wind instrument)
4. (transitive) to pump (a bellows)
   • Synonyms: (dialectal) daz, (dialectal) boz

Verb

ci (1957–1982 spelling ci)

1. to urge
   • Synonyms: (dialectal) cui, (dialectal) dok

Classifier

ci (1957–1982 spelling ci)

1. Used for stick-like objects.