纸 (zhǐ) means Paper. Below are 24 of the 30 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
纸 终究包不住火。
Zhǐ zhōngjiū bāo bu zhù huǒ.
Paper cannot in the end wrap up fire.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 终究
请把 纸 扔进垃圾桶。
Qǐng bǎ zhǐ rēng jìn lājītǒng.
Please throw the paper into the bin.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 垃圾桶
请用夹子把 纸 夹住。
Qǐng yòng jiāzi bǎ zhǐ jiā zhù.
Please clip the papers together.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 夹子
这张 纸 宽二十厘米。
Zhè zhāng zhǐ kuān èrshí límǐ.
This sheet of paper is twenty centimetres wide.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 厘米
请看这张 纸 的反面。
Qǐng kàn zhè zhāng zhǐ de fǎnmiàn.
Please look at the other side of this sheet of paper.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 反面
桌上落了一层 纸 屑。
Zhuō shang luò le yì céng zhǐ xiè.
A layer of paper scraps has settled on the table.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 屑
爸爸每天早上看报 纸 。
Bàba měi tiān zǎoshang kàn bàozhǐ.
Dad reads the newspaper every morning.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 报纸
工厂每天生产十吨 纸 。
Gōngchǎng měi tiān shēngchǎn shí dūn zhǐ.
The factory produces ten tons of paper a day.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 吨
请把地上的 纸 捡起来。
Qǐng bǎ dì shàng de zhǐ jiǎn qǐlái.
Please pick up the paper from the floor.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 捡
孩子把 纸 揉成了一团。
Háizi bǎ zhǐ róu chéng le yì tuán.
The child crumpled the paper into a ball.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 团
狗叼着报 纸 跑了回来。
Gǒu diāozhe bàozhǐ pǎo le huílái.
The dog came running back with the newspaper in its mouth.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 叼
孩子在 纸 上随意涂抹。
Háizi zài zhǐ shang suíyì túmǒ.
The child scribbled freely on the paper.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 涂抹
报 纸 第二天登出了更正。
Bàozhǐ dì èr tiān dēng chū le gēngzhèng.
The newspaper printed a correction the next day.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 更正
请按图 纸 上的规格加工。
Qǐng àn túzhǐ shang de guīgé jiāgōng.
Please machine it to the specification on the drawing.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 规格
这份图 纸 画得一丝不苟。
Zhè fèn túzhǐ huà de yìsībùgǒu.
This drawing was made with meticulous care.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 一丝不苟
他把 纸 折成了一只小船。
Tā bǎ zhǐ zhé chéng le yì zhī xiǎo chuán.
He folded the paper into a little boat.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 折
桌子腿不平，用 纸 垫一下。
Zhuōzi tuǐ bù píng, yòng zhǐ diàn yíxià.
The table leg is uneven; pad it with some paper.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 垫
孩子用 纸 做了一个小火箭。
Háizi yòng zhǐ zuò le yí ge xiǎo huǒjiàn.
The child made a little rocket out of paper.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 火箭
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From the graded readers
她给了我一张 纸 ，上面写着五样东西。
tā gěile wǒ yī zhāng zhǐ, shàngmian xiězhe wǔ yàng dōngxī.
She gave me a piece of paper with five things written on it.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · At the Supermarket
我把那张 纸 拿出来一看——我真的忘了。
wǒ bǎ nà / nèi zhāng zhǐ náchū lái yī kàn / kān—— wǒ zhēnde wàngle.
I pulled out the list and looked — I really had forgotten it.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · At the Supermarket
From the grammar library
请给我一张 纸 。
Qǐng gěi wǒ yì zhāng zhǐ.
Please give me a sheet of paper.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · Measure words — the top 25
纸 appears in 30 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 纸
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 纸
How is 纸 used in a sentence?
This page shows 30 sentences using 纸 (zhǐ, "Paper"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 纸 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 纸 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 纸?
The dictionary page for 纸 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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