lowercase; regular numeral form
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Meanings
3 senses · 6 examplesnoun
regular form of Chinese numerals (as opposed to capital form)
Refers to standard forms like 三, 四 or Arabic numerals 3, 4, as opposed to financial/capital forms like 叁, 肆 used for preventing fraud in formal documents.
Qǐng请
yòng用
xiǎo小
xiě写
shù数
zì字
tián填
xiě写
jīn金
é额
。
Please fill in the amount using regular numerals.
Sān三
、
sì四
、
wǔ五
dōu都
shì是
xiǎo小
xiě写
，
Sān叁
、
Sì肆
、
Wǔ伍
cái才
shì是
dà大
xiě写
。
Three, four, and five are regular forms, while the capital forms are used for formal financial writing.
noun
lowercase letters (in an alphabet)
Refers to the small form of letters in Pinyin, English, or other alphabets, as opposed to uppercase/capital letters.
Zhè这
gè个
dān单
cí词
yào要
yòng用
xiǎo小
xiě写
zì字
mǔ母
kāi开
tóu头
。
This word should begin with a lowercase letter.
aa
、
bb
、
cc
shì是
xiǎo小
xiě写
，
AA
、
BB
、
CC
shì是
dà大
xiě写
。
a, b, c are lowercase, while A, B, C are uppercase.
verb
to write in lowercase form
The action of writing text in its lowercase or regular numeral form.
Qǐng请
xiǎo小
xiě写
zhè这
gè个
zì字
mǔ母
。
Please write this letter in lowercase.
Yòng用
hù户
míng名
huì会
zì自
dòng动
xiǎo小
xiě写
。
The username will be automatically lowercased.