# 拆字
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): chāizì
       (Zhuyin): ㄔㄞ ㄗˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ce$^2$ zi$^4$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): caak$^3$ zi$^6$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thiah-lī / thiah-jī
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chāizì
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄞ ㄗˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chaizìh
*** Wade–Giles: chʻai$^1$-tzŭ$^4$
*** Yale: chāi-dz̀
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chaitzyh
*** Palladius: чайцзы (čajczy)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: ce$^2$ zi$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: cez
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɛ²¹ t͡sz̩²¹³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: caak$^3$ zi$^6$
*** Yale: chaak jih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsaak$^8$ dzi$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cag$^3$ ji$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰaːk̚³ t͡siː²²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiah-lī
*** Tâi-lô: thiah-lī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: tiahli
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ li²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ li³³/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiah-jī
*** Tâi-lô: thiah-jī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: tiahji
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ d͡zi²²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ zi³³/

### Verb

拆⫽字 (verb-object) (intransitive)
* to disassemble Chinese characters
* to perform glyphomancy; to tell fortunes by disassembling Chinese characters

#### Synonyms

* (to perform glyphomancy):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 測字, 拆字, 相字 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 測字兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 測字, 拆字 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 拆字 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 測字 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 拆字兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 拆字兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 拆字兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 測字 † |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 測字 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 測字兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 測字 † |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 測字 † |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 測字 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 測字 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 測字 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 測字 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 測字 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 測字 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 測字 † |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 拆字 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 測字 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 測字 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 測字 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 測字 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 拆字 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 測字 † |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 拆字 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 測字 † |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 測字 † |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 測字 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 測字 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 拆字 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 別字 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 拆字 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 拆字 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 測字 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 測字 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 測字 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 測字 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 測字 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 測字 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 測字 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 測字 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 拆字 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 拆字 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 拆字 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 拆字 |
| Wu | Danyang | 測字 † |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 測字 † (new-style) |
| Wu | Ningbo | 測字 † |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 拆字 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 測字 † |
| Xiang | Changsha | 測字 † (new-style) |
| Xiang | Loudi | 測字 † |
| Note | † - 測字 and 拆字 are homophonous | † - 測字 and 拆字 are homophonous |