畫十字
huà​shí​zì

to cross oneself

  • created sense approved 画十字/畫十字 · huà​shí​zì · to cross oneself — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    画十字 / 畫十字

    huà​shí​zì

    to cross oneself

    To make the sign of the cross as a gesture of prayer or devotion in Christianity.

    画, 十字

    画 (literal) → 画/畫 · huà · to draw 十字 (literal) → 十字 · shí​zì · cross

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 画十字/畫十字 · huà​shí​zì · to sign with a cross — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    画十字 / 畫十字

    huà​shí​zì

    to sign with a cross

    To mark a document with a cross as a substitute for a signature, historically used by those unable to write.

    画, 十字

    画 (literal) → 画/畫 · huà · to mark 十字 (literal) → 十字 · shí​zì · cross

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense