字节

字節
zìjié
noun #45,938

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 byte
  2. 2 ByteDance

Examples

HSK 4
Zhège wénjiàn zhǐ yǒu jǐbǎi ge zìjié.
This file is only a few hundred bytes.
HSK 5
Tā dàxué bìyè hòu jìn le Zìjié, zuò tuījiàn suànfǎ.
After graduating he joined ByteDance and worked on recommendation algorithms.

Tips

usage
One 字节 is eight 比特 'bits'. Bigger units add a prefix: 千字节 'kilobyte', 兆字节 'megabyte'. In tech circles 字节 alone is also the everyday name for the company 字节跳动, ByteDance.

Stroke Order

字 zì
节 jié