子 zǐ
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zǐ
noun
child; son
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: For example, 子女 sons and daughters (ABC 'zǐ' 子 bf 1; Guoyu '子' n 3; NCCED '子' 1) -
zǐ
noun
egg; newborn
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Nature
Notes: (ABC 'zǐ' 子 bf 4; Guoyu '子' n 5; NCCED '子' 7) -
zǐ
noun
first earthly branch
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Time , Concept: Earthly Branch 地支
Notes: (ABC 'zǐ' 子 n 3; Guoyu '子' n 1) -
zǐ
noun
11 p.m.-1 a.m.
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Time
Notes: (Guoyu '子' n 2) -
zǐ
noun
Kangxi radical 39
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
Notes: son, alternate form is 孑 (ABC back cover; Guoyu '子' n 13; GHC p. 7) -
zi
suffix
indicates that the the word is used as a noun
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: A suffix used in vernacular Chinese since ancient times; for example, 剪子 scissors (ABC 'zi' 子; Guoyu '子' zi; Norman 1988, p. 114) -
zǐ
bound form
pellet; something small and hard
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: For example, 子弹 bullet (ABC 'zǐ' 子 bf 9; NCCED '子' 10) -
zǐ
noun
master
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: A polite form of address, used in the second person in Classical Chinese; for example 孔子 [Master] Confucius (ABC 'zǐ' 子 n 1; Guoyu '子' n 8; NCCED '子' 3; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 78) -
zǐ
noun
viscount
Domain: History 历史 , Subdomain: China
Notes: Forth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 (ABC 'zǐ' 子 n 2; Guoyu '子' n 12; NCCED '子' 4) -
zi
noun
you; your honor
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 你 (ABC 'zǐ' 子 pr 1; Guoyu '子' pronnoun 7; NCCED '子' 5) -
zǐ
noun
masters
Domain: Literature 文学 , Subdomain: China
Notes: One of the four traditional classifications of literary genre: 经 classics, 子 masters, 史 histories, and 集 collections (Guoyu '子' n 11; Li 2017, p. 163; NCCED '子' 6) -
zǐ
bound form
person
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As in 君子 or 男子 (ABC 'zǐ' 子 bf 2; NCCED '子' 2) -
zǐ
adjective
young
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 幼小的 (ABC 'zǐ' 子 bf 11; Guoyu '子' adj 1; NCCED '子' 8) -
zǐ
noun
seed
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Nature
Notes: In the sense of 种子; for example, 瓜子 'mellon seed' (ABC 'zǐ' 子 bf 3; Guoyu '子' n 6; NCCED '子' 9) -
zǐ
noun
subordinate; subsidiary
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '子' adj 2, 3; NCCED '子' 11) -
zǐ
noun
a copper coin
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (ABC 'zǐ' 子 bf 5; NCCED '子' 12) -
zǐ
measure word
bundle
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: A bundle of something long and thin; for example, thin noodles or knitting wool (ABC 'zǐ' 子 m 1; NCCED '子' 13) -
zǐ
bound form
female dragonfly
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Biology
Notes: (ABC 'zǐ' 子 bf 7) -
zǐ
bound form
constituent
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (ABC 'zǐ' 子 bf 10) -
zǐ
noun
offspring; descendants
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 后代 or 子孙 (Guoyu '子' n 4) -
zǐ
noun
dear
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: A familiar form of address used between husband and wife; for example, 內子 'wife' and 外子 'husband' (Guoyu '子' n 9) -
zǐ
noun
little one
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: A form of address used by an elder person towards a younger person (Guoyu '子' n 10)
Contained in
- 大伯子 husband's elder brother
- 花子 beggar
- 卡脖子 to choke; to squeeze the throat
- 茧子(繭子) callus (patch or hardened skin); corns (on feet)
- 出娄子(出婁子) to run into difficulties; to cause trouble
- 量子场论(量子場論) quantum field theory
- 摆花架子(擺花架子) to arrange a shelf of flowers; superficial display
- 贱子(賤子) my humble self
- 电子管(電子管) valve ; vacuum tube
- 刀子嘴巴,豆腐心 knife mouth but heart of bean curd; sharp tongue concealing a caring heart
- 油珠子 varnish tree; goldenrain tree
- 柜子(櫃子) cupboard; cabinet
- 提子 grape; raisin
- 柿子椒 bell pepper, aka sweet pepper
- 摆摊子(擺攤子) to set up a stall; to maintain a large staff and organization
- 印子钱(印子錢) usury; high interest loan (in former times)
- 护犊子(護犢子) (of a woman) to be fiercely protective of one's children
- 铅子(鉛子) a bullet
- 害月子 morning sickness (in pregnancy)
- 子公司 subsidiary company; subsidiary corporation
- 欧洲核子中心(歐洲核子中心) European Organization for Nuclear Research CERN, at Geneva
- 孩子气(孩子氣) boyish; childish
- 料件子活 piecework
- 右派分子(右派份子) rightist elements
- 兜圈子 to travel aimlessly; to go around; to circle ; beat about the bush
- 柳子戏(柳子戲) Shandong opera
- 鸭子(鴨子) duck ; foot
- 没皮子(沒皮子) to lose face
- 独生子女(獨生子女) an only child
- 弟子职(弟子職) responsibilities of a disciple
- 茬子 stubble
- 胄子 eldest son
- 量子化 quantization
- 集子 an anthology; selected writings
- 席子 mat
- 眸子 pupil of the eye
- 摊子(攤子) booth
- 天仙子 henbane; black henbane; stinking nightshade
- 椰子汁 coconut water
- 精子 sperm; spermatozoon
- 凡夫俗子 common people; ordinary folk
- 端子 a terminal
- 香獐子 musk deer (Moschus moschiferus)
Also contained in
尉缭子 、 太子丹 、 子例程 、 戏子 、 梁子湖区 、 有子 、 茄子河区 、 野鸭子
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 831
- 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 813
- 卷一百〇二 表第三 諸王世表三 Volume 102 Tables 3: Princes 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 561
- 卷一百〇一 表第二 諸王世表二 Volume 101 Tables 2: Princes 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 558
- 卷一百 表第一 諸王世表一 Volume 100 Tables 1: Princes 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 536
- 哀公 Lord Ai The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 320
- 卷一百〇四 表第五 諸王世表五 Volume 104 Tables 5: Princes 5 History of Ming 明史 — count: 314
- 卷一百〇三 表第四 諸王世表四 Volume 103 Tables 4: Princes 4 History of Ming 明史 — count: 290
- 成公 Lord Cheng The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 229
- 僖公 Lord Xi The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 227
Collocations
- 子于归 (子于歸) 之子于歸 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧周南‧桃夭 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Zhou And The South - Tao Yao — count: 12
- 齐子 (齊子) 齊子由歸 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧齊‧南山 Lessons from the states - Odes of Qi - Nan Shan — count: 9
- 二子 (二子) 二子乘舟 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶‧二子乘舟 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Er Zi Cheng Zhou — count: 6
- 仲子 (仲子) 將仲子 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄭‧將仲子 Lessons from the states - Odes of Zheng - Jiang Zhong Zi — count: 6
- 妇子 (婦子) 同我婦子 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧豳‧七月 Lessons from the states - Odes of Cao - Qi Yue — count: 6
- 子乘 (子乘) 二子乘舟 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶‧二子乘舟 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Er Zi Cheng Zhou — count: 5
- 维子 (維子) 維子之故 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄭‧狡童 Lessons from the states - Odes of Zheng - Jiao Tong — count: 4
- 留子 (留子) 彼留子嗟 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧王‧丘中有麻 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wang - Qiu Zhong You Ma — count: 4
- 冲子 (沖子) 汝惟沖子 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 洛誥 Zhou Shu - Announcement concerning Luo — count: 4
- 子衿 (子衿) 子衿 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄭‧子衿 Lessons from the states - Odes of Zheng - Zi Jin — count: 4