子 zǐ

1. 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)
2. 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)
3. 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)
4. zǐ noun 11 p.m.-1 a.m.
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Time
   Notes: (Guoyu '子' n 2)
5. 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)
6. 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)
7. 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)
8. 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)
9. 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)
10. 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)
11. 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)
12. 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)
13. 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)
14. 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)
15. zǐ noun subordinate; subsidiary
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '子' adj 2, 3; NCCED '子' 11)
16. zǐ noun a copper coin
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (ABC 'zǐ' 子 bf 5; NCCED '子' 12)
17. 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)
18. zǐ bound form female dragonfly
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Biology
    Notes: (ABC 'zǐ' 子 bf 7)
19. zǐ bound form constituent
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (ABC 'zǐ' 子 bf 10)
20. zǐ noun offspring; descendants
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 后代 or 子孙 (Guoyu '子' n 4)
21. 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)
22. 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

• 坐月子 to convalesce for a month following childbirth
• 池子 a pond ; a theater hall ; public baths ; a danec floor
• 原子爆破弹药(原子爆破彈藥) atomic demolition munition
• 刘涓子鬼遗方(劉涓子鬼遺方) Liu Juanzi's medical recipes bequeathed by the ghost Huang Fugui 黃父鬼|黄父鬼
• 林子 woods; grove; forest
• 贤天子(賢天子) sage Son of Heaven
• 腮帮子(腮幫子) cheek
• 麦子(麥子) wheat
• 摘帽子 to take off a hat; to be cleared of an unfair charge; rehabilitation
• 柰子 Chinese pear-leaf crabapple (Malus asiatica); tits (pun on 奶子)
• 害月子 morning sickness (in pregnancy)
• 档子(檔子) classifier for affairs, events etc
• 童子 boy ; a candidate who has not yet passed the county level imperial exam
• 勒脖子 to throttle; to strangle
• 因子 factor; (genetic) trait; factor; divisor
• 富家子 a wealthy family
• 套子 a sheath; a cover ; a trap; a scheme ; a polite phrase ; cotton-padded clothes; a quilt ; a set of moves
• 子层(子層) sublayer
• 疯子(瘋子) a madman; a lunatic
• 小桌子 small table
• 牙子 serrated edge ; middleman; broker
• 拍婆子 to chase girls; to hang around with girls
• 王八羔子 son of a bitch; bastard
• 不法分子 lawbreakers; offenders
• 蚕子(蠶子) silkworm eggs
• 超分子化学(超分子化學) supramolecular chemistry
• 铺子 a store; a shop ; store; shop
• 抓辫子(抓辮子) to grab somebody by the pigtail; to seize on weak points; to exploit the opponent's shortcomings
• 煞性子 to vent anger
• 一口吃不成胖子 you cannot get fat with only one mouthful; learn to walk before you run
• 质子轰击(質子轟擊) proton bombardment
• 筹子(籌子) chip; counter
• 孺子 a child ; Emperor Ru Zi
• 枪子(槍子) bullet
• 房子 house
• 无食子(無食子) wushizi; muzak
• 五倍子树(五倍子樹) Chinese sumac
• 子丑 first two of the twelve earthly branches
• 敌特分子(敵特份子) enemy agents in our midst
• 假小子 tomboy
• 渣子 trash; refuse ; lumps of coal
• 冠子 crest; crown
• 男子汉大丈夫(男子漢大丈夫) he-man
• 秤钩子(秤鉤子) scale hook
• 异议分子(異議份子) dissidents; dissenting faction
• 轻子(輕子) lepton
• 将家子(將家子) the progeny of a commander-in-chief
• 没起子(沒起子) (of a person) useless; pathetic; spineless

Also contained in

量子电脑 、 隆子 、 密码子

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: 822
• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 796
• 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: 533
• 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
• 哀公 Lord Ai The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 305
• 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: 289
• 成公 Lord Cheng The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 227
• 僖公 Lord Xi The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 218

Collocations

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 子同 (子同) 甘與子同夢 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧齊‧雞鳴 Lessons from the states - Odes of Qi - Ji Ming — 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