子 zǐ
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zǐ
bound form child / son
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Family
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
- 包子有肉不在褶上 a book is not judged by its cover
- 兆电子伏(兆電子伏) mega electron volt MeV
- 摆样子(擺樣子) to do something for show / to keep up appearances
- 架子鼓 drum kit
- 车床子(車床子) a lathe
- 歪点子(歪點子) illegal device / devious / crooked
- 童子军(童子軍) Scouts
- 分子量 molecular mass / molecular weight
- 掉链子(掉鏈子) one's bicycle chain comes off / to let somebody down / to drop the ball / to screw up
- 孤立子波 instanton
- 曲子 tune / music / composition
- 扯犊子(扯犢子) to talk nonsense / to chat idly
- 因子 factor / (genetic) trait / factor / divisor
- 出点子(出點子) to express an opinion / to offer advice
- 电子书(電子書) electronic book / e-book
- 戴帽子 to wear a hat
- 印子钱(印子錢) usury / high interest loan (in former times)
- 君子报仇,十年不晚(君子報仇,十年不晚) for a nobleman to take revenge, ten years is not too long / revenge is a dish best served cold
- 电子稳定程序(電子穩定程序) (automotive) electronic stability program (ESP)
- 抓小辫子(抓小辮子) to catch out
- 埂子 strip of high ground / low earth dyke separating fields
- 渺子 muon (particle physics)
- 磁单极子(磁單極子) magnetic monopole
- 摆摊子(擺攤子) to set up a stall / to maintain a large staff and organization
- 分子生物学(分子生物學) molecular biology
- 杜松子酒 gin
- 放鸽子(放鴿子) to stand someone up
- 杜松子 juniper berry
- 阳电子(陽電子) positron
- 棋子 a chess piece
- 靴子 boots
- 褟绦子(褟縧子) lace hemming
- 杏子 apricot
- 补子 a rank badge / a mandarin square
- 空子 gap / unoccupied space or time / fig. gap / loophole
- 芥子瓦斯 mustard gas
- 中子 a neutron ; eldest son
- 洞子 cave / pit / greenhouse
- 圣贤孔子鸟(聖賢孔子鳥) Confuciusornis sanctus (Jurassic fossil bird)
- 蚶子 blood clam
- 正人君子 upright gentleman / man of honor
- 场子(場子) gathering place / public venue
Also contained in
狮子山区 、 孙卿子 、 孔子 、 须大拏太子 、 贫子 、 国际原子能机构 、 坊子区 、 子游 、 四子王旗
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: 534
- 哀公 Lord Ai The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 318
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 厥子 (厥子) 厥子乃弗肯堂 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 大誥 Zhou Shu - Great Announcement — 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
- 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