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

• 叫化子 a beggar
• 原子核 an atomic nucleus
• 借腹生子 surrogate pregnancy
• 才子 gifted scholar
• 席子 mat
• 真龙天子(真龍天子) an analogy for the Emperor
• 瓜子 melon seeds ; to hit with two fingers
• 核子医学(核子醫學) nuclear medicine
• 屋子 a house; a room
• 一肚子 bellyful; full of
• 黑莓子 blackberry
• 缎子(緞子) satin
• 鞭子 whip ; the reproductive organ of a stag or buck
• 孩子们(孩子們) children
• 等离子体(等離子體) plasma
• 摆摊子(擺攤子) to set up a stall; to maintain a large staff and organization
• 罐子 jar; pitcher; pot
• 核子 nuclear; nucleus
• 叫花子上坟(叫花子上墳) a beggar sweeping tombs
• 欧洲原子能联营(歐洲原子能聯營) Euratom
• 耳刮子 a slap on one's face; a cuff
• 腰杆子(腰桿子) waist; small of the back; (fig.) backing
• 子爵 viscount
• 炎黄子孙(炎黃子孫) Descendants of the Fiery Emperor and Yellow Emperor
• 振子 a boy
• 银子(銀子) money; silver
• 叶子(葉子) foliage; leaf ; playing cards ; page of a book ; gold leaf ; tobacco
• 拍婆子 to chase girls; to hang around with girls
• 游子(遊子) a person living or traveling far from home
• 老婆孩子热炕头(老婆孩子熱炕頭) wife, kids and a warm bed; the simple and good life
• 不法分子 lawbreakers; offenders
• 支子 son of a concubine or son of the wife other than her first ; support; stand; trivet; (cooking utensil)
• 筛子(篩子) a sieve
• 抓子儿(抓子兒) kids' game involving throwing and grabbing
• 座椅套子 seat cover
• 精子 sperm; spermatozoon
• 妮子 a girl servant ; a young girl
• 猸子 mongoose
• 歪点子(歪點子) illegal device; devious; crooked
• 哨子声(哨子聲) whistling sound
• 母子 mother and child ; parent and subsidiary (companies) ; principal and interest
• 胶子(膠子) gluon (particle physics)
• 坎子 raised ground; bank
• 毯子 a blanket
• 錾子(鏨子) chisel

Also contained in

微子之命 、 刘子业 、 萧子良 、 戊戌六君子 、 荀子 、 长子县

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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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