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
- 原子武器 atomic weapon
- 氧原子 oxygen atom
- 泻肚子(瀉肚子) to have diarrhea
- 补子 a rank badge; a mandarin square
- 黑莓子 blackberry
- 瞎子摸象 blind people touch an elephant; unable to see the big picture; to mistake the part for the whole; unable to see the wood for the trees
- 不法分子 lawbreakers; offenders
- 内子(內子) wife
- 管子 tube; drinking straw ; Guanzi; Guan Zhong ; pipe ; Guanzi
- 扣屎盔子 to cap in excrement; to discredit with absurd unfounded accusations; to vilify
- 电子狗(電子狗) radar detector
- 手腕子 wrist
- 混子 hoodlum; person unfit for society
- 橘子 orange; tangerine
- 窗子 window
- 车子(車子) a small vehicle
- 八旗子弟 child of a Manchu bannerman family (nobility); privileged brat
- 小日子 simple life
- 蛮子(蠻子) a barbarian; a slave servant
- 掐尖子 to share ill-gained profits
- 脚丫子(腳丫子) foot
- 这下子(這下子) this time
- 小铲子(小鏟子) trowel
- 绵子(綿子) silk floss
- 椰子猫(椰子貓) Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus), also called toddy cat
- 有子存焉 I still have sons, don't I?; future generations will continue the work
- 样子(樣子) shape; manner; air; looks; aspect ; a pattern ; a prototype; an example ; something approximately the same
- 戒子 (finger) ring
- 哨子声(哨子聲) whistling sound
- 房子 house
- 弹子锁(彈子鎖) pin tumbler lock; spring lock
- 果子狸 masked palm civet (Paguma larvata)
- 择日子(擇日子) to pick an auspicious day
- 摘帽子 to take off a hat; to be cleared of an unfair charge; rehabilitation
- 眼皮子 eyelid
- 妃子笑 concubine's smile; a cultivar of lychee
- 打拍子 to beat time
- 老油子 wily old fox; crafty fellow
- 电子显微镜(電子顯微鏡) electron microscope
- 毛孩子 a small child; an ignorant child
- 小子 a boy
- 二尕子 scoundrel
Also contained in
萧子良 、 宏达国际电子 、 子夜歌 、 凤辣子 、 庚子国变 、 朱子语类 、 师子吼 、 贺子珍 、 鬼谷子
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: 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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