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

• 瘦子 a thin person
• 须子(鬚子) feelers ; tassel
• 野孩子 feral child
• 聋子(聾子) deaf person
• 小日子 simple life
• 嫡子 son of first wife
• 圆子(圓子) kind of dumpling; sticky rice ball
• 橡子面(橡子麵) acorn flour
• 男子汉(男子漢) masculine
• 土包子 a country bumpkin; a boor/ an unsophisticated country person
• 子群 subgroup
• 大伯子 husband's elder brother
• 牙子 serrated edge ; middleman; broker
• 骨子里(骨子裡) beneath the surface; fundamentally; at the deepest level
• 鞍心子 the seat of a saddle
• 枪杆子里面出政权(槍桿子裡面出政權) political power comes from the barrel of a gun
• 坯子 base; semifinished product; the makings of (a talented actor etc)
• 耳刮子 a slap on one's face; a cuff
• 劳什子(勞什子) nuisance; pain
• 铲子(鏟子) a wok spatula ; a spade; a shovel
• 电子伏特(電子伏特) electronvolt (eV)
• 夫子自道 appearing to be praising others while actually praising yourself
• 分子杂交(分子雜交) molecular hybridization
• 一家子 the whole family
• 牵着鼻子走(牽著鼻子走) to lead by the nose
• 拐子 crutch; lame person; kidnapper
• 爱子(愛子) beloved son
• 簿子 a book
• 虎毒不食子 a tiger, though cruel, will not devour its cubs; even wild beasts look after their young
• 大男子主义(大男子主義) male chauvinism
• 老油子 wily old fox; crafty fellow
• 塞子 cork; plug
• 球孢子菌病 Coccidioidomycosis
• 正人君子 upright gentleman; man of honor
• 星子 Xingzi ; a star-shaped object
• 核子医学(核子醫學) nuclear medicine
• 小桌子 small table
• 橘子酱(橘子醬) orange jam; marmalade
• 房牙子 real estate agent
• 性子 temper
• 耗子 mouse; rat
• 没起子(沒起子) (of a person) useless; pathetic; spineless
• 石狮子(石獅子) guardian lion
• 恐怖分子(恐怖份子) terrorists
• 卖面子(賣面子) to obsequiously bequeath favors on behalf of another; to give face to somebody by doing favors on their behalf; to curry favor for a third party; to intercede on another's behalf
• 黑茶藨子 blackcurrant; cassis
• 失面子 to lose face; to be humiliated

Also contained in

孔子内备经 、 龙子湖区 、 圣德太子 、 淮南子

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: 319
• 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
• 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
• 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