zi

offspring, child; fruit, seed of; 1st terrestrial branch

DEFINITIONS

子 zi
  • (noun suffix)
子 zǐ
  • son
  • child
  • seed
  • egg
  • small thing
  • 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat
  • Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]
  • ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)

STROKES

WORDS

yǎng zǐ adopted son; foster son
cè zi a book; a volume
出乱 chū luàn zi to go wrong; to get into trouble
命根 mìng gēn zi see 命根[ming4 gen1]
小辫 xiǎo biàn zi pigtail; (fig.) a shortcoming or evidence of wrongdoing that can be seized upon by others
耍嘴皮 shuǎ zuǐ pí zi to talk glibly; to talk big; to be all talk
土包 tǔ bāo zi country bumpkin; boor; unsophisticated country person (humble, applied to oneself); burial mound
niáng zǐ (dialect) form of address for one's wife; polite form of address for a woman
公司 zǐ gōng sī subsidiary company; subsidiary corporation
jú zi police station
dì zǐ disciple; follower
yàn zi swallow
tān zi booth; vendor's stall; organizational structure; scale of operations
jī zi machine; device
guāng zǐ photon (particle physics)
sāi zi cork; plug
ài zǐ beloved son
shì zi persimmon; CL:個|个[ge4]
shùn zi a straight (poker, mahjong)
急性 jí xìng zi impetuous person; excitable person
kòng zi gap; unoccupied space or time; fig. gap; loophole
小舅 xiǎo jiù zi (coll.) wife's younger brother
bāng zi outer (of cabbage etc); upper (of a shoe); (coll.) group; gang
混日 hùn rì zi to idle; to waste time
fá zi raft