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

哥儿 gōng zǐ gē r pampered son of a wealthy family
叫花 jiào huā zi beggar
爵 zǐ jué viscount
cái zǐ gifted scholar
gǔ zi millet
给面 gěi miàn zi to show deference or praise publicly
zhào zi cover; casing
zhǒu zi pork shoulder; (coll.) elbow
lǐ zi lining; (fig.) substance (as opposed to outward appearance)
fū zǐ Master; (old form of address for teachers, scholars); pedant
xì zi (derog.) opera singer; actor
bān zi organized group; theatrical troupe
jiǎn zi callus (patch or hardened skin); corns (on feet); also 趼子
脚丫 jiǎo yā zi (coll.) foot
话匣 huà xiá zi phonograph or radio (old term); chatterbox; talkative person
轿 jiào zi sedan chair; palanquin; litter
guō zi see 鍋|锅[guo1]; see 涮鍋子|涮锅子[shuan4 guo1 zi5]; bowl (of a smoking pipe etc)
核 yuán zǐ hé atomic nucleus
lóu zi trouble; blunder
午线 zǐ wǔ xiàn meridian
kǒng zǐ Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔夫子[Kong3 fu1 zi3]
duì zǐ pair of antithetical phrases; antithetical couplet
shì zi formula; mathematical expression
鱼 suō zi yú barracuda
gàng zi thick bar; solid carrying pole