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

shēng zǐ to give birth to a child or children
等离体 děng lí zǐ tǐ plasma (physics)
huā zi beggar (old term)
那阵 nà zhèn zi at that time; then
钻空 zuān kòng zi lit. to drill a hole; to take advantage of a loophole; to exploit an advantage; to seize the opportunity (esp. to do sth bad)
jiè zǐ meson; mesotron (physics)
xiá zi small box
半吊 bàn diào zi dabbler; smatterer; tactless and impulsive person
huì zi Hui-zi also known as Hui Shi 惠施[Hui4 Shi1] (c. 370-310 BC), politician and philosopher of the School of Logicians 名家 [Ming2 jia1] during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)
败家 bài jiā zǐ spendthrift; wastrel; prodigal
选手 zhǒng zi xuǎn shǒu seeded player
tǒng zi tube-shaped object; tube; bobbin; (Internet slang) homonym for 同志[tong2 zhi4]
臭架 chòu jià zi stinking pretension; to give oneself airs and offend others; hateful arrogance
zhě zi pleat; fold; crease; wrinkle
要面 yào miàn zi see 愛面子|爱面子[ai4 mian4 zi5]
bào zi plane
系统 zǐ xì tǒng subsystem
集 zǐ jí subset
xiē zi wedge; peg; stopper; prologue (in some modern novels); prologue or interlude in Yuan dynasty drama
江湖骗 jiāng hú piàn zi swindler; itinerant con-man
zòng zi glutinous rice and choice of filling wrapped in leaves and boiled
é zi moth
眼 diàn zǐ yǎn electronic eye
不法分 bù fǎ fèn zǐ lawbreakers; offenders
二流 èr liú zi loafer; idler; bum