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

捅娄 tǒng lóu zi to make a mess of sth
dǎn zi duster; CL:把[ba3]
成龙 wàng zǐ chéng lóng lit. to hope one's son becomes a dragon (idiom); fig. to long for one' s child to succeed in life; to have great hopes for one's offspring; to give one's child the best education as a career investment
露 guǒ zi lù fruit drink
汁 yē zi zhī coconut water
zhèng zǐ positron; also called 正電子|正电子[zheng4 dian4 zi3]
爬格 pá gé zi (oral) to write (esp. for a living); to spell out laboriously on squared paper
病秧 bìng yāng zi (coll.) invalid; sickly person
积极分 jī jí fèn zǐ enthusiast; (political) activist
yáo zi (old) low-grade brothel
笔杆 bǐ gǎn zi pen; an effective writer
脑瓜 nǎo guā zi see 腦瓜|脑瓜[nao3 gua1]
腮帮 sāi bāng zi cheek
jiàn zi sinew
miáo zi young successor; seedling; sapling
jiǎo zi one Jiao coin (Mao, one-tenth of yuan)
学 diàn zǐ xué electronics
高分 gāo fēn zǐ macromolecule; polymer
弹 zhōng zǐ dàn neutron bomb
叫化 jiào huā zi variant of 叫花子[jiao4 hua1 zi5]
shá zi (dialect) what
大姨 dà yí zi sister-in-law; wife's older sister
程序 zǐ chéng xù subroutine
rú zǐ (literary) child
xí zi woven mat