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

港 tài zǐ gǎng Port-au-Prince, capital of Haiti
孙孙 zǐ zǐ sūn sūn one's posterity
xué zǐ (literary) student; scholar
官架 guān jià zi putting on official airs
zhàng zi mosquito net; CL:頂|顶[ding3]
zuò zi pedestal; plinth; saddle
手腕 shǒu wàn zi wrist
搭架 dā jià zi to put up scaffolding; to build a framework; to launch an enterprise
mò zi powder; dust
椒 shì zi jiāo bell pepper, aka sweet pepper
kuàng zi frame (of spectacles, small ornament etc)
kuǎn zi a sum of money; CL:筆|笔[bi3]
jiàn zi jianzi (Asian shuttlecock game)
凑份 còu fèn zi to pool resources (for a gift, project etc)
lí zi leopard cat
山 shī zi shān Sierra Leone (Tw); Shizishan or Lion Mountain; Shizishan district of Tongling city 銅陵市|铜陵市[Tong2 ling2 shi4], Anhui
bái zǐ white Go chess piece; bee pupa; albino
shā zi sand
zhì zǐ young child
jiē zǐ to bear seeds (of plant)
jié zi knot (on a rope or string)
chóu zi silk fabric; silk; CL:匹[pi3]
脑门 nǎo mén zi forehead (dialect)
腿肚 tuǐ dù zi calf (back of the leg below the knee)
气 jiè zǐ qì mustard gas