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

大分 dà fēn zǐ macromolecule (chemistry)
儿 zǐ r (coll.) penny; buck
路 zǐ lù Zi Lu (542-480 BC), disciple of Confucius 孔夫子[Kong3 fu1 zi3], also known as Ji Lu 季路[Ji4 Lu4]
mèng zǐ Mencius (c. 372-c. 289 BC), Confucian philosopher second only to Confucius; book of the same name, one of the classics of Confucianism
guān zǐ endgame (in go)
tì zi drawer; stackable cooking vessel; woven mat on a bed frame or chair; woven window screen
tún zi village
微电 wēi diàn zǐ microelectronics
爱民如 ài mín rú zǐ to love the common people as one's own children (praise for a virtuous ruler)
慢性 màn xìng zi slow-tempered; phlegmatic; a slowcoach
扎猛 zhā měng zi to swim with head submerged
chuāi zi plunger (for clearing drains)
xīng zǐ Xingzi county in Jiujiang 九江, Jiangxi
yuè zi traditional one-month confinement period following childbirth; puerperium
梁上君 liáng shàng jūn zǐ lit. the gentleman on the roof beam; fig. a thief
zhī zi cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides)
gē zi song
正离 zhèng lí zǐ positive ion; cation (physics)
泥腿 ní tuǐ zi peasant; yokel
huáng zǐ prince
dào zi rice (crop); unhulled rice
怡 zhāng zǐ yí Zhang Ziyi (1979-), PRC actress
duān zi terminal (electronics)
美智 měi zhì zǐ Michiko, Japanese female given name; Empress Michiko of Japan (1934-)
yì zǐ adopted son