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

烂摊 làn tān zi terrible mess; shambles
老头 lǎo tóu zi (coll.) old man; (said of an aging husband) my old man
汉 nán zǐ hàn man (i.e. manly, masculine)
tī zi ladder; stepladder
看样 kàn yàng zi it seems; it looks as if
zhuǎ zi (animal's) claw
dǎn zi courage; nerve; guts
半辈 bàn bèi zi half of a lifetime
宫 zǐ gōng uterus; womb
dāi zi fool; sucker
dīng zi nail; snag; saboteur
lún zi wheel; CL:個|个[ge4]
hào zi (dialect) mouse; rat
sōng zǐ pine nut
fù zǐ father and son
jú zi tangerine; CL:個|个[ge4],瓣[ban4]
chuāng zi window
xiā zi blind person
lǎo zǐ Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism; the sacred book of Daoism, 道德經|道德经 by Laozi
lǎo zi father; daddy; "I, your father" (in anger, or out of contempt); I (used arrogantly or jocularly)
弹 yuán zǐ dàn atom bomb; atomic bomb; A-bomb
书呆 shū dāi zi bookworm; pedant; bookish fool
fàn zǐ child trafficking
fàn zi trafficker; dealer; monger; peddler
chǎn zi shovel; spade; trowel; spatula (kitchen utensil); CL:把[ba3]