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

liàn zi chain
qí zǐ chess piece; CL:個|个[ge4],顆|颗[ke1]
huǎng zi shop sign; signboard; (fig.) pretense
zhū zi pearl; bead; CL:粒[li4],顆|颗[ke1]
qué zi lame person (colloquial)
bàng zi stick; club; cudgel; maize (corn); ear of maize; corncob; (derog.) Korean
稿 gǎo zi draft of a document; script; manuscript; mental plan; precedent
兜圈 dōu quān zi to encircle; to go around; to circle; to beat about the bush
biān zi whip; CL:根[gen1]
一家 yī jiā zi the whole family
chéng zi orange
民 zǐ mín people
哪门 nǎ mén zi (coll.) (emphasizing a rhetorical question) what; what kind; why on earth
chà zi branch road; setback; accident; hiccup
luó zi mule; CL:匹[pi3],頭|头[tou2]
手 guì zi shǒu executioner; headsman; slaughterer; fig. indiscriminate murderer
dàng zi classifier for affairs, events etc
diào zi tune; melody; tuning; cadence; intonation; (speech) tone
bǎn zi board; plank; bamboo or birch for corporal punishment
狗崽 gǒu zǎi zi (coll.) puppy; (derog.) son of a bitch
guǐ zi devils; refers to 日本鬼子, wartime term insult for Japanese
gé zi lattice; check (pattern of squares)
dié zi saucer; small dish; CL:盤|盘[pan2]
qián zi pliers; pincers; tongs; forceps; vise; clamp; claw (of a crab etc); CL:把[ba3]; (dialect) earring
zhèn zi period of time