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Information of 子

Pinyin zǐ、 zi
Radical
Strokes
3 strokes
Usage
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Definition
11 p.m.-1 a.m. / 1st earthly branch / child / midnight / son / child / seed / egg / small thing, (noun suff.)
子 [zǐ] [名] 【本义】:婴儿 【造字法】:象形。甲骨文字形,象小儿在襁褓中,有头、身、臂膀,两足象并起来的样子。"子"是汉字的一个部首。 1. 同本义 (English: baby; infant) 2. 儿女。古人称子兼男女 (English: child) 3. 今则专指儿子,即某人直系血统的下一代男性 (English: son) 4. 子孙 (English: descendant) 5. 通常指晚辈直系或旁系血亲 (English: usually referring to direct or collateral relatives) 6. 系另一人或一个共同世系的后裔; 后代 (English: descendants of another person or of a common ancestry) 7. 人的通称 (English: person) 8. 中国古代士大夫的通称 (English: literate and officialdom (in feudal China)) 9. 中国古代对男子的通称 (English: man) 10. 古人对自己老师的称呼 (English: master) 11. 地支的第一位 (English: the first of the twelve Earthly Branches) 12. 与天干相配,用以纪年 (English: paired with Heavenly Stems for marking years) 13. 用以纪月,即农历十一月 (English: used in marking months, i.e. the eleventh month in the lunar calendar) 14. 用以纪日 (English: used in marking days) 15. 用以纪时,即夜半十一时至一时 (English: used in marking time, i.e. from eleven to one at night) 16. 专指女儿 (English: daughter) 17. 加在姓氏或数词后面作为对人的尊称 (English: honorific title with the surname) 18. 姓 (English: surname) 子 [zǐ] [形] 1. 小 (English: small) 2. 嫩的或易咀嚼的 (English: tender) 3. 幼小 (English: young) 4. 属于别人的,受别人控制的 (English: subsidiary) 子 [zǐ] [动] 1. 通“慈”。爱; 尤指像对子女一样地爱护 (English: love) 2. 收养为子 (English: adopt as son) 3. 结果实 (English: bear fruit) 4. 尽儿女之道; 善事父母 (English: serve one’s parents with filial devotion) 子 [zǐ] [副] 1. 表示限制,相当于“只” (English: only) 子 [zǐ] [连] 1. 相当于“虽然” (English: though, although) 子 [zǐ] [代] 1. 你——尊称对方,通常为男性 (English: you) 2. 另见 zi 子 [zì] [助] 1. 构词后缀。 2. 加在名词后。 3. 加在动词或形容词词素后。如;胖子;瘦子;垫子 4. 个别量词后缀 子 [zì] [助] 1. 构词后缀。 2. 加在名词后。 3. 加在动词或形容词词素后。如;胖子;瘦子;垫子 4. 个别量词后缀 (*引自繁体辞典解释) 【綴】 1. 词尾:➊ 接名词。如:「桌子」、「筷子」。➋ 接动词。如:「起子」、「拍子」。➌ 接形容词。如:「聾子」、「亂子」。➍ 接量词。如:「兩下子」、「一檔子」。
sǎng zi
throat / voice / CL:把[ba3]
shū dāi zi
bookworm / pedant / bookish fool
ní zi
woolen cloth
zǐ gōng sī
subsidiary company / subsidiary corporation
jūn zǐ
nobleman / person of noble character
zhèng rén jūn zi
upright gentleman / man of honor
yuán zǐ
atom / atomic
chú zi
cook
chā zi
fork / CL:把[ba3]
jù zi
sentence / CL:個|个[ge4]
quān zi
circle / ring / (social) circle
shào zi
whistle
nǎ mén zi
(coll.) (emphasizing a rhetorical question) what / what kind / why on earth
tuó zi
lump / heap
tuò mò xīng zi
sputter
shá zi
(dialect) what
sǎng zi yǎn
throat
sǎng zi yǎn r
erhua variant of 嗓子眼[sang3 zi5 yan3]
rén zi nián
Ren Zi Year
bāo zi náng
sporangium
zǐ náng
ascus / asci / daughter cyst / secondary cyst / vesicula proligera
yīn zǐ
factor / (genetic) trait / (math.) factor / divisor
tuán zi
dango (Japanese dumpling)
yuán zi
park / garden
kǎn zi
raised ground / bank
huài fèn zǐ
bad element / bad egg
qī zǐ
wife and children
tán zi
jug (earthenware with a big belly and a small opening)
zhuì zi
weight / pendant / same as 墜胡|坠胡[zhui4 hu2] / ballad singing accompanied by a 墜胡|坠胡[zhui4 hu2]
hé nán zhuì zǐ
Henan pendant