子

I

zǐ

son

child

person

ancient title of respect for a learned or virtuous man

philosophical works—one of the four traditional divisions of a Chinese library

seed, egg, sth. small and hard

copper coin

copper

viscount

used for something long and thin

you, young

tender

small

the first of the twelve Earthly Branches (地支)

II

zi

used after a noun as a suffix, used after an adjective or verb as a suffix, used after a classifier as a suffix

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【机】 leaven

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son; child; seed

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zǐ

n. first earthly branch, child, son, seed, small thing

zǐ

11 P.M.-1 A.M.

zi

noun suffix

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1)

zi3

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

2)

zi5

(noun suffix)

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1) 子

zǐ

名

（儿子） son:

父子 father and son;

长子 eldest son;

独生子 an only son

（人的通称） person:

男子 male person; man;

女子 female person; woman;

童子 boy; lad;

稚子 child

（古代特指有学问的男人） ancient title of respect for a learned or virtuous man:

孔子 Confucius;

孟子 Mencius;

荀子 Master Xun

（种子） seed:

葵花子 sunflower seeds;

结子儿 bear seed; go to seed

（卵） egg:

鱼子 roe;

鸡子儿 hen's egg

（小而坚硬的块状物或粒状物） small and hard things:

弹子 bullet; billiard balls; pellet; marble;

棋子儿 chessman; piece;

石子儿 small stone; pebble;

丸子 meatball; pill; bolus

（铜子儿; 铜元） copper coin; copper:

挣这么几个子儿 earn a small amount of money;

一个子儿也不值 not worth a copper or penny

（封建五等爵位的第四等） the fourth ranking of the five feudal title of nobility; viscount

（地支的第一位） the first of the twelve Earthly Branches

（姓氏） a surname:

子都 Zi Du

形

（幼小的; 小的; 嫩的） young; small; tender:

子猪 pigling; piglet; shoat;

子姜 tender ginger;

子注 small-type explanatory notes in books

量

（用于能用手指掐住的一束细长物）:

一子儿线 a hank of thread;

一子儿韭菜 a bundle of chives;

一子挂面 a bundle of fine dried noodles

代

（古代指你） you:

以子之矛， 攻子之盾 set your own spear against your own shield

另见 zi。

2) 子

zi

(名词后缀):

桌子 table; desk;

筷子 chopsticks;

矮子 a short person; dwarf;

猴子 monkey

(个别量词后缀):

这档子事 this matter; this business;

来了一伙子人。 Here came a group of people.

我一下子想不起她的名字。 I just can't recall her name.; Her name escapes me for the moment.

另见 zǐ。

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Ⅰ. 子|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 [wǔ děng jué wèi]

Ⅱ. 子|子 [zi] ► (noun suffix)