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仔

zǐ

HSK 4 Character

What 仔 means

1. bound form(of domestic animals or fowl) young
2. bound formfine; detailed

Other readings

仔 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• zīused in {仔肩|zī jiān}
• zǎivariant of {崽|zǎi}; young man

Example sentences

• 仔细看
  Zǐxì kàn
  Look closely.
• 仔细听着。
  Listen carefully.
• 请仔细洗牌。
  Qǐng zǐxì xǐpái.
  Please shuffle the cards carefully.
• 汤姆仔细听。
  Tom listened carefully.
• 听，仔细听。
  Listen and listen carefully.
• 我会仔细考虑。
  I'll think it over carefully.

Words starting with 仔

• 仔细zǐ xìcareful; attentive; cautious; to be careful; to look out; (dialect) thrifty; frugal
• 仔密zǐ mì(textiles) closely woven; tightly knitted
• 仔鸡zǐ jīchick; baby chicken
• 仔肩zī jiānto bear responsibility for sth
• 仔猪zǐ zhūpiglet
• 仔畜zǐ chùnewborn animal
• 仔姜zǐ jiāngstem ginger

Words containing 仔

• 牛仔裤niú zǎi kùjeans
• 牛仔niú zǎicowboy
• 打工仔dǎ gōng zǎiyoung worker; employee; young male worker
• 湾仔Wān ZǎiWan Chai district of Hong Kong
• 马仔mǎ zǎihenchman; gang member
• 公仔gōng zǎidoll; cuddly toy
• 狗仔gǒu zǎipaparazzi
• 产仔chǎn zǐto give birth (animals); to bear a litter
• 公仔面gōng zǎi miànbrand of Hong Kong instant noodles; also used as term for instant noodles in general
• 担仔面dàn zǎi miànta-a noodles or danzai noodles, popular snack originating from Tainan
• 歌仔戏gē zǎi xìtype of opera from Taiwan and Fujian
• 牛仔布niú zǎi bùdenim
• 狗仔式gǒu zǎi shìdog paddle (swimming); doggy style (sex)
• 狗仔队gǒu zǎi duìpaparazzi
• 菜市仔名cài shì zǐ míng(Taiwan) popular given name…
• 幼仔yòu zǎi(zoology) the young; immature offspring
• 古惑仔gǔ huò zǎigangster; hooligan; problem youth
• 猪仔zhū zǎipiglet; (old) exploited Chinese laborer tricked into working abroad
• 猪仔包zhū zǎi bāoa French-style bread, similar to a small baguette, commonly seen in Hong Kong and Macao
• 肠仔cháng zǐsausage
• 辣椒仔Là jiāo zǎiTabasco (brand)
• 鸭仔蛋yā zǐ dànbalut (boiled duck egg with a partly-developed embryo, which is eaten from the shell)
• 靓仔liàng zǎihandsome young man
• 氹仔Dàng zǎiTaipa, an island of Macau

Characters built on 子

These share the phonetic component 子 (zi), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 字zìletter; symbol; character
• 季jìseason; the last month of a season; fourth or youngest amongst brothers
• 李lǐplum
• 籽zǐseed (of a plant)
• 孜zīused in 孜孜
• 孳zīindustrious; produce; bear
• 耔zǐhoe up soil around plants

Characters that look like 仔

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 任rènto assign; to appoint; to take up a post
• 件jiànitem; component; classifier for events, things, clothes etc
• 好hǎogood; appropriate; proper; all right!
• 伟wěibig; large; great
• 忏chàn(bound form) to feel remorse; (bound form) scripture read to atone for sb's sins…
• 什shénwhat

Sounds the same

Read zǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 紫purple; violet
• 姊older sister; Taiwan pr. jiě
• 子son; child; seed
• 梓Chinese catalpa (Catalpa ovata), a tree that serves as a symbol of one's hometown and…
• 籽seed (of a plant)
• 滓(bound form) dregs; sediment
• 笫bamboo mat; bed mat
• 秭billion
• 耔hoe up soil around plants
• 呰to slander; to blame; to revile
• 矷(a kind of stone)
• 胏dried meat with bone