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子

zi

HSK 1 Character

What 子 means

1. noun suffix, as in {椅子|yǐ zi} "chair"

Other readings

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

• zǐson; child; seed

Example sentences

• 疯子！
  Madman!
• 照镜子。
  Look in the mirror.
• 折被子。
  Fold the quilt.
• 我没穿裤子
  Wǒ méi chuān kùzi
  I'm not wearing pants.
• 扣子掉了。
  Kòuzi diào le.
  The button came off.
• 他是长子。
  Tā shì zhǎngzǐ.
  He's the oldest son.

Words starting with 子

• 子弹zǐ dànbullet
• 子女zǐ nǚchildren; sons and daughters
• 子弟zǐ dìchild; the younger generation
• 子宫zǐ gōnguterus; womb
• 子孙zǐ sūnoffspring; posterity
• 子公司zǐ gōng sīsubsidiary company; subsidiary corporation
• 子夜zǐ yèmidnight
• 子民zǐ mínpeople
• 子虚乌有zǐ xū wū yǒu(idiom) to have no basis in fact; to be the product of sb's imagination
• 子系统zǐ xì tǒngsubsystem
• 子时zǐ shí11 pm-1 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
• 子目zǐ mùsubheading; specific item
• 子产Zǐ ChǎnZi Chan (?-522 BC), statesman and philosopher during the Spring and Autumn period
• 子网zǐ wǎngsubnetwork
• 子代zǐ dàioffspring; child's generation
• 子规zǐ guīcuckoo
• 子供向zǐ gōng xiàng(of a game, movie etc) intended for children…
• 子儿zǐ r(colloquial) penny; buck
• 子域zǐ yùsubfield (math.)
• 子房zǐ fángovary (botany)
• 子级zǐ jí(computing) (attributive) child (in a hierarchy)
• 子长市Zǐ cháng ShìZichang, a county-level city in Yan'an City 延安市
• 子空间zǐ kōng jiān(math) subspace
• 子集zǐ jí(math) subset

Words containing 子

• 孩子hái zichild
• 儿子ér zison
• 桌子zhuō zitable; desk
• 椅子yǐ zichair
• 杯子bēi zicup; glass
• 妻子qī ziwife
• 样子yàng ziappearance; manner; pattern
• 房子fáng zihouse; building (single- or two-story); apartment
• 日子rì ziday; a (calendar) date; days of one's life
• 电子diàn zǐelectronic; electron (particle physics)
• 鼻子bí zinose
• 句子jù zisentence
• 裤子kù zitrousers; pants
• 帽子mào zihat; cap; (fig.) label
• 裙子qún ziskirt
• 筷子kuài zichopsticks
• 盘子pán zitray; plate; dish
• 肚子dù zibelly; abdomen; stomach
• 镜子jìng zimirror
• 叶子yè zileaf; (slang) marijuana
• 孙子sūn zigrandson; son's son
• 猴子hóu zimonkey
• 盒子hé zibox; case; hezi – a savory turnover-like pie in northern Chinese and Mongolian cuisines
• 个子gè zistature; height; size (of a person or object); (agriculture) bundle of cereal stalks tied…

Characters that look like 子

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

• 于yúto go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particle
• 手shǒuhand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work
• 干gāndry; dried food; empty; hollow
• 予yǔ(literary) to give
• 千qiānthousand