子
zǐ
HSK level: HSK 3
Meaning
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)
Other reading: zi
noun suffix, as in 椅子[yi3 zi5] "chair"
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Examples
给我个例子。
gěi wǒ gè lì zǐ。
Show me an example.
他有三个儿子。
tā yǒu sān gè r zǐ。
He has three sons.
我想买套房子。
wǒ xiǎng mǎi tào fáng zǐ。
I'd like to buy a house.
Words with this character
孩子 hái zi child儿子 ér zi son房子 fáng zi house样子 yàng zi appearance妻子 qī zi wife日子 rì zi day电子 diàn zǐ electronic女子 nǚ zǐ woman一辈子 yī bèi zi a lifetime男子 nán zǐ a man肚子 dù zi belly脑子 nǎo zi brains鼻子 bí zi nose帽子 mào zi hat脖子 bó zi neck王子 wáng zǐ prince桌子 zhuō zi table裤子 kù zi trousers子弹 zǐ dàn bullet小伙子 xiǎo huǒ zi young man狮子 shī zi lion屋子 wū zi house胖子 pàng zi fat person