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子

zi/zǐ

(noun suffix)

Ancient forms

4 forms

Meaning

zi as in 孩子 zi5
  1. (noun suffix)
zǐ as in 女子 zi3
  1. son
  2. child
  3. seed
  4. egg
  5. small thing
  6. 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat
  7. Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 位
  8. ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)
  9. subsidiary
  10. subordinate
  11. sub-

How often each reading is used

904 uses in 870 example sentences on this site

Example sentences

HSK words with 子 · 24 of 146

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