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斧子
fǔ zi



斧子
axe


Definitions

Chinese > English
斧子fǔzi
     1. n. axe; hatchet
English > Chinese
axe
     1. 名词. 樂器
Components
     1. axe; hatchet
     1. (literary) child; offspring
     2. son
           (zh-co, 獨生子, only son, tr=dúshēngzǐ)
           (zh-co, 愛子, beloved son, tr=àizǐ)
           (zh-co, 一 子 一 女, one son and one daughter, tr=yī zǐ yī nǚ)
     3. (literary) descendant; posterity
     4. (Christianity) the Son
     5. (in compounds) person
           女子 - female; woman, tr=nǚzǐ
     6. (literary) master; teacher
     7. (literary) (n-g-lite, A respectful title for teachers, usually attached after their surnames.)
           孔子 - Master Kong (Confucius), tr=Kǒngzǐ
           老子 - Laozi, tr=Lǎozǐ
     8. (literary, polite) you
     9. Alternative form of 籽 (seed); (n-g-lite, also its second-round simplified form.)
           葵花子 - sunflower seed, tr=kuíhuāzǐ
     10. egg
           魚子 - caviar, tr=yúzǐ
     11. young; tender; small
     12. (n-g-lite, Prefix attached to nouns, denoting "a part of", "belonging to" or "individual".) sub-
           子目錄 - subdirectory, tr=zǐmùlù
     13. (astrology) First earthly branch: (n-g-lite, rat in the Chinese zodiac, 11th solar month, midnight (11:00 pm to 1:00 am))
     14. (historical) viscount (gloss-lite, fourth of five ranks of Chinese aristocracy under the w, Zhou dynasty)
     15. (physics, biology) -on
     16. (Min Nan) grain-like object; particle; granule
     17. (Min Nan, music) rhythm
     18. (Min Nan)
     19. (n-g-lite, Suffix:)
     20.    (n-g-lite, Used to nominalize.)
     21.    zh-co, 瓶子zi, bottle, tr=píngzi
     22.    zh-co, 刷子zi, brush, tr=shuāzi
     23.    zh-co, 胖子zi, fat person, tr=pàngzi
     24.    (colloquial) (n-g-lite, Used in some classifiers.)
     25.    zh-co, 一下子zi, all of a sudden, tr=yīxiàzi
     26. small, round object
           算盤子jí - abacus bead, MN, tr=sǹg-pôaⁿ-jí
     27. (Xiamen, Quanzhou)
     28. (Zhangzhou, Taiwan)
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