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