Chinese Word of the Day
儿子ér zi
son
Definitions
| Chinese > English | ||
| 儿子 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 兒子 | ||
| 兒子 | érzi | |
| 1. n. son | ||
| 他 掏空 家底 給 兒子zi 治病。 - He used up all of family's savings to help treat his son's disease. | ||
| 兒子zi 很 瘦削，說 屁股gu 癢，是不是 有 蟲 了？ - (My) son's gotten skinny, says his bottom is itchy, has he got worms? | ||
| 2. n. (Northern Thai Mandarin) man | ||
| 3. n. baby; infant; newborn | ||
| 4. n. child | ||
| 5. n. (Term of self-address, used by a man when speaking to elders.) | ||
| English > Chinese | ||
| son | ||
| 1. 名词. 兒子 | ||
| Components | ||
| 儿 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 兒 | ||
| 2. usage. May be used to specially write erhua (or the rhotic sound) in traditional Chinese, in contrast with child. | ||
| 3. Variant of 人 | ||
| 人 | rén | |
| 1. man; person; people | ||
| 人類 (rénlèi) - humans | ||
| 那 人 是 誰？ (Nà rén shì shéi?) - Who is that person? | ||
| 嗰個 人jan4-2 係 邊個 嚟 㗎？ - Who is that person? | ||
| 有人 敲門 了。 (Yǒurén qiāomén le.) - Someone knocked on the door. | ||
| 2. a person associated with a particular identity or trait; -er | ||
| 主持人 (zhǔchírén) - host | ||
| 北京人 (Běijīngrén) - Beijinger | ||
| 香港人 - Hongkonger | ||
| 3. body | ||
| 人 在 心 不 在 (rén zài xīn bù zài) - the body is here but the heart is not | ||
| 這 兩 天 人 不大 舒服。 (Zhè liǎng tiān rén bùdà shūfú.) - I lit. the body haven't been feeling that well these few days. | ||
| 今天 上午 你 人 在 哪？ (Jīntiān shàngwǔ nǐ rén zài nǎ?) - Where have you been this morning? | ||
| 4. everybody; everyone | ||
| 人手.一冊 (rénshǒu yīcè) - It's a bestseller. (lit. Everyone has a copy.) | ||
| 人所共知 (rénsuǒgòngzhī) - common knowledge | ||
| 5. other people; others | ||
| 人云.亦云 (rényún yìyún) - to follow the crowd (lit. to say what others say) | ||
| 害人害己 (hàirénhàijǐ) - to harm others and onself | ||
| 6. physical, psychological or moral quality or condition; character; personality | ||
| 就我所知，他 人 不錯。 (Jiùwǒsuǒzhī, tā rén bùcuò.) - As far as I know, he is kind (lit. his personality is not bad). | ||
| 我 不 知道 他 是 什麼 人。 (Wǒ bù zhīdào tā shì shénme rén.) - I don't know what kind of person he is. | ||
| 佢 到底 係 咩 人 嚟㗎？ - Exactly what kind of person is he? | ||
| 7. manpower; worker; employee | ||
| 我們 公司 正 缺 人。 (Wǒmen gōngsī zhèng quē rén.) - Our company is short on manpower right now. | ||
| 8. talent; person of talent | ||
| 9. (obsolete) common people; commoner | ||
| 10. adult; grown-up | ||
| 長zhǎng大 成人 (zhǎngdà chéng'rén) - to grow up to be an adult | ||
| 11. (Cantonese) (used as a dummy pronoun); someone; others | ||
| 12. (Zhao'an Hakka) pluralizes a personal pronoun | ||
| ?人、你人、佢人 (ngài ngìn, ngì ngìn, kì ngìn) - we, you all, they | ||
| 13. (obsolete) sexual intercourse | ||
| 人道 (réndào) - sexual intercourse | ||
| 人事 (rénshì) - sexual intercourse | ||
| 14. (obsolete) company; companion; friend | ||
| 15. artificial; man-made | ||
| 人禍 (rénhuò) - human disaster | ||
| 16. (obsolete) human affairs; ways of the world | ||
| 17. (obsolete) mortal world; earthly word | ||
| 18. (obsolete) Alternative form of sc=Hani, 仁 (kernel, tr=rén) | ||
| 19. (obsolete) Alternative form of sc=Hani, 仁 (charity, tr=rén) | ||
| 20. (obsolete) Alternative form of sc=Hani, 仁 (loving; kind, tr=rén) | ||
| 21. (Beijing) Lenition of rénjia. | ||
| 別 磨蹭ceng 啦，人 在zǎi 外頭tou 等 著着zhe 我們 呢！ (Bié móceng la, rén zǎi wàitou děng zhe wǒmen ne!) - Stop dilly-dallying. He/She/They is/are waiting for us outside!, M-UIB | ||
| 哎呀，人 孩子zi 考上shang 哈佛 大學 啦，多 出息xi 呀！ (Āiya, rén háizi kǎoshang Hāfó Dàxué la, duō chūxi ya!) - Geez, his/her/their kid got into Harvard University. How promising!, M-UIB | ||
| 人 別人ren 都 不 吱zī聲sheng兒r，就 他 把 這zhèi 事兒r 給 說 出chu來lai 了。 - , M-UIB, Rén biéren dōu bù zīshengr, jiù tā bǎ zhèi shìr gěi shuō chulai le. | ||
| 22. (Taishanese) paternal grandmother | ||
| 兒 | ér | |
| 1. (now, in compounds) child | ||
| 兒童 - child | ||
| 嬰兒 - infant child; baby | ||
| 2. one's own child; son | ||
| 兒孫 - child(ren) and grandchild(ren) | ||
| 妻兒 - wife and child(ren) | ||
| 一 兒 一 女 - one son and one daughter | ||
| 3. (now, in compounds) (male) adolescent | ||
| 健兒 - good athlete | ||
| 4. (attributive, of animals) male | ||
| 兒馬 - male horse | ||
| 5. (Non-syllabic noun diminutive suffix.) | ||
| 盆兒r - small basin | ||
| 小狗-兒r - puppy | ||
| 6. (Suffix after nouns that does not indicate diminutiveness.) | ||
| 味兒r - taste | ||
| 汁兒r - juice | ||
| 電影兒r - film | ||
| 7. (Suffix added to some verbs or adjectives to form nouns.) | ||
| 吃兒r - food; something to eat | ||
| 亮兒r - light | ||
| 尖兒r - tip | ||
| 短兒r - fault | ||
| 8. (Suffix after a limited number of verbs.) | ||
| 玩兒r - to play | ||
| 火兒r - to be angry | ||
| 9. (Suffix after certain nouns that result in a different meaning from the unsuffixed form.) | ||
| 頭兒r - chief; leader | ||
| 白麵兒r - heroin | ||
| 老家兒r - one's elders | ||
| 10. (Suffix after reduplicated adjectives.) | ||
| 慢慢mān兒r - slowly | ||
| 11. =====Usage notes===== | ||
| 12. Alternative form of 齯 (teeth grown in old age) | ||
| 13. Alternative form of 倪 (small and weak) | ||
| 14. Alternative form of 郳 | ||
| 子 | zǐ | |
| 1. (literary) child; offspring | ||
| 2. son | ||
| 獨生子 - dúshēngzǐ - only son | ||
| 愛子 - àizǐ - beloved son | ||
| 一 子 一 女 - yī zǐ yī nǚ - one son and one daughter | ||
| 3. (literary) descendant; posterity | ||
| 4. (Christianity) the Son | ||
| 5. (in compounds) person | ||
| 女子 (nǚzǐ) - female; woman | ||
| 6. (literary) master; teacher | ||
| 7. (literary) A respectful title for teachers, usually attached after their surnames. | ||
| 孔子 (Kǒngzǐ) - Master Kong (Confucius) | ||
| 老子 (Lǎozǐ) - Laozi | ||
| 8. (literary, polite) you | ||
| 9. Alternative form of 籽 (seed); also its second-round simplified form. | ||
| 葵花子 (kuíhuāzǐ) - sunflower seed | ||
| 10. egg | ||
| 魚子 (yúzǐ) - caviar | ||
| 11. young; tender; small | ||
| 12. Prefix attached to nouns, denoting "a part of", "belonging to" or "individual". sub- | ||
| 子目錄 (zǐmùlù) - subdirectory | ||
| 13. (astrology) First earthly branch: rat in the Chinese zodiac, 11th solar month, midnight (11:00 pm to 1:00 am) | ||
| 14. (historical) viscount (fourth of five ranks of Chinese aristocracy under the Zhou dynasty) | ||
| 15. (physics, biology) -on | ||
| 16. (Min Nan) grain-like object; particle; granule | ||
| 17. (Min Nan, music) rhythm | ||
| 18. (Min Nan) | ||
| 19. Suffix: | ||
| 20. Used to nominalize. | ||
| 21. 瓶子zi - píngzi - bottle | ||
| 22. 刷子zi - shuāzi - brush | ||
| 23. 胖子zi - pàngzi - fat person | ||
| 24. (colloquial) Used in some classifiers. | ||
| 25. 一下子zi - yīxiàzi - all of a sudden | ||
| 26. small, round object | ||
| 算盤子jí (sǹg-pôaⁿ-jí) - abacus bead, MN | ||
| 27. (Xiamen, Quanzhou) | ||
| 28. (Zhangzhou, Taiwan) | ||
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Pronunciation
ér zi
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