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凿子záo zi
chisel
Definitions
Chinese > English | ||
凿子 | ||
1. Simplified form of 鑿子 | ||
鑿子 | 鑿zi | |
1. n. chisel | ||
English > Chinese | ||
chisel | ||
1. 凿子 | ||
2. 凿刀 | ||
3. 用凿子刻 | ||
4. 凿成 | ||
5. 雕琢 | ||
6. 诈欺 | ||
7. 骗取 | ||
8. 凿 | ||
9. 劂 | ||
10. 琦 | ||
Components | ||
凿 | ||
1. Variant of 鑿 | ||
鑿 | 鑿 | |
1. chisel | ||
2. to bore; to cut a hole; to chisel | ||
鑿 冰 - to make a hole in the ice | ||
把 船 鑿 沉 - to scuttle the ship | ||
3. to dig | ||
鑿井 - to dig a well | ||
鑿 靈渠 - to dig the Lingqu | ||
4. (obsolete) tool for tattooing the face as punishment | ||
5. (literary) to interpret in a strained manner | ||
6. (obsolete) (zh-used in, 鑿行) | ||
7. (obsolete) (zh-used in, 鑿空) | ||
8. (obsolete) feeling; emotion | ||
9. (literary or Beijing) to beat forcefully | ||
大 清早兒r 的,誰shéi 在 外面mian 鑿 門 呢? - Who is outside banging on the door in the early morning?, M-UIB | ||
10. hole; mortise | ||
11. tunnel | ||
12. real; authentic; irrefutable | ||
13. (zh-o) Alternative form of 糳 (to polish (rice)) | ||
14. (zh-o) Alternative form of 糳 (polished rice) | ||
15. (zh-used in, 鑿鑿, tr=zuòzuò) | ||
16. (zh-o) to carve | ||
17. (zh-o) Alternative form of 鏃 (arrow) | ||
18. (cat, cmn, Intermediate Mandarin) | ||
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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