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凿子
záo zi



凿子
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.
     9.
     10.
Components
     1. Variant of 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)
     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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