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笛子dí zi

flute
Definitions
Chinese > English | ||
笛子 | dízi | |
1. n. dizi (transverse flute with buzzing membrane, used in Chinese traditional and classical music, usually made from bamboo) | ||
English > Chinese | ||
flute | ||
1. 笛 | ||
2. 音栓一种 | ||
3. 长凹槽 | ||
4. 酒杯 | ||
5. 吹笛子 | ||
6. 发出如笛的声音 | ||
7. 用笛吹奏 | ||
8. 横笛 | ||
9. 长笛 | ||
10. 仑 | ||
11. 龠 | ||
Components | ||
笛 | dí | |
1. flute | ||
2. whistle | ||
子 | zǐ | |
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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