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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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Pronunciation
dí zi
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