子

How to write 子, stroke by stroke

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What 子 means

zǐ

son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat; viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-

zi

noun suffix, as in 椅子 "chair"

Pictographic: A child in a wrap, with outstretched arms but bundled legs

Made of 了 + 一

Words with 子

• 孩子hái zichild
• 儿子ér zison
• 房子fáng zihouse; building (single- or two-story); apartment; room
• 妻子qī zǐwife and children
• 妻子qī ziwife
• 样子yàng ziappearance; manner; pattern; model
• 小子xiǎo zi(coll.) boy; (derog.) joker; guy; (despicable) fellow
• 案子àn zilong table; counter; (coll.) case (criminal, medical etc); matter; project; job
• 日子rì ziday; a (calendar) date; days of one's life
• 婊子biǎo ziprostitute; whore
• 子弹zǐ dànbullet
• 疯子fēng zimadman; lunatic

子 in a sentence

• 我结婚了，而且有两个孩子。

  wǒ jié hūn le ， ér qiě yǒu liǎng gè hái zi 。

  I am married and have two children.

• 你为什么指责我儿子？

  nǐ wèi shén me zhǐ zé wǒ ér zi ？

  Why do you accuse my son?

• 一个窃贼闯进了他的房子。

  yí gè qiè zéi chuǎng jìn le tā de fáng zi 。

  A burglar broke into his house.

• 这样子我一箭双雕。

  zhè yàng zi wǒ yí jiàn shuāng diāo 。

  That way I kill two birds with one stone.

• 假期里，我度过了悠闲的日子。

  jià qī lǐ ， wǒ dù guò le yōu xián de rì zi 。

  I spent idle days during the vacation.

Characters that sound like 子

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