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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

[zǐ]
  1. 1. noun son; child
    他俩生有一二女。
    The couple have a son and two daughters.
  2. 2. noun person
    man; male
    woman; female
  3. 3. noun ancient title of respect for a learned or virtuous man
    先秦诸
    the pre-Qin philosophers
  4. 4. noun philosophical works—one of the four traditional divisions of a Chinese library
  5. 5. noun seed
    bear seed; go to seed
    这西瓜没儿。
    This melon is seedless.
  6. 6. noun egg
    (fish) roe
  7. 7. noun sth. small and hard
    piece (in a board game); chessman
  8. 8. noun copper coin; copper
    一个儿不值
    not worth a copper
    一个儿也没有
    penniless
  9. 9. noun viscount
    viscount
  10. 10. measure word used for something long and thin
    儿挂面
    a bundle of fine dried noodles
    儿毛线
    a hank of knitting wool
  11. 11. pronoun [Literary] you
    之矛,攻之盾
    set a person's own spear against his own shield —refute sb. with his own argument
  12. 12. adjective young; tender; small
    chick
  13. 13. noun the first of the twelve Earthly Branches (地支)

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

[zǐ]
  1. 1. 古代指儿女;现在专指儿
    孙。
    独生
    女。
  2. 2. 人的通称
  3. 3. 古代对男的美称
    百家。
  4. 4. 古代贵族五等爵位的第四等
    公侯伯男。
    爵。
  5. 5. 名 [文] 对别人的尊称,相当于"您"
    之矛,攻之盾。
  6. 6.
    书。
  7. 7. 动物的幼崽或卵
    不入虎穴,焉得虎
  8. 8. 幼小的;稚嫩的
    姜。
  9. 9. 某些植物的籽实
    茉莉花结儿了。
  10. 10. 小而硬的颗粒状物体
    算盘
    弹。
  11. 11. 派生的;从属的
    公司。
    城。
    堤。
  12. 12. 名 [口] 铜钱;钱
    口袋里一个儿都没了。
  13. 13. E义⑫口语中一般儿化。
  14. 14. 地支的第一位。
  15. 15. E""作左偏旁时,最后一横改成提(怗),如"孙""孩""孤"。

Examples

父与
father and son
普通话中的“了、着、的”等虚词和做后缀的“、头”等字都念轻声。
In putonghua, particles like le, zhe, and de and suffixes like zi and tou are all in the neutral tone (or are all toneless).
一家都高兴极了。
The whole family was overjoyed.
一家都指着我。
My wife and children depend on me.
他算了算,本钱加上息他能从银行取八万元。
After a rough calculation of his deposit and its interest, he realized he could withdraw 80,000 yuan from the bank.
系统的故障导致整个机器瘫痪。
The subsystem's breakdown has paralyzed the machine.
面对虚乌有的诽谤,我感到很苦恼。
I felt quite distressed at being untruthfully slandered.
其曷归?
钉钉(dīnɡ)
刮泥(nì)

Character Decomposition


[le]
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[yī]

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