子
zǐ
“Son” in Chinese is 子 (zǐ).
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Meaning
- son
- child
- seed
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- 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[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]
- ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)
- subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
- noun suffix, as in 椅子[yi3 zi5] "chair"
Example
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