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子 zǐ

zǐ noun child; son
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: For example, 子女 sons and daughters (ABC 'zǐ' 子 bf 1; Guoyu '子' n 3; NCCED '子' 1)
zǐ noun egg; newborn
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Nature
Notes: (ABC 'zǐ' 子 bf 4; Guoyu '子' n 5; NCCED '子' 7)
zǐ noun first earthly branch
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Time , Concept: Earthly Branch 地支
Notes: (ABC 'zǐ' 子 n 3; Guoyu '子' n 1)
zǐ noun 11 p.m.-1 a.m.
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Time
Notes: (Guoyu '子' n 2)
zǐ noun Kangxi radical 39
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
Notes: son, alternate form is 孑 (ABC back cover; Guoyu '子' n 13; GHC p. 7)
zi suffix indicates that the the word is used as a noun
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: A suffix used in vernacular Chinese since ancient times; for example, 剪子 scissors (ABC 'zi' 子; Guoyu '子' zi; Norman 1988, p. 114)
zǐ bound form pellet; something small and hard
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: For example, 子弹 bullet (ABC 'zǐ' 子 bf 9; NCCED '子' 10)
zǐ noun master
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: A polite form of address, used in the second person in Classical Chinese; for example 孔子 [Master] Confucius (ABC 'zǐ' 子 n 1; Guoyu '子' n 8; NCCED '子' 3; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 78)
zǐ noun viscount
Domain: History 历史 , Subdomain: China
Notes: Forth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 (ABC 'zǐ' 子 n 2; Guoyu '子' n 12; NCCED '子' 4)
zi noun you; your honor
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 你 (ABC 'zǐ' 子 pr 1; Guoyu '子' pronnoun 7; NCCED '子' 5)
zǐ noun masters
Domain: Literature 文学 , Subdomain: China
Notes: One of the four traditional classifications of literary genre: 经 classics, 子 masters, 史 histories, and 集 collections (Guoyu '子' n 11; Li 2017, p. 163; NCCED '子' 6)
zǐ bound form person
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As in 君子 or 男子 (ABC 'zǐ' 子 bf 2; NCCED '子' 2)
zǐ adjective young
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 幼小的 (ABC 'zǐ' 子 bf 11; Guoyu '子' adj 1; NCCED '子' 8)
zǐ noun seed
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Nature
Notes: In the sense of 种子; for example, 瓜子 'mellon seed' (ABC 'zǐ' 子 bf 3; Guoyu '子' n 6; NCCED '子' 9)
zǐ noun subordinate; subsidiary
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '子' adj 2, 3; NCCED '子' 11)
zǐ noun a copper coin
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (ABC 'zǐ' 子 bf 5; NCCED '子' 12)
zǐ measure word bundle
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: A bundle of something long and thin; for example, thin noodles or knitting wool (ABC 'zǐ' 子 m 1; NCCED '子' 13)
zǐ bound form female dragonfly
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Biology
Notes: (ABC 'zǐ' 子 bf 7)
zǐ bound form constituent
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (ABC 'zǐ' 子 bf 10)
zǐ noun offspring; descendants
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 后代 or 子孙 (Guoyu '子' n 4)
zǐ noun dear
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: A familiar form of address used between husband and wife; for example, 內子 'wife' and 外子 'husband' (Guoyu '子' n 9)
zǐ noun little one
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: A form of address used by an elder person towards a younger person (Guoyu '子' n 10)
zǐ noun son; putra
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: putra, or: kumāra, Tibetan: bu, Japanese: shi (BCSD '子', p. 368; DJBT '子', p. 436; Mahāvyutpatti 'putraḥ'; MW 'putra'; SH '子', p. 98)
zǐ noun offspring; tanaya
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: tanaya, Tibetan: bu (Mahāvyutpatti 'putraḥ'; MW 'putra')

Contained in

十六王子 sixteen princes
善住意天子会(善住意天子會) Suṣṭhitamatidevaputraparipṛcchā; Shanzhuyi Tianzi Hui
善牙太子 Sudāna; viśvantara; Prince Vessantara
无明种子生十二因缘(無明種子生十二因緣) the seeds of ignorance give rise to the twelve nidanas
弟子死复生经(弟子死復生經) Dizi Si Fu Sheng Jing
内种子(內種子) inner seeds
外种子(外種子) external seeds
鬼子母经(鬼子母經) Guizi Mu Jing
日天子 Surya; Aditya
若提子 Nirgrantha Jñātaputra; Nigaṇṭha Nātaputta
佛说木槵子经(佛說木槵子經) Fo Shuo Mu Huan Zi Jing

Also contained in

雀子、高分子、继子女、彬彬君子、蹬子、鹞子、急性子、柚子、柳子戏、橕子、褶子、才子佳人、君子兰、从子、假招子、凯子、电子、跑腿子、散摊子、核子、式子、电子云、冰坨子、荡子行不归、身子、电子学、耳子、亚麻子、根子、主子、海椰子、摆样子、知子莫如父、子精、种子岛、惹乱子、老子、扛把子、锥子、盏子

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Truncated for common words

Scroll 1 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 267
Scroll 345 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 199 , has parallel version
Scroll 343 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 188 , has parallel version
Scroll 3 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 181
Scroll 7 Fa Hua Yi Shu 法華義疏 — count: 181
Scroll 344 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 175 , has parallel version
Scroll 6 Fa Hua Jing Yi Ji 法華經義記 — count: 169
Scroll 1 Shijia Pu 釋迦譜 — count: 159
Scroll 6 Miaofa Lianhua Jing Wen Ju 妙法蓮華經文句 — count: 124
Scroll 319 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 122 , has parallel version

Collocations

大智慧子 (大智慧子) 有大智慧子 — Sutra of the Seven Buddhas 七佛經, Scroll 1 — count: 7
四子 (四子) 王有四子 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 13 — count: 6
梵志子 (梵志子) 與五百梵志子俱止彼林 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 8 — count: 6
其弟子 (其弟子) 人民稱其弟子號曰慈子 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 6 — count: 5
子言 (子言) 世尊告頭摩子言 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 11 — count: 5
千子 (千子) 千子勇健 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 5
摩子 (摩子) 頭摩子 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 11 — count: 5
子闻 (子聞) 尼俱陀梵志及五百梵志子聞佛所說 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 8 — count: 5
子骞茶 (子騫茶) 大臣子騫茶開甘露法門 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 4
大臣子 (大臣子) 大臣子騫茶開甘露法門 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 4