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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

远闻天子(遠聞天子) Svaravisruti
皆是灌顶大法王子(皆是灌頂大法王子) all were consecrated great princes of the Dharma
子璿(子璿) Zi Xuan
犊子经(犢子經) xxVatsa Sūtra; Du Zi Jing
阎罗天子(閻羅天子) Yama; Yamaraja
亲子联谊活动(親子聯誼活動) Children and Parents Camp
长者诣佛说子妇无敬经(長者詣佛說子婦無敬經) An Elder Tells the Buddha that His Daughter-in-Law Does not Respect Him
狮子(獅子) lion ; lion; siṃha ; bodhisattva
无畏王子经(無畏王子經) Discourse to Prince Abhaya; Abhayarājakumāra Sutta

Also contained in

有其父必有其子、袍子、外孙子、坏分子、士子、妗子、芥子、虎子、摆子、兔子不吃窝边草、耗子、误人子弟、拍子、地窨子、二尕子、备鞍子、卖关子、被子、箭靶子、孩子、害月子、掰腕子、柳子戏、影子、筹子、瘾君子、江南四大才子、香胰子、中子、拜把子、今为荡子妇、驳面子、摊子、质子、牌子、出臭子儿、牟子理惑、男子气概、炸子鸡、帽子、子模型、空心架子

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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 7 Fa Hua Yi Shu 法華義疏 — count: 181
Scroll 3 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — 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
子字 (子字) 子字無延 — Sutra on the Names of the Fathers and Mothers of the Seven Buddhas (Qi Fo Fumu Xing Zi Jing) 七佛父母姓字經, Scroll 1 — count: 6
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
千子 (千子) 千子勇健 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 5
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
子言 (子言) 世尊告頭摩子言 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 11 — count: 5
摩子 (摩子) 頭摩子 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 11 — count: 5
九十一子 (九十一子) 有九十一子 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 12 — count: 4