| 子 | 534C45 32.00 | 部居  | 畫數 3 | ㄗˇ [zi3] (*ㄗ˙ [zi0] unaccented as particle). | ||
| Part. | (*[zi0]) Attached to nn. for phonetic effect and for forming a bisyllablic n. to help distinguish it from a monosyllablic homonym [WEdit: '-syllablic' should read '-syllabic']; the use of [zi0], or of [er0]is determined entirely by usage: 桌子 (table, desk), 椅子 (chair), 筷子 (chopsticks), 金子 (gold), 銀子 (silver), 驢子 (donkey), 猴子 (monkey). | |||||
| N. | (1) The fruit or seeds of plants: 種子 seeds; 花子 flower seeds; 桃子 peaches; 梨子 pears. (2) eggs of animals: 魚子 the roe of fish; 烏魚子 caviar. (3) offspring: 子嗣 [zi3si4], 子孫 [zi3sun1], 子姪 [zi3zhi2], 子女 [zi3nU3]1, 子媳 [zi3xi2]↓; 太子 the crown prince; 王子 prince; 世子 the son of a feudal lord; 宗子 the eldest son born of the first wife; 長子，次子，少子 eldest, second, youngest son born of the first wife; 義子 adopted son, godson; 遺腹子 posthumous son; 獨生子 one's only son. (4) The first character in the duodecimal cycle, see Appendix A: 子時 [zi3shi2]↓. (5) Title of respect for men of distinction: 孔子 Confucius; 孟子 Mencius; 先秦諸子 the pre-Chirn philosophers; 諸子百家 the various schools of thought; 天子 the Emperor (“the son of heaven”). (6) Pupil, disciple: 子弟 [zi3di4]↓. (7) One's spouse: 內子 my better half, wife; 外子 my husband; 妻子 wife, family: 他的妻子 his wife and children. (8) A person: 舟子 boatman; 士子 scholar; 男子 men; 女子 women, girls; 孩子 boy; 小子 child; 赤子 baby, young boy, an innocent child: 赤子之心 innocent heart; 童子 Boy: 童子軍 boy Scouts; 孺子 boy; 稚子 child. (9) A nobleman, viscount ranking next below an earl or count (伯) and above a baron (男): 子爵 [zi3jUe2]↓. (10) Anything standing in relation to another like mother and child: 分子 (math.) the numerator (opp. 分母 the denominator): 子金 [zi3jin1]↓. (11) Anything small in size: 銅子兒 copper coin; 彈子 bullet, billiard balls; 丸子 a meat ball, a pill (pellet) of medicine. | |||||
| Words | 1. 子本 [zi2ben3], n., capital and interest. 2. 子部 [zi3bu4], n., “philosophy,” the third main division of traditional classification of Chin. books, as distinct from “Confucian classics” (經), “history” (史), and “belles-lettres” (集). 3. 子城 [zi3cheng2], n., minor division of a metropolitan city, an extension of the old city. 4. 子錢 [zi3qian2], n., (1) money put out at interest; (2) interest from money lent. 5. 子彈 [zi3dan4], n., bullet. 6. 子道 [zi3dao4], n., filial duties. 7. 子弟 [zi3di4], n., (1) children in relation to elders; sons and younger brothers of a family (opp. 父兄 father and elder brother); able-bodied men (opp. 父老 elders); (2) patron of prostitutes; n., 子弟書 [zi3di4shu1], n., songs sung to the accompaniment of a drum, as originated by Manchu boys. 8. 子房 [zi3fang2], n., (bot.) the ovary. 9. 子婦 [zi3fu4], n., (1) formerly, son and daughter-in-law; (2) daughter-in-law. 10. 子規 [zi3gui1], n., (zoo.) the cuckoo. 11. 子宮 [zi3gong1], n., the womb, the uterus; 子宮頸部 cervix. 12. 子薑 [zi3jiang1], n., young ginger. 13. 子金 [zi3jin1], n., interest from capital (母金). 14. 子注 [zi3zhu4], n., small-type explanatory notes in books. 15. 子姪 [zi3zhi2]1, n., sons and nephews. 16. 子職 [zi3zhi2]2, n., filial duties. 17. 子爵 [zi3jUe2], n., viscount(cy). 18. 子句 [zi3jU4], n., (grammar) a clause. 19. 子口 [zi2kou3], n., formerly, an inland customs station: 子口稅 transit dues. 20. 子兒 [tzeeer0], n., (1) plant seeds; (2) a bundle (of noodles, etc.); number of anything long and slender lumped together; (3) anything small and hard: 石頭子兒 pebbles; n., 子兒表 [tzeeer0biao3], n., small pocket watch; n., 子兒繩 [tzeeer0sheng2], n., a kind of thin string made of flax fiber. 21. 子粒 [zi3li4], n., tiny particles. 22. 子門 [zi3men2], n., (Chin. med.) the cervix of the womb. 23. 子民 [zi3min2], n., the people. 24. 子目 [zi3mu4], n., detailed list of contents. 25. 子母 [zi3mu3], n., (1) mother and child; (2) capital and interest; (3) two things, one heavy and the other light, as contrasted with one another; 子母彈 (mil.) shrapnel; 子母環 two links, one big and the other small, joined together; 子母扣兒 a button, of which one half in male and the other female, a snap-button. 26. 子囊 [zi3nang2], n., (bot.) a spore case. 27. 子女 [zi2nU3], n., son and daughter. 28. 子平 [zi3ping2], n., horoscopy, after the name of person (徐子平) who was well versed in the art. 29. 子絃 [zi3xian2]1, n., very fine silk strings of musical instrument. 30. 子癇 [zi3xian2]2, n., (med.) cramps during pregnancy. 31. 子系 [zi3xi4]1, n., posterity, offspring. 32. 子細 [zi3xi4]2, adj. & adv., (1) meticulous, paying attention to every detail; (2) careful, attentive (usu. wr. 仔細). 33. 子姓 [zi3xing4], n., (AC) descendants, offspring (＝子孫). 34. 子息 [zi3xi2], n., (1) one's children; (2) profits from capital investment. 35. 子書 [zi3shu1]1, n., works of anc. philosophers other than those of Confucius. 36. 子數 [zi3shu1]2, n., (math.) the first term in a ratio (opp. 母數 the second term); the numerator of a fraction. 37. 子時 [zi3shi2], n., period from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. 38. 子實體 [zi3shi2ti3], n., (bot.) mycelium. 39. 子虛 [zi3xU1], n., unreal, nonexistent things: 子虛烏有 pure imagination. 40. 子婿 [zi3xU4], n., son-in-law, daughter's husband. 41. 子孫 [zi3sun1] ([zi3sun1], n., children and grandchildern, descendants, offspring; 子孫桶 (euphem.) commode forming part of the bridal dowry. 42. 子嗣 [zi3si4], n., one's children, descendants, offspring. 43. 子午蓮 [zi2wu3lian2], n., (bot.) a kind of lotus which blossoms between midday and midnight; 子午痧 (Chin. med.) an acute disease accompanied by stomach-ache, vomiting, chills, perspiration, and thirst, usu, fatal within a few hours; 子午線 (astron.) the meridians; 子午儀 a transit instrument. 44. 子藥 [zi3yao4], n., bullets and gunpowder. 45. 子夜 [zi1ye4]1, n., midnight; 子夜歌 an anc. ballad or its later imitations. 46. 子葉 [zi1ye4]2, n., (bot.) a cotyledon. 47. 子胤 [zi3yin4], n., sons and daughters. 48. 子音 [zi3yin1], n., (anc. phonetics) consonants (opp. 母音 vowels). | |||||