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Traditional Chinese
Mandarin pinyin pronunciation
zǐ/zǐ
Cantonese jyutpin pronunciation
ji2
Short definition son
Usage frequency Very common
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All available English definitions (noun suffix)MDBG iconCantofish icon / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the RatCantofish icon / small thingCantofish icon / childCantofish icon / the first earthly branchAdso icon / Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4Cantofish icon / sonCantofish icon / seedCantofish icon / eggCantofish icon/
Copyleft icon Adso icon Adso: the first earthly branch
Copyleft icon Cantofish icon Cantofish: (noun suffix); son; child; seed; 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
Copyleft icon MDBG icon MDBG: (noun suffix)
Copyleft icon LDC icon LDC: 11 p.m.-1 a.m.; 1st earthly branch; child; midnight; son; child; seed; egg; small thing; (noun suff.)
Copyleft icon Cdict icon CDict: (noun suff.)'
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(wǒ) I
(ér ér) son
(zǐzǐ) son
十岁(shísuì)
(liǎo) (of eyes) bright

My son is ten years old.

(wǒ) I
(dùdǔ) tripe
(zǐzǐ) son
非常(fēi cháng) very
饿(è) to be hungry

I'm so hungry!

(tā) another
(ér ér) son
(zǐzǐ) son
不在(bù zài) to be deceased
银行(yín háng) bank
工作(gōng zuò) job

His son doesn't work at a bank.

惠子(huì zi) Hui Shi 惠施 (c. 370-310 BC), Warring States philosopher and politician
(wèn) question
庄子(zhuāng zǐ) Zhuangzi (369-286 BC), Daoist author
: 「
(zǐzǐ) son
(fēi) in-
(yú) fish
(ān) calm
(zhī) to know
(yú) fish
之乐(zhīlè)
? 」
Huizi asked Zhuangzi: "If you're not a fish, how do you know what fish enjoy?"

虽然(suī rán) even if
(hóng) great
(zǐzǐ) son
不喜欢(bù xǐ huān) not to like
香烟(xiāng yān) cigarette
(dedì) of
烟雾(yān wù) mist
她却( tā què)
乐意(lè yì) content
(hé) with
朋友(péng you) friend
出去(chū qù) to go out
喝酒(hē jiǔ) to drink alcohol

Although Hiroko dislikes cigarette smoke, she readily goes out drinking with friends.

我不( bù)
想为(xiǎngwèi)
这句(zhè gōu) this sentence
(zǐzǐ) son
(zuò) to do
翻译(fān yì) translation

I don't feel like translating this sentence.

(bà) stem
(píng) vase
(zǐzǐ) son
打开(dǎ kāi) to open

Open the bottle.

(wǒ) I
(qī) wife
(zǐzǐ) son
(xiǎng) to wish
收养(shōu yǎng) adoption
一个(yī gè) a
孩子(hái zi) child

My wife wants to adopt a child.

他不( tā bù)
(xiǎng) to wish
让我( ràng)
见到(jiàn dào) to see
(tā) another
于是(yú shì) thus
便(biànbiàn pián) so
在位(zài wèi) on the throne
(zǐzǐ) son
(lǐ) village
(suō) to withdraw
作了(zuòle)
一团(yī tuán) regiment

He scrunched down in his seat so that I wouldn't see him.

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