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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

种子(種子) seed ; son ; seed ; bīja; seed; karmic seed
佛说长者子懊恼三处经(佛說長者子懊惱三處經) Fo Shuo Zhangzhe Zi Ao Nao San Chu Jing
犊子经(犢子經) Lokānuvartanasūtra; Du Zi Jing
金毘罗童子威德经(金毘羅童子威德經) Jinpiluo Tongzi Weide Jing
佛说睒子经(佛說睒子經) Fo Shuo Shan Zi Jing
子合国(子合國) Kingdom of Zihe; Tsze-hoh
弟子 disciple; follower; student ; youngster ; prostitute ; believer ; disciple ; disciple; śiṣya; śrāvaka
能施太子 Prince Mahādāna

Also contained in

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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
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
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
摩子 (摩子) 頭摩子 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 11 — count: 5
姓子 (姓子) 諸族姓子常有四念 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 4 — 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
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
千子 (千子) 千子勇健 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 5
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