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子

  • zǐ (zi³) Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • ㄗˇ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
  • zi³ Mandarin, Chengdu, Sichuanese
  • зы (zɨ, II) Mandarin, Dongan, Cyrillic
  • zi² Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong Kong
  • du² Cantonese, Taishanese, Wiktionary specific
  • zi³ Gan, Wiktionary specific
  • chṳ́ Hakka, Sixian, Phak fa su
  • zii^ˊ Hakka, Hakka Romanization System, 海陸
  • zi³ Hakka, 梅縣, 客家話拼音
  • zi² Jin, Wiktionary specific
  • cǎ̤ Min Bei, 建寧羅馬字
  • cṳ̄ Min Dong, Foochow Romanized
  • cī Min Dong, Foochow Romanized
  • zo³ Puxian Min, Pouseng Ping'ing
  • zer³ Puxian Min, Pouseng Ping'ing
  • zi³ Puxian Min, Pouseng Ping'ing
  • chú Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • chír Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • chí Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • ze² Min Nan, Teochew, Peng'im
  • zu² Min Nan, Teochew, Peng'im
  • zi² Min Nan, Teochew, Peng'im
  • zi² Southern Pinghua, 南寧話, 擴展粵拼
  • ⁵tsy Wu, Wugniu, Northern
  • ³tsy Wu, Wugniu, Northern
  • ³tsy Wu, Wugniu, 金華話
  • zr³ Xiang, Changsha, Wiktionary specific
  • zǐ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • zi (zi⁵／zi⁰) Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • ˙ㄗ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
  • zi² Cantonese, Jyutping
  • zi Gan, Wiktionary specific
  • zeh Jin, Wiktionary specific
  • zr Xiang, Changsha, Wiktionary specific
  • zi Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • zi̊h Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
  • tzŭ⁵ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
  • dz Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
  • .tzy Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
  • цзы Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
  • /d͡z̥z̩/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA
  • z Mandarin, Chengdu, Latinxua Sin Wenz
  • /t͡sz̩⁵³/ Mandarin, Chengdu, IPA
  • zi² Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • jí Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • dzi² Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • ji² Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • /t͡siː³⁵/ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • zi Gan, Nanchang, Wiktionary specific
  • /t͡sz̩/ Gan, Nanchang, IPA
  • zeh Jin, Taiyuan, Wiktionary specific
  • /t͡səʔ/ Jin, Taiyuan, IPA
  • chú Min Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen
  • jí Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • lí Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • bí Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • chí Min Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen
  • tsí Min Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen
  • cie Min Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen
  • /t͡si⁵³/ Min Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen
  • /t͡si⁵⁵⁴/ Min Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen
  • jí Min Nan, Hokkien, Kaohsiung
  • jie Min Nan, Hokkien, Kaohsiung
  • /zi⁴¹/ Min Nan, Hokkien, Kaohsiung
  • lí Min Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen
  • lie Min Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen
  • /li⁵³/ Min Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen
  • bí Min Nan, Hokkien, Quanzhou
  • bie Min Nan, Hokkien, Quanzhou
  • /bi⁵⁵⁴/ Min Nan, Hokkien, Quanzhou

Where it comes from

同聲符字 (子) (鄭張尚芳 (2003))

象形漢字 – 一個嬰兒的形象，有一個大頭和張開的手臂。腿被包在毯子里。與了對照，胳膊被包裹著。

釋義

  1. 子

Similar: 兒, 男兒, 兒子, 男孩, 男孩子, 小子, 少的, 兒得, 小廝, 小兒, 兒郎, 娃, 孩兒, 後人, 娃娃, 尕娃, 娃子, 娃兒, 小鬼, 男娃娃, 男娃兒, 崽, 娃崽, 侯, 兒把子, 仔, 阿仔, 仔仔, 仔兒, 儂

釋義

  1. 後綴：
  2. 使名詞化 瓶子
  3. colloquial 用於一些的量詞 一下子

Similar: 仔₁, 仔₆, 囝, 仔₂, 頭

釋義

  1. 子 (泉漳話)

Thesaurus

釋義

Similar: 兒, 男兒, 兒子, 男孩, 男孩子, 小子, 少的, 兒得, 小廝, 小兒, 兒郎, 娃, 孩兒, 後人, 娃娃, 尕娃, 娃子, 娃兒, 小鬼, 男娃娃, 男娃兒, 崽, 娃崽, 侯, 兒把子, 仔, 阿仔, 仔仔, 仔兒, 儂

釋義

Similar: 仔₁, 仔₆, 囝, 仔₂, 頭

In English

  • seed any small seed-like fruit
  • -y forming diminutive nouns
  • -on (physics) subatomic particles
  • sub- under, beneath
  • Son one of the three persons of the Trinity

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MLA

"子." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/zh/%E5%AD%90. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

子. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E5%AD%90

Chicago

"子." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E5%AD%90.

BibTeX
@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {子},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E5%AD%90},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}