| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 子 | 子 | zǐ | - 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] |
| 子 | 子 | zi | - (noun suffix) |
| 丙子 | 丙子 | bǐngzǐ | - thirteenth year C1 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1996 or 2056 |
| 中子 | 中子 | zhōngzǐ | - neutron |
| 丸子 | 丸子 | wánzi | - pills - balls - meatballs |
| 主子 | 主子 | zhǔzi | - Master (term used by servant) - Your Majesty - operator (of machine) |
| 亭子 | 亭子 | tíngzi | - pavilion |
| 人子 | 人子 | rénzǐ | - son of man |
| 介子 | 介子 | jièzǐ | - meson - mesotron (physics) |
| 仙子 | 仙子 | xiānzǐ | - fairy |
| 份子 | 份子 | fènzi | - one's share of a gift price |
| 分子 | 份子 | fènzǐ | - members of a class or group - political elements (such as intellectuals or extremists) - part |
| 伢子 | 伢子 | yázi | - (dialect) child |
| 位子 | 位子 | wèizi | - place - seat |
| 侉子 | 侉子 | kuǎzi | - person speaking with a foreign accent |
| 例子 | 例子 | lìzi | - case - (for) instance - example - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 个子 | 個子 | gèzi | - height - stature - build - size |
| 假子 | 假子 | jiǎzǐ | - adopted son - stepson |
| 傻子 | 傻子 | shǎzi | - idiot - fool |
| 光子 | 光子 | guāngzǐ | - photon (particle physics) |
| 儿子 | 兒子 | érzi | - son |
| 兔子 | 兔子 | tùzi | - hare - rabbit - CL:隻|只[zhi1] |
| 公子 | 公子 | gōngzǐ | - son of an official - son of nobility - your son (honorific) |
| 册子 | 冊子 | cèzi | - a book - a volume |
| 冠子 | 冠子 | guānzi | - crest - crown |
| 凯子 | 凱子 | kǎizi | - (slang) rich, good-looking guy |
| 凳子 | 凳子 | dèngzi | - stool - small seat |
| 凼子 | 凼子 | dàngzi | - pool - pit - ditch - cesspit |
| 函子 | 函子 | hánzi | - functor (math.) |
| 刀子 | 刀子 | dāozi | - knife - CL:把[ba3] |
| 分子 | 分子 | fēnzǐ | - molecule - (math) numerator of a fraction |
| 划子 | 划子 | huázi | - small row-boat |
| 列子 | 列子 | Lièzǐ | - Lie Zi, Daoist author, said to be early Warring States period 戰國|战国 - Daoist text in eight chapters, said to be by Lie Zi, probably compiled during WeiJin times 魏晉|魏晋 (3rd century AD) |
| 刨子 | 刨子 | bàozi | - plane |
| 刷子 | 刷子 | shuāzi | - brush - scrub - CL:把[ba3] |
| 剪子 | 剪子 | jiǎnzi | - clippers - scissors - shears - CL:把[ba3] |
| 剂子 | 劑子 | jìzi | - piece of dough cut to the right size (for making jiaozi etc) |
| 势子 | 勢子 | shìzi | - gesture - posture |
| 勺子 | 勺子 | sháozi | - scoop - ladle - CL:把[ba3] |
| 包子 | 包子 | bāozi | - steamed stuffed bun - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 化子 | 化子 | huāzi | - beggar (old term) - same as 花子 |
| 匣子 | 匣子 | xiázi | - small box |
| 卡子 | 卡子 | qiǎzi | - clip - hair fastener - checkpoint |
| 印子 | 印子 | yìnzi | - trace - impression (e.g. footprint) - abbr. of 印子錢|印子钱[yin4 zi5 qian2], usury |
| 卵子 | 卵子 | luǎnzǐ | - ovum |
| 卵子 | 卵子 | luǎnzi | - testicles - penis |
| 卷子 | 卷子 | juǎnzi | - steamed roll - spring roll |
| 卷子 | 卷子 | juànzi | - test paper - examination paper |
| 原子 | 原子 | yuánzǐ | - atom - atomic |
| 叉子 | 叉子 | chāzi | - fork - CL:把[ba3] |
| 叔子 | 叔子 | shūzi | - brother-in-law - husband's younger brother |
| 口子 | 口子 | kǒuzi | - a hole - an opening - a cut - a gap - a gash |
| 句子 | 句子 | jùzi | - sentence - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 合子 | 合子 | hézǐ | - zygote (biology) |
| 合子 | 合子 | hézi | - pasty (i.e. pastry stuffed with meat or vegetables) |
| 君子 | 君子 | jūnzǐ | - nobleman - person of noble character |
| 吴子 | 吳子 | Wúzǐ | - Wuzi, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1], written by Wu Qi 吳起|吴起[Wu2 Qi3] |
| 呆子 | 呆子 | dāizi | - fool - sucker |
| 呢子 | 呢子 | nízi | - woolen cloth |
| 哀子 | 哀子 | āizǐ | - son orphaned of his mother |
| 哨子 | 哨子 | shàozi | - whistle |
| 哑子 | 啞子 | yǎzi | - mute person - dumb person - (more commonly called 啞巴|哑巴[ya3 ba5]) |
| 喜子 | 喜子 | xǐzi | - Tetragnatha (long-jawed spider) - same as 蟢子 |
| 单子 | 單子 | dānzǐ | - the only son of a family - (functional programming or philosophy) monad |
| 单子 | 單子 | dānzi | - list of items - bill - form - bedsheet |
| 嗓子 | 嗓子 | sǎngzi | - throat - voice - CL:把[ba3] |
| 嗣子 | 嗣子 | sìzǐ | - heir - adopted son |
| 喽子 | 嘍子 | lóuzi | - variant of 婁子|娄子[lou2 zi5] |
| 嘴子 | 嘴子 | zuǐzi | - mouth - beak - spout - mouthpiece |
| 喷子 | 噴子 | pēnzi | - sprayer - spraying apparatus - (slang) firearm |
| 嚼子 | 嚼子 | jiáozi | - bit - mouthpiece |
| 因子 | 因子 | yīnzǐ | - factor - (genetic) trait - (math.) factor - divisor |
| 圈子 | 圈子 | quānzi | - circle - ring |
| 圆子 | 圓子 | yuánzi | - kind of dumpling - sticky rice ball |
| 坊子 | 坊子 | Fāngzǐ | - Fangzi district of Weifang city 濰坊市|潍坊市[Wei2 fang1 shi4], Shandong |
| 坎子 | 坎子 | kǎnzi | - raised ground - bank |
| 坨子 | 坨子 | tuózi | - lump - heap |
| 埂子 | 埂子 | gěngzi | - strip of high ground - low earth dyke separating fields |
| 报子 | 報子 | bàozi | - bearer of good news (esp. announcing success in imperial examinations) |
| 场子 | 場子 | chǎngzi | - (coll.) gathering place - public venue |
| 塞子 | 塞子 | sāizi | - cork - plug |
| 垫子 | 墊子 | diànzi | - cushion - mat - pad |
| 坠子 | 墜子 | zhuìzi | - weight - pendant - same as 墜胡|坠胡[zhui4 hu2] - ballad singing accompanied by a 墜胡|坠胡[zhui4 hu2] |
| 墨子 | 墨子 | Mòzǐ | - Mozi (c. 470-391 BC), founder of the Mohist School 墨家[Mo4 jia1] of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC) |
| 士子 | 士子 | shìzǐ | - official - scholar (old) |
| 壬子 | 壬子 | rénzǐ | - forty ninth year I1 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1972 or 2032 |
| 天子 | 天子 | tiānzǐ | - the (rightful) emperor - "Son of Heaven" (traditional English translation) |
| 太子 | 太子 | tàizǐ | - crown prince |
| 夫子 | 夫子 | fūzǐ | - Master - (old form of address for teachers, scholars) - pedant |
| 夹子 | 夾子 | jiāzi | - clip - clamp - tongs - folder - wallet |
| 套子 | 套子 | tàozi | - sheath - case - cover - conventional method - cliché - trick - (coll.) condom |
| 女子 | 女子 | nǚzǐ | - woman - female |
| 奶子 | 奶子 | nǎizi | - breast - milk |
| 妃子 | 妃子 | fēizi | - imperial concubine |
| 妗子 | 妗子 | jìnzi | - (informal) mother's brother's wife - maternal uncle's wife |
| 妮子 | 妮子 | nīzi | - (coll.) lass - (dialect) little girl |
| 妹子 | 妹子 | mèizi | - (dialect) younger sister - girl |
| 妻子 | 妻子 | qīzǐ | - wife and children |
| 妻子 | 妻子 | qīzi | - wife - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 姑子 | 姑子 | gūzi | - husband's sister - (coll.) Buddhist nun |
| 侄子 | 姪子 | zhízi | - brother's son - nephew |
| 娃子 | 娃子 | wázi | - baby - small child - (arch.) slave among ethnic minorities |
| 娘子 | 娘子 | niángzǐ | - (dialect) form of address for one's wife - polite form of address for a woman |
| 娄子 | 婁子 | lóuzi | - trouble - blunder |
| 婆子 | 婆子 | pózi | - old woman |
| 婊子 | 婊子 | biǎozi | - prostitute - whore |
| 嫂子 | 嫂子 | sǎozi | - (coll.) older brother's wife - sister-in-law - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 嫡子 | 嫡子 | dízǐ | - son of first wife |
| 婶子 | 嬸子 | shěnzi | - (coll.) father's younger brother's wife - aunt |
| 子丑 | 子丑 | zǐchǒu | - first two of the twelve earthly branches 十二地支 - by ext., the earthly branches |
| 子京 | 子京 | zǐjīng | - see 紫荊|紫荆[zi3 jing1] |
| 子代 | 子代 | zǐdài | - offspring - child's generation |
| 子儿 | 子兒 | zǐr | - (coll.) penny - buck |
| 子句 | 子句 | zǐjù | - clause (grammar) |
| 子嗣 | 子嗣 | zǐsì | - son - heir |
| 子域 | 子域 | zǐyù | - subfield (math.) |
| 子夜 | 子夜 | zǐyè | - midnight |
| 子女 | 子女 | zǐnǚ | - children - sons and daughters |
| 子孙 | 子孫 | zǐsūn | - offspring - posterity |
| 子宫 | 子宮 | zǐgōng | - uterus - womb |
| 子实 | 子實 | zǐshí | - variant of 籽實|籽实[zi3 shi2] |
| 子层 | 子層 | zǐcéng | - sublayer |
| 子弟 | 子弟 | zǐdì | - child - the younger generation |
| 子弹 | 子彈 | zǐdàn | - bullet - CL:粒[li4],顆|颗[ke1],發|发[fa1] |
| 子房 | 子房 | zǐfáng | - ovary (botany) |
| 子时 | 子時 | zǐshí | - 11 pm-1 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times) |
| 子曰 | 子曰 | zǐyuē | - Confucius says: |
| 子民 | 子民 | zǐmín | - people |
| 子洲 | 子洲 | Zǐzhōu | - Zishou County in Yulin 榆林[Yu2 lin2], Shaanxi |
| 子爵 | 子爵 | zǐjué | - viscount |
| 子产 | 子產 | ZǐChǎn | - Zi Chan (?-522 BC), statesman and philosopher during the Spring and Autumn period |
| 子目 | 子目 | zǐmù | - subheading - specific item |
| 子粒 | 子粒 | zǐlì | - seed |
| 子精 | 子精 | zǐjīng | - "fetal essence", i.e. semen (medical term) |
| 子细 | 子細 | zǐxì | - variant of 仔細|仔细[zi3 xi4] |
| 子网 | 子網 | zǐwǎng | - subnetwork |
| 子群 | 子群 | zǐqún | - subgroup (math.) |
| 子叶 | 子葉 | zǐyè | - cotyledon (first embryonic leaf) |
| 子规 | 子規 | zǐguī | - cuckoo |
| 子猪 | 子豬 | zǐzhū | - variant of 仔豬|仔猪[zi3 zhu1] |
| 子贡 | 子貢 | ZǐGòng | - Zi Gong or Duanmu Ci 端木賜|端木赐[Duan1 mu4 Ci4] (520 BC-), disciple of Confucius |
| 子路 | 子路 | ZǐLù | - Zi Lu (542-480 BC), disciple of Confucius 孔夫子[Kong3 fu1 zi3], also known as Ji Lu 季路[Ji4 Lu4] |
| 子长 | 子長 | Zǐcháng | - Zichang county in Yan'an 延安[Yan2 an1], Shaanxi |
| 子集 | 子集 | zǐjí | - subset |
| 子音 | 子音 | zǐyīn | - consonant |
| 子鼠 | 子鼠 | zǐshǔ | - Year 1, year of the Rat (e.g. 2008) |
| 孔子 | 孔子 | Kǒngzǐ | - Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔夫子[Kong3 fu1 zi3] |
| 孝子 | 孝子 | xiàozǐ | - filial son |
| 孟子 | 孟子 | Mèngzǐ | - Mencius (c. 372-c. 289 BC), Confucian philosopher second only to Confucius - book of the same name, one of the classics of Confucianism |
| 孢子 | 孢子 | bāozǐ | - spore |
| 季子 | 季子 | jìzǐ | - youngest brother - a period of two or three months |
| 孤子 | 孤子 | gūzǐ | - orphan - fatherless son |
| 孩子 | 孩子 | háizi | - child |
| 孙子 | 孫子 | Sūnzǐ | - Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孫武|孙武[Sun1 Wu3] (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1] |
| 孙子 | 孫子 | sūnzi | - grandson - son's son |
| 学子 | 學子 | xuézǐ | - (literary) student - scholar |
| 孽子 | 孽子 | nièzǐ | - unfilial son - unworthy son - illegitimate son - concubine's son |
| 宅子 | 宅子 | zháizi | - house - residence |
| 官子 | 官子 | guānzǐ | - endgame (in go) |
| 家子 | 家子 | jiāzi | - household - family |
| 寄子 | 寄子 | jìzǐ | - foster son |
| 对子 | 對子 | duìzǐ | - pair of antithetical phrases - antithetical couplet |
| 小子 | 小子 | xiǎozǐ | - (literary) youngster - (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation) - (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) |
| 小子 | 小子 | xiǎozi | - (coll.) boy - (derog.) joker - guy - (despicable) fellow |
| 尖子 | 尖子 | jiānzi | - best of its kind - cream of the crop |
| 尺子 | 尺子 | chǐzi | - rule - ruler (measuring instrument) - CL:把[ba3] |
| 尾子 | 尾子 | wěizi | - tail - end - small change - odd sum remaining after large round number |
| 局子 | 局子 | júzi | - police station |
| 屋子 | 屋子 | wūzi | - house - room - CL:間|间[jian1] |
| 层子 | 層子 | céngzi | - stratum |
| 屯子 | 屯子 | túnzi | - village |
| 山子 | 山子 | shānzi | - rock garden - rockery |
| 岔子 | 岔子 | chàzi | - branch road - setback - accident - hiccup |
| 崴子 | 崴子 | wǎizi | - bend (in a river, road etc) (used in place names) |
| 巷子 | 巷子 | xiàngzi | - alley |
| 帕子 | 帕子 | pàzi | - kerchief - handkerchief - headscarf |
| 帖子 | 帖子 | tiězi | - card - invitation - message - (forum) post |
| 席子 | 席子 | xízi | - woven mat |
| 帐子 | 帳子 | zhàngzi | - mosquito net - CL:頂|顶[ding3] |
| 带子 | 帶子 | dàizi | - belt - band - ribbon - strap - girdle - (coll.) audio or video tape |
| 帽子 | 帽子 | màozi | - hat - cap - (fig.) label - bad name - CL:頂|顶[ding3] |
| 幌子 | 幌子 | huǎngzi | - shop sign - signboard - (fig.) pretense |
| 幔子 | 幔子 | mànzi | - curtain - veil |
| 帮子 | 幫子 | bāngzi | - outer (of cabbage etc) - upper (of a shoe) |
| 底子 | 底子 | dǐzi | - base - foundation - bottom |
| 庚子 | 庚子 | gēngzǐ | - thirty seventh year G1 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1960 or 2020 - cf 庚子國變|庚子国变, the crisis year of 1900 involving the Boxer uprising and the eight nation military invasion |
| 座子 | 座子 | zuòzi | - pedestal - plinth - saddle |
| 庶子 | 庶子 | shùzǐ | - bastard - commoner son of royalty |
| 厨子 | 廚子 | chúzi | - cook |
| 厂子 | 廠子 | chǎngzi | - (coll.) factory - mill - yard - depot |
| 式子 | 式子 | shìzi | - formula - mathematical expression |
| 引子 | 引子 | yǐnzi | - introduction - primer - opening words |
| 弟子 | 弟子 | dìzǐ | - disciple - follower |
| 强子 | 強子 | qiángzǐ | - hadron (particle physics) |
| 弹子 | 彈子 | dànzi | - slingshot pellet - playing marbles - billiards - CL:粒[li4],顆|颗[ke1] |
| 弹子 | 彈子 | tánzi | - towrope |
| 弯子 | 彎子 | wānzi | - bend - turn - curve |
| 彪子 | 彪子 | biāozi | - a frolicsome creature |
| 影子 | 影子 | yǐngzi | - shadow - reflection - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 性子 | 性子 | xìngzi | - temper |
| 怯子 | 怯子 | qièzi | - person with country accent - rustic - country bumpkin |
| 惠子 | 惠子 | Huìzi | - Hui-zi also known as Hui Shi 惠施[Hui4 Shi1] (c. 370-310 BC), politician and philosopher of the School of Logicians 名家 [Ming2 jia1] during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC) |
| 爱子 | 愛子 | àizǐ | - beloved son |
| 态子 | 態子 | tàizi | - state of matter (solid, liquid or gas) |
| 憨子 | 憨子 | hānzi | - (dialect) simpleton - idiot - fool |
| 戊子 | 戊子 | wùzǐ | - twenty fifth year E1 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2008 or 2068 |
| 戒子 | 戒子 | jièzi | - ring |
| 戏子 | 戲子 | xìzi | - (derog.) opera singer - actor |
| 戳子 | 戳子 | chuōzi | - stamp - seal |
| 房子 | 房子 | fángzi | - house - building (single- or two-story) - apartment - room - CL:棟|栋[dong4],幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4],套[tao4] |
| 扇子 | 扇子 | shànzi | - fan - CL:把[ba3] |
| 才子 | 才子 | cáizǐ | - gifted scholar |
| 扳子 | 扳子 | bānzi | - spanner - wrench - CL:把[ba3] |
| 把子 | 把子 | bàzi | - handle |
| 抿子 | 抿子 | mǐnzi | - small hairbrush |
| 拍子 | 拍子 | pāizi | - racket (sports) - bat - beat (music) |
| 拐子 | 拐子 | guǎizi | - crutch - (derog.) lame person - kidnapper |
| 拭子 | 拭子 | shìzi | - swab - cotton pad - smear (for medical test) |
| 拶子 | 拶子 | zǎnzi | - sticks used for squeezing the fingers (old form of torture) |
| 捶子 | 捶子 | chuízi | - hammer - CL:把[ba3] |
| 探子 | 探子 | tànzi | - intelligence gatherer - spy - detective - scout - sound (medical instrument) - long and narrow probing and sampling utensil |
| 推子 | 推子 | tuīzi | - hair clippers |
| 提子 | 提子 | tízǐ | - to capture stones (in Go) |
| 提子 | 提子 | tízi | - grape - raisin |
| 揦子 | 揦子 | lázi | - (dialect) glass bottle |
| 搋子 | 搋子 | chuāizi | - plunger (for clearing drains) |
| 折子 | 摺子 | zhézi | - folding notebook - accounts book |
| 掸子 | 撣子 | dǎnzi | - duster - CL:把[ba3] |
| 拨子 | 撥子 | bōzi | - plectrum |
| 担子 | 擔子 | dànzi | - carrying pole and the loads on it - burden - task - responsibility - CL:副[fu4] |
| 擦子 | 擦子 | cāzi | - eraser - (kitchen) grater - shredder |
| 摆子 | 擺子 | bǎizǐ | - malaria |
| 摊子 | 攤子 | tānzi | - booth - vendor's stall - organizational structure - scale of operations |
| 教子 | 教子 | jiàozǐ | - to educate one's children - godson |
| 料子 | 料子 | liàozi | - material |
| 斧子 | 斧子 | fǔzi | - axe - hatchet - CL:把[ba3] |
| 方子 | 方子 | fāngzi | - prescription (of medicine) |
| 旋子 | 旋子 | xuánzi | - torsor (math) |
| 旋子 | 旋子 | xuànzi | - whirlwind somersault (in gymnastics or martial arts) |
| 旗子 | 旗子 | qízi | - flag - banner - CL:面[mian4] |
| 日子 | 日子 | rìzi | - day - a (calendar) date - days of one's life |
| 明子 | 明子 | míngzi | - see 松明[song1 ming2] |
| 星子 | 星子 | Xīngzǐ | - Xingzi county in Jiujiang 九江, Jiangxi |
| 晏子 | 晏子 | Yànzǐ | - Yanzi (-c 500 BC), famous statesman from Qi of the Warring States, also known as 晏婴, hero of book 晏子春秋 |
| 曲子 | 曲子 | qǔzi | - poem for singing - tune - music - CL:支[zhi1] |
| 曾子 | 曾子 | Zēngzǐ | - Zengzi (505-435 BC), student of Confucius, presumed editor or author of Confucian classic the Great Learning 大學|大学[Da4 xue2] |
| 会子 | 會子 | huìzi | - (coll.) a moment - a while |
| 月子 | 月子 | yuèzi | - traditional one-month confinement period following childbirth - puerperium |
| 末子 | 末子 | mòzi | - powder - dust |
| 本子 | 本子 | běnzi | - book - notebook - edition - CL:本[ben3] |
| 朱子 | 朱子 | Zhūzi | - Master Zhu, another name for Zhu Xi 朱熹 |
| 朴子 | 朴子 | Púzǐ | - Puzi or Putzu City in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 xian4], west Taiwan |
| 杆子 | 杆子 | gānzi | - pole |
| 李子 | 李子 | lǐzi | - plum - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 杏子 | 杏子 | xìngzi | - apricot |
| 村子 | 村子 | cūnzi | - village |
| 杓子 | 杓子 | sháozi | - scoop |
| 杯子 | 杯子 | bēizi | - cup - glass - CL:個|个[ge4],支[zhi1],枝[zhi1] |
| 板子 | 板子 | bǎnzi | - board - plank - bamboo or birch for corporal punishment |
| 林子 | 林子 | línzi | - woods - grove - forest |
| 果子 | 果子 | guǒzi | - fruit |
| 枝子 | 枝子 | zhīzi | - twig - branch |
| 架子 | 架子 | jiàzi | - shelf - frame - stand - framework - airs - arrogance |
| 柚子 | 柚子 | yòuzi | - pomelo (Citrus maxima or C. grandis) - shaddock - oriental grapefruit |
| 柱子 | 柱子 | zhùzi | - pillar - CL:根[gen1] |
| 栅子 | 柵子 | zhàzi | - bamboo fence |
| 柿子 | 柿子 | shìzi | - persimmon - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 栗子 | 栗子 | lìzi | - chestnut |
| 核子 | 核子 | hézi | - nuclear - nucleus |
| 格子 | 格子 | gézi | - lattice - check (pattern of squares) |
| 栽子 | 栽子 | zāizi | - seedling - young plant |
| 桃子 | 桃子 | táozi | - peach |
| 框子 | 框子 | kuàngzi | - frame (of spectacles, small ornament etc) |
| 案子 | 案子 | ànzi | - long table - counter - case - law case - legal case - judicial case |
| 桌子 | 桌子 | zhuōzi | - table - desk - CL:張|张[zhang1],套[tao4] |
| 桔子 | 桔子 | júzi | - tangerine - also written 橘子 - CL:個|个[ge4],瓣[ban4] |
| 杆子 | 桿子 | gǎnzi | - pole - stick - club - gang of bandits |
| 梅子 | 梅子 | méizi | - plum |
| 梆子 | 梆子 | bāngzi | - watchman's clapper - wooden clappers with bars of unequal length |
| 栀子 | 梔子 | zhīzi | - cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides) |
| 条子 | 條子 | tiáozi | - short note - slip of paper - stripe - cop (slang) - (old) prostitute |
| 梨子 | 梨子 | lízi | - pear - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 梭子 | 梭子 | suōzi | - shuttle (textile) - cartridge clip - classifier for bullet clips and bursts of gunfire |
| 梯子 | 梯子 | tīzi | - ladder - stepladder |
| 梳子 | 梳子 | shūzi | - comb - CL:把[ba3] |
| 棋子 | 棋子 | qízǐ | - chess piece - CL:個|个[ge4],顆|颗[ke1] |
| 棍子 | 棍子 | gùnzi | - stick - rod |
| 棒子 | 棒子 | bàngzi | - stick - club - cudgel - maize (corn) - ear of maize - corncob - (derog.) Korean |
| 枣子 | 棗子 | zǎozi | - dates - jujube |
| 棚子 | 棚子 | péngzi | - shack - shed - CL:間|间[jian1] |
| 椅子 | 椅子 | yǐzi | - chair - CL:把[ba3],套[tao4] |
| 椰子 | 椰子 | yēzi | - coconut |
| 椽子 | 椽子 | chuánzi | - beam - rafter |
| 楔子 | 楔子 | xiēzi | - wedge - peg - stopper - prologue (in some modern novels) - prologue or interlude in Yuan dynasty drama |
| 楦子 | 楦子 | xuànzi | - shoe tree - hat block |
| 榛子 | 榛子 | zhēnzi | - hazelnut |
| 枪子 | 槍子 | qiāngzǐ | - bullet |
| 杠子 | 槓子 | gàngzi | - thick bar - solid carrying pole |
| 槵子 | 槵子 | huànzǐ | - fruit of the Sapindus trees (used for Buddhist prayer beads) |
| 乐子 | 樂子 | lèzi | - fun - pleasure - laughing matter |
| 楼子 | 樓子 | lóuzi | - pavilion - variant of 婁子|娄子[lou2 zi5] |
| 模子 | 模子 | múzi | - mold - matrix - pattern or die |
| 样子 | 樣子 | yàngzi | - appearance - manner - pattern - model |
| 樵子 | 樵子 | qiáozǐ | - woodcutter |
| 橘子 | 橘子 | júzi | - tangerine - CL:個|个[ge4],瓣[ban4] |
| 橙子 | 橙子 | chéngzi | - orange |
| 机子 | 機子 | jīzi | - machine - device |
| 橡子 | 橡子 | xiàngzǐ | - acorn |
| 档子 | 檔子 | dàngzi | - classifier for affairs, events etc |
| 台子 | 檯子 | táizi | - desk - (pool etc) table |
| 槟子 | 檳子 | bīnzi | - binzi - a species of apple which is slightly sour and astringent |
| 柜子 | 櫃子 | guìzi | - cupboard - cabinet |
| 橱子 | 櫥子 | chúzi | - wardrobe - closet - cabinet |
| 次子 | 次子 | cìzǐ | - second son |
| 款子 | 款子 | kuǎnzi | - a sum of money - CL:筆|笔[bi3] |
| 歌子 | 歌子 | gēzi | - song |
| 正子 | 正子 | zhèngzǐ | - positron - also called 正電子|正电子[zheng4 dian4 zi3] |
| 步子 | 步子 | bùzi | - step - pace |
| 段子 | 段子 | duànzi | - item of storytelling or performed dialogue (folk arts) - sketch |
| 母子 | 母子 | mǔzǐ | - mother and child - parent and subsidiary (companies) - principal and interest |
| 毛子 | 毛子 | máozi | - hairy fellow - foreigner - Russian (derog.) - bandit (old) - tuft of fine hair |
| 毯子 | 毯子 | tǎnzi | - blanket - CL:條|条[tiao2],張|张[zhang1],床[chuang2],面[mian4] |
| 毽子 | 毽子 | jiànzi | - jianzi (Asian shuttlecock game) |
| 毡子 | 氈子 | zhānzi | - felt (fabric) |
| 池子 | 池子 | chízi | - pond - bathhouse pool - dance floor of a ballroom - (old) stalls (front rows in a theater) |
| 沙子 | 沙子 | shāzi | - sand - grit - CL:粒[li4],把[ba3] |
| 油子 | 油子 | yóuzi | - dense and sticky substance - (dialect) wily old fox |
| 法子 | 法子 | fǎzi | - way - method - Taiwan pr. [fa2 zi5] |
| 泡子 | 泡子 | pāozi | - small lake - pond |
| 泡子 | 泡子 | pàozi | - light bulb |
| 泥子 | 泥子 | nìzi | - putty (used by plumbers and glaziers) |
| 洞子 | 洞子 | dòngzi | - cave - pit - (coll.) greenhouse |
| 浪子 | 浪子 | làngzǐ | - loafer - wastrel - prodigal son |
| 海子 | 海子 | hǎizi | - (dialect) wetlands - lake |
| 混子 | 混子 | hùnzi | - hoodlum - person unfit for society |
| 渺子 | 渺子 | miǎozǐ | - muon (particle physics) |
| 滚子 | 滾子 | gǔnzi | - roller |
| 汉子 | 漢子 | hànzi | - man - fellow - (dialect) husband |
| 潭子 | 潭子 | Tánzǐ | - Tantzu township in Taichung county 臺中縣|台中县[Tai2 zhong1 xian4], Taiwan |
| 潭子 | 潭子 | tánzi | - deep natural pond |
| 激子 | 激子 | jīzǐ | - exciton (physics) |
| 燕子 | 燕子 | yànzi | - swallow |
| 炉子 | 爐子 | lúzi | - stove - oven - furnace |
| 爪子 | 爪子 | zhuǎzi | - (animal's) claw |
| 父子 | 父子 | fùzǐ | - father and son |
| 片子 | 片子 | piānzi | - film - movie - film reel - phonograph record - X-ray image |
| 片子 | 片子 | piànzi | - thin flake - small piece |
| 牌子 | 牌子 | páizi | - sign - trademark - brand |
| 牙子 | 牙子 | yázi | - serrated edge - (old) middleman - broker |
| 牢子 | 牢子 | láozǐ | - jailer (old) |
| 犊子 | 犢子 | dúzi | - calf |
| 狍子 | 狍子 | páozi | - siberian roe deer - capreolus pygargus |
| 狸子 | 狸子 | lízi | - leopard cat |
| 猴子 | 猴子 | hóuzi | - monkey - CL:隻|只[zhi1] |
| 犹子 | 猶子 | yóuzǐ | - (old) brother's son or daughter - nephew |
| 猸子 | 猸子 | méizi | - mongoose |
| 狮子 | 獅子 | Shīzǐ | - Leo (star sign) - Shihtzu township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan |
| 狮子 | 獅子 | shīzi | - lion - CL:隻|只[zhi1],頭|头[tou2] |
| 独子 | 獨子 | dúzǐ | - only son |
| 王子 | 王子 | wángzǐ | - prince - son of a king |
| 珠子 | 珠子 | zhūzi | - pearl - bead - CL:粒[li4],顆|颗[ke1] |
| 班子 | 班子 | bānzi | - organized group - theatrical troupe |
| 瓜子 | 瓜子 | guāzǐ | - melon seeds |
| 瓶子 | 瓶子 | píngzi | - bottle - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 生子 | 生子 | shēngzǐ | - to give birth to a child or children |
| 甲子 | 甲子 | jiǎzǐ | - first year of the sixty-year cycle (where each year is numbered with one of the 10 heavenly stems 天干[tian1 gan1] and one of the 12 earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1]) - the sixty-year cycle |
| 男子 | 男子 | nánzǐ | - a man - a male |
| 疹子 | 疹子 | zhěnzi | - rash |
| 痞子 | 痞子 | pǐzi | - ruffian - hooligan |
| 痦子 | 痦子 | wùzi | - nevus - mole - birthmark |
| 痱子 | 痱子 | fèizi | - miliaria (type of skin disease) - prickly heat - sweat rash |
| 瘊子 | 瘊子 | hóuzi | - wart |
| 疯子 | 瘋子 | fēngzi | - madman - lunatic |
| 瘤子 | 瘤子 | liúzi | - tumor |
| 瘦子 | 瘦子 | shòuzi | - thin person |
| 疟子 | 瘧子 | yàozi | - (coll.) malaria |
| 瘸子 | 瘸子 | quézi | - lame person (colloquial) |
| 瘫子 | 癱子 | tānzi | - paralyzed person |
| 白子 | 白子 | báizǐ | - white Go chess piece - bee pupa - albino |
| 皇子 | 皇子 | huángzǐ | - prince |
| 皮子 | 皮子 | pízi | - skin - fur |
| 盆子 | 盆子 | pénzi | - basin |
| 盒子 | 盒子 | hézi | - case |
| 盘子 | 盤子 | pánzi | - tray - plate - dish - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 眸子 | 眸子 | móuzi | - pupil of the eye |
| 瞎子 | 瞎子 | xiāzi | - blind person |
| 矮子 | 矮子 | ǎizi | - short person - dwarf |
| 矸子 | 矸子 | gānzi | - waste rock (mining) - gangue (worthless minerals mixed in with coal or ore) |
| 砂子 | 砂子 | shāzi | - sand |
| 砣子 | 砣子 | tuózi | - emery wheel |
| 碟子 | 碟子 | diézi | - saucer - small dish - CL:盤|盘[pan2] |
| 码子 | 碼子 | mǎzi | - number (e.g. page or house number) - numeral (e.g. Arabic or Chinese numeral) - code sign - plus or minus sound - counter - chip (e.g. in gambling games) - price tag - ready cash at one's disposal (old) |
| 碾子 | 碾子 | niǎnzi | - roller (used for milling or crushing) |
| 磨子 | 磨子 | mòzǐ | - mill - grain mill - millstone |
| 秃子 | 禿子 | tūzi | - bald-headed person - baldy |
| 秕子 | 秕子 | bǐzi | - blighted grain |
| 租子 | 租子 | zūzi | - rent (payment) |
| 秧子 | 秧子 | yāngzi | - sapling - seedling - bud - baby animal |
| 程子 | 程子 | chéngzi | - (Beijing dialect) see 陣子|阵子[zhen4 zi5] |
| 稚子 | 稚子 | zhìzǐ | - young child |
| 种子 | 種子 | zhǒngzi | - seed - CL:顆|颗[ke1],粒[li4] |
| 稻子 | 稻子 | dàozi | - rice (crop) - unhulled rice |
| 稿子 | 稿子 | gǎozi | - draft of a document - script - manuscript - mental plan - precedent |
| 谷子 | 穀子 | gǔzi | - millet |
| 空子 | 空子 | kòngzi | - gap - unoccupied space or time - fig. gap - loophole |
| 窗子 | 窗子 | chuāngzi | - window |
| 窑子 | 窯子 | yáozi | - (old) low-grade brothel |
| 章子 | 章子 | zhāngzi | - seal - stamp |
| 童子 | 童子 | tóngzǐ | - boy |
| 端子 | 端子 | duānzi | - terminal (electronics) |
| 竹子 | 竹子 | zhúzi | - bamboo - CL:棵[ke1],支[zhi1],根[gen1] |
| 竿子 | 竿子 | gānzi | - bamboo pole - CL:根[gen1],個|个[ge4] |
| 笛子 | 笛子 | dízi | - bamboo flute - CL:管[guan3] |
| 筏子 | 筏子 | fázi | - raft |
| 筒子 | 筒子 | tǒngzi | - tube-shaped object - tube - bobbin - (Internet slang) homonym for 同志[tong2 zhi4] |
| 筷子 | 筷子 | kuàizi | - chopsticks - CL:對|对[dui4],根[gen1],把[ba3],雙|双[shuang1] |
| 箍子 | 箍子 | gūzi | - finger ring (dialect) |
| 箕子 | 箕子 | Jīzǐ | - Jizi, legendary sage from end of Shang dynasty (c. 1100 BC), said to have opposed the tyrant Zhòu 紂|纣 then ruled ancient Korea for Zhōu 周 |
| 算子 | 算子 | suànzi | - operator (math.) |
| 管子 | 管子 | Guǎnzǐ | - Guanzi or Guan Zhong 管仲 (-645 BC), famous politician of Qi 齊國|齐国 of Spring and Autumn period - Guanzi, classical book containing writings of Guan Zhong and his school |
| 管子 | 管子 | guǎnzi | - tube - pipe - drinking straw - CL:根[gen1] |
| 箱子 | 箱子 | xiāngzi | - suitcase - chest - box - case - trunk - CL:隻|只[zhi1],個|个[ge4] |
| 节子 | 節子 | jiēzi | - gnarl - knot |
| 篦子 | 篦子 | bìzi | - double-edged fine-toothed comb - grate |
| 筛子 | 篩子 | shāizi | - sieve - CL:面[mian4] |
| 帘子 | 簾子 | liánzi | - curtain |
| 簿子 | 簿子 | bùzi | - notebook - book |
| 篮子 | 籃子 | lánzi | - basket - CL:隻|只[zhi1] |
| 筹子 | 籌子 | chóuzi | - chip - counter |
| 笼子 | 籠子 | lóngzi | - cage - coop - basket - container |
| 粒子 | 粒子 | lìzǐ | - (elementary) particle - grain |
| 粒子 | 粒子 | lìzi | - grain (of rice) - granule |
| 粽子 | 粽子 | zòngzi | - glutinous rice and choice of filling wrapped in leaves and boiled |
| 精子 | 精子 | jīngzǐ | - sperm - spermatozoon |
| 糨子 | 糨子 | jiàngzi | - (coll.) paste |
| 团子 | 糰子 | tuánzi | - dango (Japanese dumpling) |
| 纽子 | 紐子 | niǔzi | - button |
| 结子 | 結子 | jiēzǐ | - to bear seeds (of plant) |
| 结子 | 結子 | jiézi | - knot (on a rope or string) |
| 绦子 | 絛子 | tāozi | - silk ribbon or braid - lace or embroidery used for hemming |
| 绸子 | 綢子 | chóuzi | - silk fabric - silk - CL:匹[pi3] |
| 绵子 | 綿子 | miánzi | - (dial.) silk floss |
| 缎子 | 緞子 | duànzi | - satin |
| 缝子 | 縫子 | fèngzi | - crack - chink - narrow slit - crevice |
| 绷子 | 繃子 | bēngzi | - embroidery frame - hoop - tambour |
| 绳子 | 繩子 | shéngzi | - cord - string - rope - CL:條|条[tiao2] |
| 茧子 | 繭子 | jiǎnzi | - callus (patch or hardened skin) - corns (on feet) - also 趼子 |
| 继子 | 繼子 | jìzǐ | - stepson |
| 坛子 | 罈子 | tánzi | - jug (earthenware with a big belly and a small opening) |
| 罐子 | 罐子 | guànzi | - jar - pitcher - pot |
| 罩子 | 罩子 | zhàozi | - cover - casing |
| 翅子 | 翅子 | chìzi | - shark's fin - wing - CL:隻|只[zhi1] |
| 翎子 | 翎子 | língzi | - peacock feathers on an official's hat displaying his rank (traditional) - pheasant tail feathers on warriors' helmets (opera) |
| 老子 | 老子 | Lǎozǐ | - Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism - the sacred book of Daoism, 道德經|道德经 by Laozi |
| 老子 | 老子 | lǎozi | - father - daddy - "I, your father" (in anger, or out of contempt) - I (used arrogantly or jocularly) |
| 耍子 | 耍子 | shuǎzi | - to play - to have fun |
| 耗子 | 耗子 | hàozi | - (dialect) mouse - rat |
| 耙子 | 耙子 | pázi | - a rake |
| 耳子 | 耳子 | ěrzi | - handle (on a pot) |
| 圣子 | 聖子 | Shèngzǐ | - Holy Son - Jesus Christ - God the Son (in the Christian Trinity) |
| 聋子 | 聾子 | lóngzi | - deaf person |
| 肚子 | 肚子 | dùzi | - belly - abdomen - stomach - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 胄子 | 胄子 | zhòuzǐ | - eldest son |
| 胖子 | 胖子 | pàngzi | - fat person - fatty |
| 胞子 | 胞子 | bāozǐ | - variant of 孢子[bao1 zi3] |
| 脖子 | 脖子 | bózi | - neck - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 脯子 | 脯子 | púzi | - breast meat (of chicken etc) |
| 腔子 | 腔子 | qiāngzi | - thoracic cavity - intonation - accent |
| 腕子 | 腕子 | wànzi | - wrist |
| 脑子 | 腦子 | nǎozi | - brains - mind - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 腰子 | 腰子 | yāozi | - kidney |
| 腱子 | 腱子 | jiànzi | - sinew |
| 肠子 | 腸子 | chángzi | - intestines |
| 膀子 | 膀子 | bǎngzi | - upper arm - arm - wing |
| 胶子 | 膠子 | jiāozǐ | - gluon (particle physics) |
| 腻子 | 膩子 | nìzi | - putty (same as 泥子) - frequent caller - hanger-on |
| 胆子 | 膽子 | dǎnzi | - courage - nerve - guts |
| 臊子 | 臊子 | sàozi | - (dialect) minced or diced meat (as part of a dish) |
| 臣子 | 臣子 | chénzǐ | - official in feudal court - subject |
| 台子 | 臺子 | táizi | - platform - stand |
| 舀子 | 舀子 | yǎozi | - ladle - scoop |
| 色子 | 色子 | shǎizi | - dice (used in gambling) |
| 花子 | 花子 | huāzi | - beggar (old term) |
| 苗子 | 苗子 | miáozi | - young successor - seedling - sapling |
| 茄子 | 茄子 | qiézi | - eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) - aubergine - brinjal - Guinea squash - phonetic "cheese" (when being photographed) - equivalent of "say cheese" |
| 茬子 | 茬子 | cházi | - stubble |
| 荀子 | 荀子 | Xúnzǐ | - Xun Zi or Hsun Tzu (c. 310-237 BC), Confucian philosopher and author of On learning 勸學|劝学 |
| 庄子 | 莊子 | Zhuāngzǐ | - Zhuangzi (369-286 BC), Daoist author |
| 菌子 | 菌子 | jùnzi | - (dialect) mushroom |
| 落子 | 落子 | làozi | - see 蓮花落|莲花落[lian2 hua1 lao4] |
| 叶子 | 葉子 | yèzi | - foliage - leaf - CL:片[pian4] |
| 盖子 | 蓋子 | gàizi | - cover - lid - shell |
| 莲子 | 蓮子 | liánzǐ | - lotus seed |
| 虎子 | 虎子 | hǔzǐ | - tiger cub - brave young man |
| 处子 | 處子 | chǔzǐ | - (literary) virgin - maiden |
| 号子 | 號子 | hàozi | - work chant - prison cell - type - sort - mark - sign - signal - (Tw) brokerage firm |
| 蚊子 | 蚊子 | wénzi | - mosquito |
| 蚶子 | 蚶子 | hānzi | - blood clam |
| 蛾子 | 蛾子 | ézi | - moth |
| 虾子 | 蝦子 | xiāzǐ | - shrimp roe - shrimp eggs - shrimp |
| 虱子 | 蝨子 | shīzi | - louse (Pediculus humanus) |
| 蟢子 | 蟢子 | xǐzi | - Tetragnatha (long-jawed spider) |
| 虮子 | 蟣子 | jǐzi | - louse egg - nit |
| 虫子 | 蟲子 | chóngzi | - insect - bug - worm - CL:條|条[tiao2],隻|只[zhi1] |
| 蝇子 | 蠅子 | yíngzi | - housefly |
| 蝎子 | 蠍子 | xiēzi | - scorpion |
| 蚕子 | 蠶子 | cánzǐ | - silkworm eggs |
| 蛮子 | 蠻子 | mánzi | - barbarian - slave servant - (old) contemptuous term for people from southern China (used by northern Chinese people) |
| 衣子 | 衣子 | yīzǐ | - covering |
| 袋子 | 袋子 | dàizi | - bag |
| 袍子 | 袍子 | páozi | - Chinese-style gown |
| 袖子 | 袖子 | xiùzi | - sleeve |
| 被子 | 被子 | bèizi | - quilt - CL:床[chuang2] |
| 袴子 | 袴子 | kùzi | - variant of 褲子|裤子, trousers - pants |
| 裙子 | 裙子 | qúnzi | - skirt - CL:條|条[tiao2] |
| 里子 | 裡子 | lǐzi | - lining |
| 褂子 | 褂子 | guàzi | - unlined upper garment |
| 褥子 | 褥子 | rùzi | - cotton-padded mattress - CL:床[chuang2] |
| 裤子 | 褲子 | kùzi | - trousers - pants - CL:條|条[tiao2] |
| 褶子 | 褶子 | zhězi | - pleat - fold - crease - wrinkle |
| 袄子 | 襖子 | ǎozi | - coat - jacket - short and lined coat or robe |
| 袜子 | 襪子 | wàzi | - socks - stockings - CL:隻|只[zhi1],對|对[dui4],雙|双[shuang1] |
| 西子 | 西子 | Xīzǐ | - another name for Xishi 西施[Xi1 shi1] |
| 要子 | 要子 | yàozi | - straw rope |
| 亲子 | 親子 | qīnzǐ | - parent and child - parent-child (relationship) - two successive generations |
| 角子 | 角子 | jiǎozi | - one Jiao coin (Mao, one-tenth of yuan) |
| 调子 | 調子 | diàozi | - tune - melody - tuning - cadence - intonation - (speech) tone |
| 诸子 | 諸子 | zhūzǐ | - various sages - refers to the classical schools of thought, e.g. Confucianism 儒[ru2] represented by Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] and Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3], Daoism 道[dao4] by Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3] and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3], Mohism 墨[mo4] by Mozi 墨子[Mo4 zi3], Legalism 法[fa3] by Sunzi 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3] and Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子[Han2 Fei1 zi3], and numerous others |
| 谱子 | 譜子 | pǔzi | - musical score |
| 豆子 | 豆子 | dòuzi | - bean - pea - CL:顆|颗[ke1] |
| 豹子 | 豹子 | bàozi | - leopard - CL:頭|头[tou2] |
| 貉子 | 貉子 | háozi | - raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) - raccoon of North China, Korea and Japan (Japanese: tanuki) - also called 狸 |
| 贩子 | 販子 | fànzǐ | - child trafficking |
| 贩子 | 販子 | fànzi | - trafficker - dealer - monger - peddler |
| 质子 | 質子 | zhìzǐ | - proton (positively charged nuclear particle) - a prince sent to be held as a hostage in a neighbouring state in ancient China |
| 赤子 | 赤子 | chìzǐ | - newborn baby - the people (of a country) |
| 走子 | 走子 | zǒuzǐ | - a move (in chess) |
| 起子 | 起子 | qǐzi | - baking soda (used to leaven bread) - screwdriver - bottle opener |
| 趼子 | 趼子 | jiǎnzi | - callus (patch or hardened skin) - corns (on the feet) |
| 跛子 | 跛子 | bǒzi | - lame person - cripple |
| 路子 | 路子 | lùzi | - method - way - approach |
| 踺子 | 踺子 | jiànzǐ | - somersault (in gymnastics or dance) - head-over-heels - aerial flip |
| 蹄子 | 蹄子 | tízi | - hoof - (old) wench - hussy |
| 蹬子 | 蹬子 | dēngzi | - pedal |
| 身子 | 身子 | shēnzi | - body - pregnancy - health |
| 车子 | 車子 | chēzi | - small vehicle (car, bicycle, cart etc) |
| 轻子 | 輕子 | qīngzǐ | - lepton (particle physics) |
| 辈子 | 輩子 | bèizi | - all one's life - lifetime |
| 轮子 | 輪子 | lúnzi | - wheel - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 转子 | 轉子 | zhuànzi | - rotor |
| 轿子 | 轎子 | jiàozi | - a sedan chair - a palanquin - a litter |
| 辣子 | 辣子 | làzi | - cayenne pepper - chili |
| 辫子 | 辮子 | biànzi | - plait - braid - pigtail - a mistake or shortcoming that may be exploited by an opponent - handle - CL:根[gen1],條|条[tiao2] |
| 逆子 | 逆子 | nìzǐ | - unfilial son |
| 游子 | 遊子 | yóuzǐ | - person living or traveling far from home |
| 配子 | 配子 | pèizǐ | - gamete - sex cell |
| 重子 | 重子 | zhòngzǐ | - baryon (physics) |
| 量子 | 量子 | liàngzǐ | - quantum |
| 金子 | 金子 | jīnzi | - gold |
| 钉子 | 釘子 | dīngzi | - nail - snag - saboteur |
| 扣子 | 釦子 | kòuzi | - button |
| 钎子 | 釺子 | qiānzi | - hammer drill for boring through rock |
| 钜子 | 鉅子 | jùzǐ | - tycoon - magnate |
| 钳子 | 鉗子 | qiánzi | - pliers - pincers - tongs - forceps - vise - clamp - claw (of a crab etc) - CL:把[ba3] - (dialect) earring |
| 钩子 | 鉤子 | gōuzi | - hook |
| 银子 | 銀子 | yínzi | - money - silver |
| 销子 | 銷子 | xiāozi | - a peg - a pin - dowel |
| 铗子 | 鋏子 | jiázi | - tongs |
| 锔子 | 鋦子 | jūzi | - clamp for mending pottery |
| 铺子 | 鋪子 | pùzi | - store - shop |
| 锯子 | 鋸子 | jùzi | - a saw - CL:把[ba3] |
| 锥子 | 錐子 | zhuīzi | - auger - awl - CL:把[ba3] |
| 锤子 | 錘子 | chuízi | - hammer - CL:把[ba3] |
| 锅子 | 鍋子 | guōzi | - see 鍋|锅[guo1] - see 涮鍋子|涮锅子[shuan4 guo1 zi5] - bowl (of a smoking pipe etc) |
| 镏子 | 鎦子 | liùzi | - a (finger) ring |
| 旋子 | 鏇子 | xuànzi | - large metal plate for making bean curd - metal pot for warming wine |
| 链子 | 鏈子 | liànzi | - chain |
| 鏊子 | 鏊子 | àozi | - griddle |
| 铲子 | 鏟子 | chǎnzi | - shovel - spade - trowel - spatula (kitchen utensil) - CL:把[ba3] |
| 镜子 | 鏡子 | jìngzi | - mirror - CL:面[mian4],個|个[ge4] |
| 錾子 | 鏨子 | zànzi | - chisel |
| 镯子 | 鐲子 | zhuózi | - bracelet - CL:隻|只[zhi1] |
| 镊子 | 鑷子 | nièzi | - tweezers - nippers - pliers |
| 凿子 | 鑿子 | záozǐ | - chisel |
| 长子 | 長子 | Zhǎngzǐ | - Zhangzi county in Shanxi 山西[Shan1 xi1] |
| 长子 | 長子 | zhǎngzǐ | - eldest son |
| 门子 | 門子 | ménzi | - door - doorman (old) - hanger-on of an aristocrat - social influence - pull - classifier for relatives, marriages etc |
| 关子 | 關子 | guānzi | - climax (in a story) |
| 附子 | 附子 | fùzǐ | - monkshood (Aconitum carmichaelii) |
| 院子 | 院子 | yuànzi | - courtyard - garden - yard - patio - CL:個|个[ge4] - (old) servant |
| 阵子 | 陣子 | zhènzi | - period of time |
| 除子 | 除子 | chúzǐ | - divisor (math.) |
| 隆子 | 隆子 | Lóngzǐ | - Lhünzê county, Tibetan: Lhun rtse rdzong, in Lhokha prefecture 山南地區|山南地区[Shan1 nan2 di4 qu1], Tibet |
| 雀子 | 雀子 | qiāozi | - a freckle - lentigo |
| 集子 | 集子 | jízi | - anthology - selected writing |
| 双子 | 雙子 | Shuāngzǐ | - Gemini (star sign) |
| 离子 | 離子 | lízǐ | - ion |
| 雹子 | 雹子 | báozi | - hail - hailstone |
| 电子 | 電子 | diànzǐ | - electronic - electron (particle physics) |
| 面子 | 面子 | miànzi | - outer surface - outside - honor - reputation - face (as in "losing face") - self-respect - feelings - (medicinal) powder |
| 靴子 | 靴子 | xuēzi | - boots |
| 靶子 | 靶子 | bǎzi | - target |
| 鞋子 | 鞋子 | xiézi | - shoe |
| 鞭子 | 鞭子 | biānzi | - whip - CL:根[gen1] |
| 领子 | 領子 | lǐngzi | - shirt collar |
| 头子 | 頭子 | tóuzi | - boss - gang leader |
| 颈子 | 頸子 | jǐngzi | - neck |
| 饺子 | 餃子 | jiǎozi | - dumpling - pot-sticker - CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1] |
| 饼子 | 餅子 | bǐngzi | - maize or millet pancake |
| 养子 | 養子 | yǎngzǐ | - adopted son - foster son |
| 饵子 | 餌子 | ěrzi | - fish bait |
| 哺子 | 餔子 | bùzi | - baby food |
| 馆子 | 館子 | guǎnzi | - restaurant - theater (old) |
| 馓子 | 饊子 | sǎnzi | - deep-fried noodle cake |
| 马子 | 馬子 | mǎzǐ | - (slang) girl - chick - babe |
| 马子 | 馬子 | mǎzi | - bandit - brigand - gambling chip - see 馬桶|马桶 |
| 驮子 | 馱子 | duòzi | - pack animal's load |
| 驳子 | 駁子 | bózi | - to tow (a barge) |
| 驹子 | 駒子 | jūzi | - young horse, ass or mule - foal - colt - filly |
| 驼子 | 駝子 | tuózi | - hunchback |
| 骗子 | 騙子 | piànzi | - swindler - a cheat |
| 骡子 | 騾子 | luózi | - mule - CL:匹[pi3],頭|头[tou2] |
| 驴子 | 驢子 | lǘzi | - ass - donkey |
| 骨子 | 骨子 | gǔzi | - ribs - frame |
| 骰子 | 骰子 | tóuzi | - dice |
| 胡子 | 鬍子 | húzi | - beard - mustache or whiskers - facial hair - CL:撮[zuo3],根[gen1] - (coll.) bandit |
| 须子 | 鬚子 | xūzi | - feelers (zoology) - tassel (botany) |
| 鬼子 | 鬼子 | guǐzi | - devils - refers to 日本鬼子, wartime term insult for Japanese |
| 鱼子 | 魚子 | yúzǐ | - fish eggs - roe - caviar |
| 鸭子 | 鴨子 | yāzi | - duck - male prostitute (slang) |
| 鸽子 | 鴿子 | gēzi | - pigeon - dove - various birds of the family Columbidae |
| 麦子 | 麥子 | màizi | - wheat - CL:株[zhu1] |
| 麻子 | 麻子 | mázi | - pockmark |
| 点子 | 點子 | diǎnzi | - spot - point - dot - speck - drop (of liquid) - droplet - point (of argument) - idea - crux - indication - pointer |
| 鼻子 | 鼻子 | bízi | - nose - CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1] |
| 一下子 | 一下子 | yīxiàzi | - in a short while - all at once - all of a sudden |
| 一家子 | 一家子 | yījiāzi | - the whole family |
| 一抿子 | 一抿子 | yīmǐnzi | - a little bit |
| 一揽子 | 一攬子 | yīlǎnzi | - all-inclusive - undiscriminating |
| 一甲子 | 一甲子 | yījiǎzǐ | - sixty years |
| 一肚子 | 一肚子 | yīdùzi | - bellyful (of sth) - full of (sth) |
| 一股子 | 一股子 | yīgǔzi | - a whiff of - a taint of - a thread of |
| 一辈子 | 一輩子 | yībèizi | - (for) a lifetime |
| 一阵子 | 一陣子 | yīzhènzi | - short period of time - while (time) - fit of anger |
| 上辈子 | 上輩子 | shàngbèizi | - one's ancestors - past generations - a former incarnation |
| 上馆子 | 上館子 | shàngguǎnzi | - to eat out - to eat at a restaurant |
| 下辈子 | 下輩子 | xiàbèizi | - the next life |
| 下馆子 | 下館子 | xiàguǎnzi | - to eat out - to eat at a restaurant |
| 丢面子 | 丟面子 | diūmiànzi | - to lose face |
| 中子弹 | 中子彈 | zhōngzǐdàn | - neutron bomb |
| 中子数 | 中子數 | zhōngzǐshù | - neutron number |
| 中子星 | 中子星 | zhōngzǐxīng | - neutron star |
| 中子源 | 中子源 | zhōngzǐyuán | - neutron source |
| 中微子 | 中微子 | zhōngwēizǐ | - neutrino (particle physics) - also written 微中子[wei1 zhong1 zi3] |
| 串门子 | 串門子 | chuànménzi | - see 串門|串门[chuan4 men2] |
| 干儿子 | 乾兒子 | gānérzi | - (nominally) adopted son - godson |
| 干梅子 | 乾梅子 | gānméizi | - prunes |
| 二尕子 | 二尕子 | èrgǎzi | - scoundrel |
| 二愣子 | 二愣子 | èrlèngzi | - stupid person - dolt - rash (slang) |
| 二杆子 | 二杆子 | èrgānzi | - hot-tempered - rash - hot-tempered person |
| 二毛子 | 二毛子 | èrmáozi | - (coll.) westernized Chinese |
| 二流子 | 二流子 | èrliúzi | - loafer - idler - bum |
| 二鬼子 | 二鬼子 | èrguǐzi | - traitor - collaborator with the enemy |
| 五味子 | 五味子 | wǔwèizǐ | - schizandra (Schisandra chinensis) - Magnolia vine |
| 五子棋 | 五子棋 | wǔzǐqí | - five-in-a-row (game similar to tic-tac-toe) - Japanese: gomoku - gobang |
| 亚原子 | 亞原子 | yàyuánzǐ | - sub-atomic |
| 京片子 | 京片子 | Jīngpiànzi | - Beijing dialect |
| 介子推 | 介子推 | JièZǐtuī | - see 介之推[Jie4 Zhi1 tui1] |
| 份子钱 | 份子錢 | fènziqián | - gift money (on the occasion of a wedding etc) |
| 伍子胥 | 伍子胥 | WǔZǐxū | - Wu Zixu (-484 BC), powerful politician in Wu - famous as destitute refugee begging in Wu town, cf 吳市吹簫|吴市吹箫 |
| 假嗓子 | 假嗓子 | jiǎsǎngzi | - falsetto (in opera) |
| 假小子 | 假小子 | jiǎxiǎozi | - tomboy |
| 假招子 | 假招子 | jiǎzhāozi | - to put on airs - to adopt a false attitude |
| 偷汉子 | 偷漢子 | tōuhànzi | - (of a woman) to take a lover |
| 伪君子 | 偽君子 | wěijūnzǐ | - hypocrite |
| 价电子 | 價電子 | jiàdiànzǐ | - valency electron - outer shell of electrons |
| 光膀子 | 光膀子 | guāngbǎngzi | - bare upper body - bare-chested - to bare one's chest |
| 光电子 | 光電子 | guāngdiànzǐ | - photoelectronic |
| 兔崽子 | 兔崽子 | tùzǎizi | - brat - bastard |
| 兔羔子 | 兔羔子 | tùgāozi | - see 兔崽子[tu4 zai3 zi5] |
| 兜圈子 | 兜圈子 | dōuquānzi | - to encircle - to go around - to circle - to beat about the bush |
| 两下子 | 兩下子 | liǎngxiàzi | - a couple of times - to repeat the same - the same old trick - tricks of the trade |
| 两口子 | 兩口子 | liǎngkǒuzi | - husband and wife |
| 八辈子 | 八輩子 | bābèizi | - (fig.) a long time |
| 公因子 | 公因子 | gōngyīnzǐ | - common factor - common divisor |
| 冗条子 | 冗條子 | rǒngtiáozi | - unwanted branches (of a tree etc) |
| 冰坨子 | 冰坨子 | bīngtuózi | - (coll.) chunks of ice |
| 出乱子 | 出亂子 | chūluànzi | - to go wrong - to get into trouble |
| 出份子 | 出份子 | chūfènzi | - to club together (to offer a gift) - to hold a whip-round |
| 出喽子 | 出嘍子 | chūlóuzi | - variant of 出婁子|出娄子[chu1 lou2 zi5] |
| 出娄子 | 出婁子 | chūlóuzi | - to run into difficulties - to cause trouble |
| 出岔子 | 出岔子 | chūchàzi | - to go wrong - to take a wrong turning |
| 出月子 | 出月子 | chūyuèzi | - to complete the month of confinement following childbirth - cf 坐月子[zuo4 yue4 zi5] |
| 出楼子 | 出樓子 | chūlóuzi | - variant of 出婁子|出娄子[chu1 lou2 zi5] |
| 出漏子 | 出漏子 | chūlòuzi | - to take a wrong turn - to go wrong |
| 出点子 | 出點子 | chūdiǎnzi | - to express an opinion - to offer advice |
| 分子式 | 分子式 | fēnzǐshì | - molecular formula |
| 分子筛 | 分子篩 | fēnzǐshāi | - molecular sieve |
| 分子量 | 分子量 | fēnzǐliàng | - molecular mass |
| 刮胡子 | 刮鬍子 | guāhúzi | - to shave |
| 创牌子 | 創牌子 | chuàngpáizi | - to establish a brand - to establish a reputation for quality |
| 刘涓子 | 劉涓子 | LiúJuānzǐ | - Liu Juanzi, legendary alchemist and creator of magic potions |
| 刽子手 | 劊子手 | guìzishǒu | - executioner - headsman - slaughterer - fig. indiscriminate murderer |
| 勒脖子 | 勒脖子 | lēibózi | - to throttle - to strangle |
| 劳什子 | 勞什子 | láoshízi | - (dialect) nuisance - pain |
| 包饺子 | 包餃子 | bāojiǎozi | - to wrap jiaozi (dumplings or potstickers) |
| 半吊子 | 半吊子 | bàndiàozi | - dabbler - smatterer - tactless and impulsive person |
| 半辈子 | 半輩子 | bànbèizi | - half of a lifetime |
| 南海子 | 南海子 | NánHǎizi | - Nanhaizi, name used to refer to various places, including 草海[Cao3 hai3], 南苑[Nan2 yuan4] and the Nanhaizi Wetland in Baotou, Inner Mongolia |
| 卡脖子 | 卡脖子 | qiǎbózi | - to strangle (literally or figuratively) |
| 印子钱 | 印子錢 | yìnziqián | - usury - high interest loan (in former times) |
| 印把子 | 印把子 | yìnbàzi | - seal of authority - official seal |
| 原子堆 | 原子堆 | yuánzǐduī | - atomic pile (original form of nuclear reactor) |
| 原子弹 | 原子彈 | yuánzǐdàn | - atom bomb - atomic bomb - A-bomb |
| 原子核 | 原子核 | yuánzǐhé | - atomic nucleus |
| 原子笔 | 原子筆 | yuánzǐbǐ | - ballpoint pen - also written 圓珠筆|圆珠笔 |
| 原子能 | 原子能 | yuánzǐnéng | - atomic energy |
| 原子论 | 原子論 | yuánzǐlùn | - atomic theory |
| 原子量 | 原子量 | yuánzǐliàng | - atomic weight - atomic mass |
| 原子钟 | 原子鐘 | yuánzǐzhōng | - atomic clock |
| 反粒子 | 反粒子 | fǎnlìzǐ | - antiparticle (physics) |
| 反电子 | 反電子 | fǎndiànzǐ | - positron - also called 正電子|正电子[zheng4 dian4 zi3] |
| 叫化子 | 叫化子 | jiàohuāzi | - variant of 叫花子[jiao4 hua1 zi5] |
| 叫花子 | 叫花子 | jiàohuāzi | - beggar |
| 台巴子 | 台巴子 | Táibāzi | - Taiwanese yokel (derog.) |
| 吃馆子 | 吃館子 | chīguǎnzi | - to eat out - to eat at a restaurant |
| 吊嗓子 | 吊嗓子 | diàosǎngzi | - voice training (for Chinese opera) |
| 吊膀子 | 吊膀子 | diàobàngzi | - to flirt (derog.) |
| 君子兰 | 君子蘭 | jūnzǐlán | - scarlet kafir lily - Clivia miniata (botany) |
| 吸引子 | 吸引子 | xīyǐnzi | - attractor (math., dynamical systems) |
| 命根子 | 命根子 | mìnggēnzi | - see 命根[ming4 gen1] |
| 哈喇子 | 哈喇子 | hālázi | - (dialect) saliva |
| 哈拉子 | 哈拉子 | hālāzi | - (dialect) saliva - also written 哈喇子[ha1 la2 zi5] |
| 哨子声 | 哨子聲 | shàozishēng | - whistling sound |
| 哪门子 | 哪門子 | nǎménzi | - (coll.) (emphasizing a rhetorical question) what - what kind - why on earth |
| 哭鼻子 | 哭鼻子 | kūbízi | - to snivel (usually humorous) |
| 启动子 | 啟動子 | qǐdòngzi | - promoter |
| 单子叶 | 單子葉 | dānzǐyè | - monocotyledon (plant family distinguished by single embryonic leaf, includes grasses, orchids and lilies) |
| 嗓子眼 | 嗓子眼 | sǎngziyǎn | - throat |
| 嘴巴子 | 嘴巴子 | zuǐbazi | - slap |
| 嘴皮子 | 嘴皮子 | zuǐpízi | - lit. lips - glib talker - having a ready tongue |
| 四子王 | 四子王 | Sìzǐwáng | - Siziwang banner or Dörvön-xüüxed khoshuu in Ulaanchab 烏蘭察布|乌兰察布[Wu1 lan2 cha2 bu4], Inner Mongolia |
| 国子监 | 國子監 | Guózǐjiàn | - Imperial College (or Academy), the highest educational body in imperial China |
| 土包子 | 土包子 | tǔbāozi | - country bumpkin - boor - unsophisticated country person (humble, applied to oneself) - burial mound |
| 地窨子 | 地窨子 | dìyìnzi | - cellar |
| 坊子区 | 坊子區 | Fāngzǐqū | - Fangzi district of Weifang city 濰坊市|潍坊市[Wei2 fang1 shi4], Shandong |
| 坐月子 | 坐月子 | zuòyuèzi | - to convalesce for a month following childbirth, following a special diet, and observing various taboos to protect the body from exposure to the "wind" |
| 城子河 | 城子河 | Chéngzihé | - Chengzihe district of Jixi city 雞西|鸡西[Ji1 xi1], Heilongjiang |
| 坏分子 | 壞份子 | huàifènzǐ | - bad element - bad egg |
| 外孙子 | 外孫子 | wàisūnzi | - (coll.) daughter's son - grandson |
| 多粒子 | 多粒子 | duōlìzǐ | - many-particle (physics) |
| 夜猫子 | 夜貓子 | yèmāozi | - owl - (fig.) night owl |
| 大伯子 | 大伯子 | dàbǎizi | - (coll.) husband's elder brother |
| 大分子 | 大分子 | dàfēnzǐ | - macromolecule (chemistry) |
| 大姨子 | 大姨子 | dàyízi | - sister-in-law - wife's older sister |
| 大盘子 | 大盤子 | dàpánzi | - platter |
| 大肚子 | 大肚子 | dàdùzi | - pregnant |
| 大舅子 | 大舅子 | dàjiùzi | - (coll.) wife's older brother |
| 大袋子 | 大袋子 | dàdàizi | - sack |
| 太子丹 | 太子丹 | TàizǐDān | - Prince Dan of Yan (-226 BC), commissioned the attempted assassination of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 (later the First Emperor 秦始皇) by Jing Ke 荆轲 in 227 BC |
| 太子港 | 太子港 | Tàizǐgǎng | - Port-au-Prince, capital of Haiti |
| 太子党 | 太子黨 | tàizǐdǎng | - princelings, descendants of senior communist officials (PRC) |
| 失面子 | 失面子 | shīmiànzi | - to lose face - to be humiliated |
| 女公子 | 女公子 | nǚgōngzǐ | - noble lady - (honorific) your daughter |
| 女孩子 | 女孩子 | nǚháizi | - girl |
| 女汉子 | 女漢子 | nǚhànzi | - masculine woman |
| 妃子笑 | 妃子笑 | fēizixiào | - concubine's smile, a cultivar of lychee |
| 子公司 | 子公司 | zǐgōngsī | - subsidiary company - subsidiary corporation |
| 子午线 | 子午線 | zǐwǔxiàn | - meridian |
| 子囊菌 | 子囊菌 | zǐnángjūn | - ascomycete |
| 子宫壁 | 子宮壁 | zǐgōngbì | - wall of the uterus |
| 子宫环 | 子宮環 | zǐgōnghuán | - intrauterine device (IUD) |
| 子宫颈 | 子宮頸 | zǐgōngjǐng | - cervix - neck of the uterus |
| 子模型 | 子模型 | zǐmóxíng | - submodel |
| 子母弹 | 子母彈 | zǐmǔdàn | - (military) cluster bomb - shrapnel |
| 子洲县 | 子洲縣 | ZǐzhōuXiàn | - Zishou County in Yulin 榆林[Yu2 lin2], Shaanxi |
| 子目录 | 子目錄 | zǐmùlù | - subdirectory (computing) |
| 子程序 | 子程序 | zǐchéngxù | - subroutine |
| 子空间 | 子空間 | zǐkōngjiān | - subspace (math.) |
| 子系统 | 子系統 | zǐxìtǒng | - subsystem |
| 子细胞 | 子細胞 | zǐxìbāo | - daughter cell |
| 子长县 | 子長縣 | Zǐchángxiàn | - Zichang county in Yan'an 延安[Yan2 an1], Shaanxi |
| 子集合 | 子集合 | zǐjíhé | - subset (math.) |
| 孔丛子 | 孔叢子 | Kǒngcóngzǐ | - Kong family Master's anthology, collection of fictional debates between Confucius, possibly forged in third century by Wang Su 王肅|王肃 |
| 孔夫子 | 孔夫子 | Kǒngfūzǐ | - Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔子[Kong3 zi3] |
| 孤立子 | 孤立子 | gūlìzǐ | - soliton (physics) |
| 孩子们 | 孩子們 | háizimen | - children |
| 孩子气 | 孩子氣 | háiziqì | - boyish - childish |
| 孙武子 | 孫武子 | SūnWǔzǐ | - Sun Wu, famous general, strategist and Legalist philosopher, contemporary with Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] (551-479 BC), author of "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3] - also known as Sun Tzu 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3] |
| 安南子 | 安南子 | ānnánzǐ | - see 胖大海[pang4 da4 hai3] |
| 官架子 | 官架子 | guānjiàzi | - putting on official airs |
| 定调子 | 定調子 | dìngdiàozi | - to set the tone |
| 害月子 | 害月子 | hàiyuèzi | - morning sickness (in pregnancy) |
| 害肚子 | 害肚子 | hàidùzi | - upset stomach - stomachache |
| 密码子 | 密碼子 | mìmǎzi | - codon |
| 尉缭子 | 尉繚子 | WèiLiáozi | - Wei Liaozi, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1], possibly written by Wei Liao 尉繚|尉缭[Wei4 Liao2] during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC) |
| 对对子 | 對對子 | duìduìzǐ | - to supply the answering phrase |
| 小伙子 | 小伙子 | xiǎohuǒzi | - young man - young guy - lad - youngster - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 小册子 | 小冊子 | xiǎocèzi | - booklet - pamphlet - leaflet - information sheet - menu - CL:本[ben3] |
| 小姨子 | 小姨子 | xiǎoyízi | - see 小姨[xiao3 yi2] |
| 小孩子 | 小孩子 | xiǎoháizi | - child |
| 小段子 | 小段子 | xiǎoduànzi | - short paragraph - news article |
| 小碟子 | 小碟子 | xiǎodiézi | - saucer |
| 小舅子 | 小舅子 | xiǎojiùzi | - (coll.) wife's younger brother |
| 小铲子 | 小鏟子 | xiǎochǎnzi | - trowel |
| 尖子生 | 尖子生 | jiānzishēng | - top student |
| 尥蹶子 | 尥蹶子 | liàojuězi | - (of mules, horses etc) to kick backward - to kick with the hind legs - fig. to flare up in anger - to display defiance |
| 尻门子 | 尻門子 | kāoménzi | - anus (rural coll.) |
| 左嗓子 | 左嗓子 | zuǒsǎngzi | - off-key singing voice - sb who sings off-key |
| 左撇子 | 左撇子 | zuǒpiězi | - left-handed |
| 弹子锁 | 彈子鎖 | dànzisuǒ | - pin tumbler lock - spring lock |
| 彪个子 | 彪個子 | biāogèzi | - tall and strong physique |
| 微中子 | 微中子 | wēizhōngzǐ | - neutrino (particle physics) - also written 中微子[zhong1 wei1 zi3] |
| 微电子 | 微電子 | wēidiànzǐ | - microelectronics |
| 快中子 | 快中子 | kuàizhōngzǐ | - fast neutrons |
| 急性子 | 急性子 | jíxìngzi | - impetuous person - excitable person |
| 惹乱子 | 惹亂子 | rěluànzi | - to stir up trouble - to get into trouble |
| 惹喽子 | 惹嘍子 | rělóuzi | - variant of 惹婁子|惹娄子[re3 lou2 zi5] |
| 惹娄子 | 惹婁子 | rělóuzi | - to stir up trouble - to bring trouble upon oneself |
| 惹楼子 | 惹樓子 | rělóuzi | - variant of 惹婁子|惹娄子[re3 lou2 zi5] |
| 爱玉子 | 愛玉子 | àiyùzǐ | - jelly fig seed (used in TCM) - Ficus Awkeotsang |
| 爱面子 | 愛面子 | àimiànzi | - to save face - to worry about losing face - proud of one's reputation - sensitive about losing prestige - sense of propriety |
| 慢性子 | 慢性子 | mànxìngzi | - slow-tempered - phlegmatic - a slowcoach |
| 成样子 | 成樣子 | chéngyàngzi | - seemly - presentable |
| 戴帽子 | 戴帽子 | dàimàozi | - to wear a hat - (fig.) to stigmatize - to be branded as |
| 房子租 | 房子租 | fángzizū | - house rent |
| 房牙子 | 房牙子 | fángyázi | - real estate agent (old) |
| 手脖子 | 手脖子 | shǒubózi | - wrist (dialect) |
| 手腕子 | 手腕子 | shǒuwànzi | - wrist |
| 扎猛子 | 扎猛子 | zhāměngzi | - to swim with head submerged |
| 打拍子 | 打拍子 | dǎpāizi | - to beat time |
| 打格子 | 打格子 | dǎgézi | - to draw a rectangular grid (e.g. of farmland) - to checker |
| 打棍子 | 打棍子 | dǎgùnzi | - to bludgeon - to hit with a big stick |
| 打稿子 | 打稿子 | dǎgǎozi | - to produce a draft manuscript |
| 扣帽子 | 扣帽子 | kòumàozi | - to tag sb with unfair label - power word |
| 扯嗓子 | 扯嗓子 | chěsǎngzi | - to raise one's voice - to speak at the top of one's voice |
| 扯犊子 | 扯犢子 | chědúzi | - (dialect) to talk nonsense - to chat idly |
| 找岔子 | 找岔子 | zhǎochàzi | - to look for blemishes - to find fault - nitpicking |
| 抄靶子 | 抄靶子 | chāobǎzi | - (dialect) to do a body search - to frisk |
| 把马子 | 把馬子 | bǎmǎzǐ | - to pick up a girl - to get a girl |
| 抓子儿 | 抓子兒 | zhuāzǐr | - kids' game involving throwing and grabbing |
| 抓辫子 | 抓辮子 | zhuābiànzi | - to grab sb by the pigtail - to seize on weak points - to exploit the opponent's shortcomings |
| 抬轿子 | 抬轎子 | táijiàozi | - to carry sb in a sedan chair - flatter - sing praises |
| 抱朴子 | 抱樸子 | Bàopǔzǐ | - Baopuzi, collection of essays by Ge Hong 葛洪[Ge3 Hong2] on alchemy, immortality, legalism, society etc |
| 抹脖子 | 抹脖子 | mǒbózi | - to slit one's own throat - to commit suicide |
| 拉场子 | 拉場子 | lāchǎngzi | - (of a performer) to put on a show at an outdoor venue (temple fair, marketplace etc) - (fig.) to enhance sb's reputation - to make a name for oneself |
| 拉肚子 | 拉肚子 | lādùzi | - (coll.) to have diarrhea |
| 拍婆子 | 拍婆子 | pāipózi | - to chase girls - to hang around with girls |
| 拔罐子 | 拔罐子 | báguànzǐ | - cupping technique used in TCM |
| 拜把子 | 拜把子 | bàibǎzi | - become sworn brothers |
| 拿架子 | 拿架子 | nájiàzi | - to throw one's weight around - to put on airs |
| 挖鼻子 | 挖鼻子 | wābízi | - to pick one's nose |
| 挨板子 | 挨板子 | áibǎnzi | - to suffer beating - fig. to be severely criticized - to take a hammering |
| 挨头子 | 挨頭子 | áitóuzi | - to be criticized - to suffer blame |
| 捅喽子 | 捅嘍子 | tǒnglóuzi | - variant of 捅婁子|捅娄子[tong3 lou2 zi5] |
| 捅娄子 | 捅婁子 | tǒnglóuzi | - to make a mess of sth |
| 捅楼子 | 捅樓子 | tǒnglóuzi | - variant of 捅婁子|捅娄子[tong3 lou2 zi5] |
| 捋袖子 | 捋袖子 | luōxiùzi | - to push up one's sleeves |
| 掉链子 | 掉鏈子 | diàoliànzi | - to let sb down - to drop the ball - to screw up |
| 掌子面 | 掌子面 | zhǎngzimiàn | - face (mining) |
| 探身子 | 探身子 | tànshēnzi | - to bend forward - to lean out |
| 掰腕子 | 掰腕子 | bāiwànzi | - arm wrestling |
| 扬子江 | 揚子江 | Yángzǐjiāng | - Changjiang 長江|长江 or Yangtze River - old name for Changjiang, especially lower reaches around Yangzhou 揚州|扬州 |
| 扬子鳄 | 揚子鱷 | yángzǐè | - Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis) |
| 揪辫子 | 揪辮子 | jiūbiànzi | - to grab sb by the queue (i.e. hair) - to seize on weak points - to exploit the opponent's shortcomings |
| 搭架子 | 搭架子 | dājiàzi | - to put up scaffolding - to build a framework - to launch an enterprise |
| 摘帽子 | 摘帽子 | zhāimàozi | - lit. to take off a hat - fig. to be cleared of an unfair charge - rehabilitation |
| 折子戏 | 摺子戲 | zhézixì | - highlights from opera |
| 捞什子 | 撈什子 | lāoshízi | - encumbrance - burden - that awful thing (colloquial) - nuisance |
| 撒丫子 | 撒丫子 | sāyāzi | - (dialect) to rush off - to scamper off double-quick - to take to one's heels - to make oneself scarce |
| 拨子弹 | 撥子彈 | bōzǐtán | - plectrum |
| 择日子 | 擇日子 | zháirìzi | - to pick an auspicious day |
| 掷骰子 | 擲骰子 | zhìtóuzi | - to throw the dice |
| 摆摊子 | 擺攤子 | bǎitānzi | - to set up a stall - to maintain a large staff and organization |
| 摆架子 | 擺架子 | bǎijiàzi | - to put on airs - to assume great airs |
| 摆样子 | 擺樣子 | bǎiyàngzi | - to do sth for show - to keep up appearances |
| 放鸽子 | 放鴿子 | fànggēzi | - to stand someone up |
| 败家子 | 敗家子 | bàijiāzǐ | - spendthrift - wastrel - prodigal |
| 散摊子 | 散攤子 | sàntānzi | - to break up - to disband |
| 新娘子 | 新娘子 | xīnniángzi | - see 新娘[xin1 niang2] |
| 旱鸭子 | 旱鴨子 | hànyāzi | - non-swimmer |
| 星子县 | 星子縣 | Xīngzǐxiàn | - Xingzi county in Jiujiang 九江, Jiangxi |
| 书呆子 | 書呆子 | shūdāizi | - bookworm - pedant - bookish fool |
| 月婆子 | 月婆子 | yuèpózi | - woman in late pregnancy (colloquial) |
| 月子病 | 月子病 | yuèzibìng | - puerperal fever |
| 木子美 | 木子美 | MùZǐměi | - Mu Zimei, Chinese celebrity |
| 朴子市 | 朴子市 | PúzǐShì | - Puzi or Putzu City in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 xian4], west Taiwan |
| 果子冻 | 果子凍 | guǒzidòng | - jelly |
| 果子狸 | 果子狸 | guǒzilí | - masked palm civet (Paguma larvata) |
| 果子酱 | 果子醬 | guǒzijiàng | - marmalade - jellied fruit |
| 果子露 | 果子露 | guǒzilù | - fruit drink |
| 架子车 | 架子車 | jiàzichē | - wooden wheelbarrow |
| 枸杞子 | 枸杞子 | gǒuqǐzǐ | - goji berry |
| 柳子戏 | 柳子戲 | liǔzixì | - Shandong opera |
| 柿子椒 | 柿子椒 | shìzijiāo | - pimento pepper (Capsicum spp.) - bell pepper |
| 校正子 | 校正子 | jiàozhèngzǐ | - proof-reader and corrector |
| 格子呢 | 格子呢 | géziní | - tartan - plaid |
| 梁子湖 | 梁子湖 | Liángzihú | - Liangzihu district of Ezhou city 鄂州市[E4 zhou1 shi4], Hubei |
| 梆子腔 | 梆子腔 | bāngzǐqiāng | - a general term for local operas in Shangxi, Henan, Hebei, Shandong etc - the music of such operas |
| 栀子花 | 梔子花 | zhīzihuā | - cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides) |
| 梭子鱼 | 梭子魚 | suōziyú | - barracuda |
| 棒子国 | 棒子國 | Bàngziguó | - (derog.) Korea |
| 棒子面 | 棒子麵 | bàngzimiàn | - maize cornflour - corn mush - polenta |
| 椰子汁 | 椰子汁 | yēzizhī | - coconut milk |
| 椰子猫 | 椰子貓 | yēzimāo | - Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus), also called toddy cat |
| 楞子眼 | 楞子眼 | léngziyǎn | - vacant look of a drunk or imbecile |
| 枪杆子 | 槍桿子 | qiānggǎnzi | - gun barrel |
| 橘子水 | 橘子水 | júzishuǐ | - orangeade - orange squash - CL:瓶[ping2],杯[bei1],罐[guan4],盒[he2] |
| 橘子汁 | 橘子汁 | júzizhī | - orange juice - CL:瓶[ping2],杯[bei1],罐[guan4],盒[he2] - see also 橙汁[cheng2 zhi1] |
| 橘子酱 | 橘子醬 | júzijiàng | - orange jam - marmalade |
| 橡子面 | 橡子麵 | xiàngzimiàn | - acorn flour |
| 横楣子 | 橫楣子 | héngméizi | - lintel |
| 正离子 | 正離子 | zhènglízǐ | - positive ion (physics) |
| 正电子 | 正電子 | zhèngdiànzǐ | - positron (antiparticle of the electron) |
| 歪点子 | 歪點子 | wāidiǎnzi | - illegal device - devious - crooked |
| 毛子国 | 毛子國 | Máoziguó | - (derog.) Russia |
| 毛孩子 | 毛孩子 | máoháizi | - (coll.) infant - ignorant child |
| 气包子 | 氣包子 | qìbāozi | - quick-tempered person |
| 氧原子 | 氧原子 | yǎngyuánzǐ | - oxygen atom |
| 氢原子 | 氫原子 | qīngyuánzǐ | - hydrogen atom |
| 汗珠子 | 汗珠子 | hànzhūzi | - beads of sweat |
| 决明子 | 決明子 | juémíngzǐ | - (botany) cassia seed |
| 没起子 | 沒起子 | méiqǐzi | - (dialect) (of a person) useless - pathetic - spineless |
| 泥腿子 | 泥腿子 | nítuǐzi | - peasant - yokel |
| 洋鬼子 | 洋鬼子 | yángguǐzi | - foreign devil - term of abuse for Westerners |
| 洛子峰 | 洛子峰 | LuòzǐFēng | - Lhotse Mountain, between Tibet and Nepal |
| 活靶子 | 活靶子 | huóbǎzi | - live target - target (of criticism etc) |
| 浪卡子 | 浪卡子 | Làngkǎzǐ | - Nagarzê county, Tibetan: Sna dkar rtse rdzong, in Lhokha prefecture 山南地區|山南地区[Shan1 nan2 di4 qu1], Tibet |
| 海椰子 | 海椰子 | hǎiyēzi | - coco de mer or "sea coconut" (Lodoicea maldivica) |
| 海瓜子 | 海瓜子 | hǎiguāzǐ | - Tellina iridescens (a bivalve mollusc) - any similar small clam |
| 涮锅子 | 涮鍋子 | shuànguōzi | - hot pot - a dish where thinly sliced meat and vegetables are boiled briefly in a broth and then served with dipping sauces |
| 淮南子 | 淮南子 | Huáinánzi | - miscellany of writing from the Western Han (former Han) |
| 混日子 | 混日子 | hùnrìzi | - to idle - to waste time |
| 凑份子 | 湊份子 | còufènzi | - to pool resources (for a gift, project etc) |
| 滚犊子 | 滾犢子 | gǔndúzi | - (dialect) Beat it! - Scram! - Fuck off! |
| 潭子乡 | 潭子鄉 | Tánzǐxiāng | - Tantzu township in Taichung county 臺中縣|台中县[Tai2 zhong1 xian4], Taiwan |
| 滥套子 | 濫套子 | làntàozi | - platitude - pointless talk |
| 泻肚子 | 瀉肚子 | xièdùzi | - see 瀉肚|泻肚[xie4 du4] |
| 火筷子 | 火筷子 | huǒkuàizi | - fire tongs - hair curling tongs |
| 炸丸子 | 炸丸子 | zháwánzi | - croquettes - deep fried food balls |
| 炸子鸡 | 炸子雞 | zházǐjī | - crispy fried chicken |
| 无患子 | 無患子 | wúhuànzǐ | - Sapindales - order of scented bushes and trees, includes citrus fruit and lychee |
| 煞性子 | 煞性子 | shāxìngzi | - to vent anger |
| 照片子 | 照片子 | zhàopiànzi | - X-ray photo |
| 熊孩子 | 熊孩子 | xióngháizi | - (dialect) little devil - brat |
| 熊瞎子 | 熊瞎子 | xióngxiāzi | - bear - bruin |
| 热中子 | 熱中子 | rèzhōngzǐ | - thermal neutron |
| 烧茄子 | 燒茄子 | shāoqiézi | - stewed eggplant |
| 烂摊子 | 爛攤子 | làntānzi | - terrible mess - shambles |
| 爬格子 | 爬格子 | págézi | - (oral) to write (esp. for a living) - to spell out laboriously on squared paper |
| 争面子 | 爭面子 | zhēngmiànzi | - to fight for a good reputation |
| 牛性子 | 牛性子 | niúxìngzi | - see 牛性[niu2 xing4] |
| 牛脖子 | 牛脖子 | niúbózi | - (coll.) bullheaded - obstinate |
| 牛鼻子 | 牛鼻子 | Niúbízi | - Daoist (facetious)(old) |
| 牢什子 | 牢什子 | láoshízi | - variant of 勞什子|劳什子[lao2 shi2 zi5] |
| 狗崽子 | 狗崽子 | gǒuzǎizi | - (coll.) puppy - (derog.) son of a bitch |
| 狗腿子 | 狗腿子 | gǒutuǐzi | - dog's leg - fig. one who follows a villain - henchman - hired thug |
| 猴孩子 | 猴孩子 | hóuháizi | - little devil |
| 狮子山 | 獅子山 | Shīzishān | - Sierra Leone, West Africa (Tw) - Shizishan or Lion Mountain - Shizishan district of Tongling city 銅陵市|铜陵市[Tong2 ling2 shi4], Anhui |
| 狮子座 | 獅子座 | Shīzizuò | - Leo (constellation and sign of the zodiac) |
| 狮子狗 | 獅子狗 | shīzigǒu | - Pekingese - Pekinese |
| 狮子乡 | 獅子鄉 | Shīzǐxiāng | - Shihtzu township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan |
| 狮子头 | 獅子頭 | shīzitóu | - lit. lion's head - pork meatballs |
| 独山子 | 獨山子 | Dúshānzǐ | - Dushanzi district (Uighur: Maytagh Rayoni) of Qaramay City 克拉瑪依市|克拉玛依市[Ke4 la1 ma3 yi1 shi4], Xinjiang |
| 独生子 | 獨生子 | dúshēngzǐ | - only son |
| 玻色子 | 玻色子 | bōsèzǐ | - boson (particle physics) |
| 瓜子脸 | 瓜子臉 | guāzǐliǎn | - oval face |
| 甩脸子 | 甩臉子 | shuǎiliǎnzi | - to grimace with displeasure - to pull a long face |
| 甩袖子 | 甩袖子 | shuǎixiùzi | - to swing one's sleeve (in anger) |
| 男子单 | 男子單 | nánzǐdān | - men's singles (sports) |
| 男子气 | 男子氣 | nánzǐqì | - manly - masculine |
| 男子汉 | 男子漢 | nánzǐhàn | - man (i.e. manly, masculine) |
| 男孩子 | 男孩子 | nánháizi | - boy |
| 病因子 | 病因子 | bìngyīnzi | - cause of disease - pathogen - factor |
| 病秧子 | 病秧子 | bìngyāngzi | - (coll.) invalid - sickly person |
| 痞子蔡 | 痞子蔡 | PǐziCài | - Rowdy Cai (1969-), Taiwanese Internet writer |
| 瘾君子 | 癮君子 | yǐnjūnzǐ | - opium eater - drug addict - chain smoker |
| 登徒子 | 登徒子 | DēngtúZǐ | - Dengtu Zi, famous lecherous character - lecher - skirt-chaser |
| 白麻子 | 白麻子 | báimázǐ | - cannabis seed |
| 白鼻子 | 白鼻子 | báibízi | - cunning or sly person |
| 百合子 | 百合子 | Bǎihézi | - Yuriko, Japanese female given name, translates Christian name Lily |
| 皇太子 | 皇太子 | huángtàizǐ | - crown prince |
| 盘杠子 | 盤杠子 | pángàngzi | - to carry out gymnastic tricks on horizontal bar |
| 看样子 | 看樣子 | kànyàngzi | - it seems - it looks as if |
| 真子集 | 真子集 | zhēnzǐjí | - proper subset |
| 眼珠子 | 眼珠子 | yǎnzhūzi | - eyeball - fig. the apple of one's eye (i.e. favorite person) |
| 眼皮子 | 眼皮子 | yǎnpízi | - eyelid |
| 众香子 | 眾香子 | zhòngxiāngzi | - all-spice (Pimenta dioica) - Jamaican pepper |
| 石子儿 | 石子兒 | shízǐr | - cobble |
| 石榴子 | 石榴子 | shíliuzǐ | - pomegranate seeds - pomegranate arils |
| 石河子 | 石河子 | Shíhézǐ | - Shixenze shehiri (Shixenze city) or Shíhézǐ subprefecture level city in north Xinjiang |
| 石狮子 | 石獅子 | shíshīzi | - guardian lion, a lion statue traditionally placed at the entrance of Chinese imperial palaces, imperial tombs, temples etc |
| 石龙子 | 石龍子 | shílóngzi | - skink - lizard |
| 碰钉子 | 碰釘子 | pèngdīngzi | - to meet with a rebuff |
| 碳原子 | 碳原子 | tànyuánzǐ | - carbon atom |
| 碾子山 | 碾子山 | Niǎnzishān | - Nianzishan district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔[Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3], Heilongjiang |
| 碍面子 | 礙面子 | àimiànzi | - (not do sth) for fear of offending sb |
| 票贩子 | 票販子 | piàofànzi | - ticket scalper |
| 私生子 | 私生子 | sīshēngzǐ | - illegitimate child (male) - bastard - love child |
| 种子岛 | 種子島 | Zhǒngzidǎo | - Tanegashima, Japanese Island off Kyushu, the Japanese space launch site |
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