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Printable Handwriting Practice Worksheet of the Chinese character 子

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Printable Stroke Order Practice Worksheet of "子"

Printable Stroke Order Practice Worksheet of the Chinese character 子

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Pinyin zǐ、 zi

Radical

子

Strokes

Definition

11 p.m.-1 a.m. / 1st earthly branch / child / midnight / son / child / seed / egg / small thing, (noun suff.)

Usage

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嗓子 sǎng zi

throat / voice / CL:把[ba3]

书呆子 shū dāi zi

bookworm / pedant / bookish fool

呢子 ní zi

woolen cloth

子公司 zǐ gōng sī

subsidiary company / subsidiary corporation

君子 jūn zǐ

nobleman / person of noble character

正人君子 zhèng rén jūn zi

upright gentleman / man of honor

原子 yuán zǐ

atom / atomic

厨子 chú zi

cook

叉子 chā zi

fork / CL:把[ba3]

句子 jù zi

sentence / CL:個|个[ge4]

圈子 quān zi

circle / ring / (social) circle

哨子 shào zi

whistle

哪门子 nǎ mén zi

(coll.) (emphasizing a rhetorical question) what / what kind / why on earth

坨子 tuó zi

lump / heap

唾沫星子 tuò mò xīng zi

sputter

啥子 shá zi

(dialect) what

嗓子眼 sǎng zi yǎn

throat

嗓子眼儿 sǎng zi yǎn r

erhua variant of 嗓子眼[sang3 zi5 yan3]

壬子年 rén zi nián

Ren Zi Year

孢子囊 bāo zi náng

sporangium

子囊 zǐ náng

ascus / asci / daughter cyst / secondary cyst / vesicula proligera

因子 yīn zǐ

factor / (genetic) trait / (math.) factor / divisor

团子 tuán zi

dango (Japanese dumpling)

园子 yuán zi

park / garden

坎子 kǎn zi

raised ground / bank

坏分子 huài fèn zǐ

bad element / bad egg

妻子 qī zǐ

wife and children

坛子 tán zi

jug (earthenware with a big belly and a small opening)

坠子 zhuì zi

weight / pendant / same as 墜胡|坠胡[zhui4 hu2] / ballad singing accompanied by a 墜胡|坠胡[zhui4 hu2]

河南坠子 hé nán zhuì zǐ

Henan pendant

耳坠子 ěr zhuì zi

eardrops (pendant jewelry) / earrings / CL:對|对[dui4],隻|只[zhi1]

坯子 pī zi

base / semifinished product / (fig.) the makings of (a talented actor etc)

草垛子 cǎo duǒ zi

Haystack

垫子 diàn zi

cushion / mat / pad

婊子 biǎo zi

prostitute / whore

婶子 shěn zi

(coll.) father's younger brother's wife / aunt

嫂子 sǎo zi

(coll.) older brother's wife / sister-in-law / CL:個|个[ge4]

孩子 hái zi

child

孢子 bāo zǐ

spore

墨子 Mò zǐ

Mozi (c. 470-391 BC), founder of the Mohist School 墨家[Mo4 jia1] of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)

壬子 rén zǐ

forty-ninth year I1 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1972 or 2032

壳子 ké zǐ

shell

太子 tài zǐ

crown prince

夹子 jiā zi

clip / clamp / tongs / folder / wallet

套子 tào zi

sheath / case / cover / conventional method / cliché / trick / (coll.) condom

女子 nǚ zǐ

woman / female

子女 zǐ nǚ

children / sons and daughters

女孩子 nǚ hái zi

girl

奶子 nǎi zi

breast / milk

妃子 fēi zi

imperial concubine

妮子 nī zi

(coll.) lass / (dialect) little girl

尥蹶子 liào juě zi

(of mules, horses etc) to kick backward / to kick with the hind legs / fig. to flare up in anger / to display defiance

妹子 mèi zi

(dialect) younger sister / girl

辣妹子 là mèi zi

sassy young woman or pretty girl (esp. one from China's spice belt: Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan and Yunnan)

妻离子散 qī lí zǐ sàn

a family wrenched apart (idiom)

姑子 gū zi

husband's sister / (coll.) Buddhist nun

娃子 wá zi

baby / small child / (arch.) slave among ethnic minorities

女娃子 nǚ wá zi

Girl

捅娄子 tǒng lóu zi

to make a mess of sth

娘子 niáng zǐ

(dialect) form of address for one's wife / polite form of address for a woman

娘子军 niáng zi jūn

women soldiers

婆子 pó zi

old woman

电子媒体 diàn zi méi tǐ

electronic media

大嫂子 dà sǎo zi

Sister-in-law

嫡长子 dí zhǎng zǐ

Eldest son

身子 shēn zi

body / pregnancy / health

电子 diàn zǐ

electronic / electron (particle physics)

样子 yàng zi

appearance / manner / pattern / model

弟子 dì zǐ

disciple / follower

胖子 pàng zi

fat person / fatty

日子 rì zi

day / a (calendar) date / days of one's life

银子 yín zi

money / silver

男子 nán zǐ

a man / a male

小子 xiǎo zi

(coll.) boy / (derog.) joker / guy / (despicable) fellow

房子 fáng zi

house / building (single- or two-story) / apartment / room / CL:棟|栋[dong4],幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4],套[tao4],間|间[jian1]

院子 yuàn zi

courtyard / garden / yard / patio / CL:個|个[ge4] / (old) servant

汉子 hàn zi

man / fellow / (dialect) husband

崽子 zǎi zi

whelp / bastard

卒子 zú zǐ

pawn / soldier / private

子午卯酉 zi wǔ mǎo yǒu

Ziwu Maoyou

卵子 luǎn zi

testicles / penis

卷子 juǎn zi

steamed roll / spring roll

匙子 chí zi

spoon

话匣子 huà xiá zi

phonograph or radio (old term) / chatterbox / talkative person

匣子枪 xiá zi qiāng

Box gun

黑匣子 hēi xiá zi

(airplane) black box

孝子 xiào zǐ

filial son

孢子植物 bāo zi zhí wù

cryptogam / spore-producing plant

小孩子 xiǎo hái zi

child

男孩子 nán hái zi

boy

好孩子 hǎo hái zi

lambling / Goodbaby / good kid

孩子气 hái zi qì

boyish / childish

孩子家 hái zi jiā

Child's home

毛孩子 máo hái zi

(coll.) infant / ignorant child

孪生子 luán shēng zi

twins

孺子可教 rú zǐ kě jiào

The young man is promising and worthy to be taught. / The boy is worth teaching.

孺子 rú zǐ

(literary) child

宅子 zhái zi

house / residence

宦门公子 huàn mén gōng zi

Eunuch

帖子 tiě zi

card / invitation / message / (forum) post

How to write 子

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Meaning of 子

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