子 zǐ

1. 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)
2. 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)
3. 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)
4. zǐ noun 11 p.m.-1 a.m.
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Time
   Notes: (Guoyu '子' n 2)
5. 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)
6. 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)
7. 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)
8. 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)
9. 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)
10. 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)
11. 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)
12. 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)
13. 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)
14. 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)
15. zǐ noun subordinate; subsidiary
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '子' adj 2, 3; NCCED '子' 11)
16. zǐ noun a copper coin
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (ABC 'zǐ' 子 bf 5; NCCED '子' 12)
17. 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)
18. zǐ bound form female dragonfly
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Biology
    Notes: (ABC 'zǐ' 子 bf 7)
19. zǐ bound form constituent
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (ABC 'zǐ' 子 bf 10)
20. zǐ noun offspring; descendants
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 后代 or 子孙 (Guoyu '子' n 4)
21. 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)
22. 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)
23. 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)
24. zǐ noun offspring; tanaya
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: tanaya, Tibetan: bu (Mahāvyutpatti 'putraḥ'; MW 'putra')

Contained in

• 老子化胡经(老子化胡經) Conversion of the Barbarians
• 毘离子(毘離子) Vṛji; Vajji
• 福力太子因缘经(福力太子因緣經) Fuli Taizi Yinyuan Jing; Puṇyabalāvadāna
• 马大师野鸭子(馬大師野鴨子) Master Mazu's wild duck
• 大药叉女欢喜母并爱子成就法(大藥叉女歡喜母并愛子成就法) Hariti and Beloved Children Accomplishment Ritual; Da Yaochanu Huanxi Mu Bing Ai Zi Chengjiu Fa
• 铁橛子(鐵橛子) an iron stake
• 太子和休经(太子和休經) Siṃhaparipṛcchā; Taizi He Xiu Jing
• 迦陀衍那子 Katyāyanīputra
• 胜鬘师子吼一乘大方便方广经(勝鬘師子吼一乘大方便方廣經) Srimala Sutra; Śrīmālādevīsiṃhanādasūtra
• 释子(釋子) sons of Śākyamuni; disciples of the Buddha
• 佛光山电子大藏经(佛光山電子大藏經) FGS Buddhist Electronic Texts

Also contained in

老子英雄儿好汉，老子反动儿混蛋 、 肉包子打狗 、 不成样子 、 拍婆子 、 柿子 、 世子 、 子宫环 、 兔子 、 原子钟 、 季康子 、 裙子 、 积极分子 、 量子色动力学 、 顺子 、 子产 、 刮胡子 、 蛾子 、 彪个子 、 拨子弹 、 橱子 、 以子之矛，攻子之盾 、 子虚赋 、 子儿 、 人工电子耳 、 錾子 、 喜子 、 金镏子 、 耳根子 、 出漏子 、 子母炸弹 、 虮子 、 大红鼻子 、 瘤子 、 黑莓子 、 幌子 、 粪窖子 、 子夜 、 洛子峰 、 麻子 、 让子弹飞

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• Dharma Words - Other 法語 ■其它 Buddhism Series 9 - Art and Literature 《佛教叢書9－藝文》 — count: 29
• Lecture 2: The Inauguration of an Abbot 第二講．住持晉山 One Hundred Lessons on Monastery Language and Affairs 3: Activities at Places of Practice 《僧事百講3－道場行事》 — count: 29
• Buddhism and Filial Piety 佛教與孝道 Buddhism Series 8 - Use of the Teachings 《佛教叢書8－教用》 — count: 17
• Embracing Nature: Ecology from a Buddhist Perspective (1) 佛教與自然生態（上） Treatises on Humanistic Buddhism 《人間佛教論文集》 — count: 17
• Lecture 9: Various Kinds of Dharma Instruments 第九講．各種法器 One Hundred Lessons on Monastery Language and Affairs 2: Becoming a Monastic and the Rules of the Precepts 《僧事百講2－出家戒法》 — count: 17
• Buddhism and the Flowers of Causes and Conditions 佛教與花的因緣 Treatises on Humanistic Buddhism 《人間佛教論文集》 — count: 17
• 2. India - King Asoka: Wheel Turning King 貳、印度 ■轉輪聖王阿育王 Buddhism Series 4 - Disciples 《佛教叢書4－弟子》 — count: 16
• Songs 3 歌 ■之三 Buddhism Series 9 - Art and Literature 《佛教叢書9－藝文》 — count: 16
• Volume 3: Bodhisattva Cultivation and Experiential Understanding - Class 16: Boys and Girls 第三冊　菩薩行證 第十六課　童男與童女 Fo Guang Buddhist Textbooks 《佛光教科書》 — count: 15
• Humanistic Buddhism: A Blueprint for Life 人間佛教的藍圖 Humanistic Buddhism Series 5 - The Human World and Practice 《人間佛教系列5－人間與實踐》 — count: 14

Collocations

• 腿子 (腿子) 盤了一兩個鐘點的腿子就很痛苦 — One Hundred Lessons on Monastery Language and Affairs 1: Monastery Administration 《僧事百講1－叢林制度》, Lecture 10: Four Main Halls 第十講‧四大堂口 — count: 11
• 穗子 (穗子) 念珠上都有穗子 — One Hundred Lessons on Monastery Language and Affairs 2: Becoming a Monastic and the Rules of the Precepts 《僧事百講2－出家戒法》, Lecture 9: Various Kinds of Dharma Instruments 第九講．各種法器 — count: 7
• 鍊子 (鍊子) 鐵鍊子可以鎖人 — Lectures on the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 《六祖壇經講話》, Questions and Discussion 問題討論 — count: 6
• 子一 (子一) 生了三子一女 — The Universal Gate : a Commentary on Avalokitesvara's Universal Gate Sutra 《觀世音菩薩普門品講話》, Difficulties and Benefits 1: Seven Difficulties 冥　益 一．七難 — count: 5
• 幡子 (幡子) 有兩位出家人對著飄動的幡子 — Lectures on the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 《六祖壇經講話》, Questions and Discussion 問題討論 — count: 5
• 子仪 (子儀) 有個弟子鄭重其事地問子儀水月禪師 — Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》, Nothing is ended and nothing is extinguished - Part 27 [Lecture] 斷滅知見造生死業分第二十七 【講話】 — count: 4
• 铛子 (鐺子) 能不能我們說明鐺子與鉿子的功能是什麼 — One Hundred Lessons on Monastery Language and Affairs 2: Becoming a Monastic and the Rules of the Precepts 《僧事百講2－出家戒法》, Lecture 9: Various Kinds of Dharma Instruments 第九講．各種法器 — count: 4
• 打车子 (打車子) 還是打車子呢 — Lectures on the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 《六祖壇經講話》, Questions and Discussion 問題討論 — count: 4
• 子可以 (子可以) 鐵鍊子可以鎖人 — Lectures on the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 《六祖壇經講話》, Questions and Discussion 問題討論 — count: 3
• 纸条子 (紙條子) 都要有紙條子通知相關單位 — One Hundred Lessons on Monastery Language and Affairs 1: Monastery Administration 《僧事百講1－叢林制度》, Lecture 14: Rules for Common Dwelling 第十四講‧共住規約 — count: 3