子
Meaning
- noun suffix, as in 椅子 "chair"
Example sentence
父父子子。
Let the fathers be fathers and the sons sons.
The character 子
子 draws a swaddled child. As a suffix it is said flat, with no tone, and turns a bare character into a noun: 杯子, 桌子, 本子. Under its own tone it is the child itself — 儿子, 女子 — or a seed.
Words containing 子
- 包子 bāo zi baozi; bao (steamed stuffed bun)
- 杯子 bēi zi cup
- 本子 běn zi book
- 儿子 ér zi son
- 房子 fáng zi house
- 孩子 hái zi child
- 桌子 zhuō zi table
- 个子 gè zi stature; height; size (of a person or object)
- 饺子 jiǎo zi dumpling
- 句子 jù zi sentence
- 筷子 kuài zi chopsticks
- 例子 lì zi case
- 瓶子 píng zi bottle
- 日子 rì zi day
- 样子 yàng zi appearance
- 椅子 yǐ zi chair
- 院子 yuàn zi courtyard
- 被子 bèi zi blanket; quilt
- 电子邮件 diàn zǐ yóu jiàn email
- 裤子 kù zi trousers; pants
- 男子 nán zǐ a man; a male
- 女子 nǚ zǐ woman
- 牌子 pái zi sign
- 裙子 qún zi skirt