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日子

rì zi

HSK 2 · word 947 of 3,000

Meaning

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

Example sentence

Characters in 日子

• 日 rì (bound form) sun
• 子 zi noun suffix, as in 椅子 "chair"

日 day plus the suffix 子. It means a day, a date, and life as it is lived: 日子过得很好.

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