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Text matches for “子”

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Dictionary lookup matches complete headwords and pronunciations, or words in English definitions. Additional readings, names and variants are linked from their principal entries. Related words are separate, and partial pinyin has its own suggestions. General lexical entries precede names and historical references. Available frequency counts help order comparable matches.

Frequency data from Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. Counts describe written forms across their readings. A missing count is unknown.

场子chǎng zi

(coll.) gathering place / public venue

Headword or pronunciation场子

路子lù zi

method / way / approach

Headword or pronunciation路子

嫂子sǎo zi

(coll.) older brother's wife / sister-in-law

Headword or pronunciation嫂子

起子qǐ zi

baking soda (used to leaven bread) / screwdriver / bottle opener

Headword or pronunciation起子

老爷子lǎo yé zi

my (your etc) old father / polite appellation for an elderly male

Headword or pronunciation老爷子

模子mú zi

mold / matrix / pattern or die

Headword or pronunciation模子

妹子mèi zi

(dialect) younger sister / girl

Headword or pronunciation妹子

绕圈子rào quān zi

to go around in circles / to make a detour / (fig.) to beat about the bush

Headword or pronunciation绕圈子

套子tào zi

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

Headword or pronunciation套子

担子dàn zi

carrying pole and the loads on it / burden / task / responsibility / CL:副[fù]

Headword or pronunciation担子

段子duàn zi

item of storytelling or performed dialogue (folk arts) / sketch

Headword or pronunciation段子

探子tàn zi

intelligence gatherer / spy / detective / scout / sound (medical instrument) / long and narrow probing and sampling utensil

Headword or pronunciation探子

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