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Exact character matches appear first. Pinyin matches whole syllables in headword pronunciations. Common exact readings come before common compounds, followed by less frequent or restricted readings. Direct English meanings rank ahead of mentions in longer definitions.

Frequency data from Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare.

纯合子chún hé zǐ

(genetics) homozygote

纸叶子zhǐ yè zi

deck of playing cards

细胞因子xì bāo yīn zǐ

cytokine

结婚生子jié hūn shēng zǐ

to get married and have kids / to start a family

结子jiē zǐ

to bear seeds (of plant)

结子jié zi

knot (on a rope or string)

结对子jié duì zi

(of two parties, e.g. police and the community) to team up / to pair up / to form a cooperative association

结梁子jié liáng zi

(slang) to start a feud / to have a beef

绝绝子jué jué zǐ

(slang) absolutely amazing

绦子tāo zi

silk ribbon or braid / lace or embroidery used for hemming

络腮胡子luò sāi hú zi

full beard

绸子chóu zi

silk fabric / silk / CL:匹[pǐ]

绵子mián zi

(dial.) silk floss

线性算子xiàn xìng suàn zi

linear operator (math.)

缎子duàn zi

satin

缓发中子huǎn fā zhōng zǐ

delayed neutron

缝子fèng zi

crack / chink / narrow slit / crevice

绷子bēng zi

embroidery frame / hoop / tambour

缪子miù zǐ

(physics) muon

绕弯子儿rào wān zǐ r

lit. to go on a long detour / fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point / to beat about the bush

绕脖子rào bó zi

tricky / involved / to beat about the bush

继子女jì zǐ nǚ

stepchildren / adopted children

续随子xù suí zi

caper (Capparis spinosa)

罐头起子guàn tou qǐ zi

can opener

罗望子luó wàng zǐ

(botany) tamarind

美人胚子měi rén pēi zi

(coll.) girl who shows signs of becoming a beauty / budding beauty

义子yì zǐ

adopted son

翅子chì zi

shark's fin / wing / CL:隻|只[zhī]

翎子líng zi

peacock feathers on an official's hat displaying his rank (traditional) / pheasant tail feathers on warriors' helmets (opera)

翘辫子qiào biàn zi

(coll.) to die / to kick the bucket

翻子拳fān zi quán

Fanziquan - "Overturning Fist" - Martial Art

翼子板yì zi bǎn

(PRC) fender (automotive)

老来得子lǎo lái dé zǐ

to have a child late in life (esp. said of a father)

老套子lǎo tào zi

old methods / old habits

老婆孩子热炕头lǎo pó hái zi rè kàng tou

wife, kids and a warm bed (idiom) / the simple and good life

老嫂子lǎo sǎo zi

(slang) effeminate man

老子英雄儿好汉,老子反动儿混蛋lǎo zi yīng xióng ér hǎo hàn , lǎo zi fǎn dòng ér hún dàn

If the father is a hero, the son is a real man. If the father is a reactionary, the son is a bastard. (Cultural Revolution slogan) / fig. like father, like son

老样子lǎo yàng zi

old situation / things as they were

老毛子lǎo máo zi

Westerner (esp. a Russian) (derog.)

老油子lǎo yóu zi

(coll.) wily old fox / crafty fellow

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