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Results for “子”

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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.

处子chǔ zǐ

(literary) virgin / maiden

处子秀chǔ zǐ xiù

debut (by a male performer or sports player)

虚粒子xū lì zǐ

virtual particle

虱子多了不痒，债多了不愁shī zi duō le bù yǎng , zhài duō le bù chóu

(lit.) when covered with lice, one doesn't feel the itching anymore, and when up to one's ears in debt, one ceases to worry about it (saying) / (fig.) to be past worrying (about sth)

蚊子再小也是肉wén zi zài xiǎo yě shì ròu

lit. even a mosquito, though tiny, provides some nourishment (idiom) / fig. it's better than nothing

蚊子包wén zi bāo

mosquito bite

蚊子馆wén zi guǎn

(jocular) public building that has been lying idle (and is thus ideal for housing mosquitos) (Tw)

蚶子hān zi

blood clam

蛾子é zi

moth

蜂子fēng zi

(coll.) bee / wasp