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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.

锂离子电池lǐ lí zǐ diàn chí

lithium ion battery

锥子zhuī zi

awl / CL:把[bǎ]

锥子脸zhuī zi liǎn

V-shaped face

钱串子qián chuàn zi

string of copper coins (in ancient China) / (fig.) an overly money-oriented person / (zoology) centipede

钱袋子qián dài zi

(coll.) purse / money bag / (fig.) one's money / one's savings

表蒙子biǎo méng zi

watch glass / crystal

旋子xuàn zi

large metal plate for making bean curd / metal pot for warming wine

鏊子ào zi

griddle

錾子zàn zi

chisel

镯子zhuó zi

bracelet / CL:隻|只[zhī]

铁子tiě zi

(slang) very close friend / bro

铁帽子王tiě mào zi wáng

iron-cap prince in the Qing dynasty whose title can be passed on to subsequent generations without alteration

铁板茄子tiě bǎn qié zi

eggplant served sizzling on a hot iron plate

铁格子tiě gé zi

iron lattice / metal grid

镩子cuān zi

ice spud (aka ice chisel) with a pointy tip

钻桌子zuān zhuō zi

to crawl under a table (e.g. as a forfeit for losing a bet or card game) / to hide under a table

门子mén zi

door / doorman (old) / hanger-on of an aristocrat / social influence / pull / classifier for relatives, marriages etc

闭子集bì zǐ jí

closed subset (math.)

开口子kāi kǒu zi

a dike breaks / fig. to provide facilities (for evil deeds) / to open the floodgates

关门弟子guān mén dì zǐ

last disciple of a master

阿月浑子ā yuè hún zi

pistachio

阿月浑子树ā yuè hún zǐ shù

pistachio tree

阿尔法粒子ā ěr fǎ lì zǐ

alpha particle (helium nucleus)

附子fù zǐ

monkshood (Aconitum carmichaelii)

除子chú zǐ

divisor (math.)

阴离子yīn lí zǐ

negative ion / anion (physics)

陈谷子烂芝麻chén gǔ zi làn zhī ma

lit. stale grain, overcooked sesame (idiom) / fig. the same boring old gossip

阳离子yáng lí zǐ

positive ion / cation (physics)

阳电子yáng diàn zǐ

positron / also called 正電子|正电子[zhèng diàn zǐ]

隐君子yǐn jūn zǐ

(literary) hermit sage / heavy smoker / drug addict (pun involving the homophonous 癮君子|瘾君子[yǐn jūn zǐ])

雀子qiāo zi

a freckle / lentigo

雄配子xióng pèi zǐ

male gamete / sperm cell

集子jí zi

anthology / selected writing

双子星shuāng zǐ xīng

(astronomy) binary star / (fig.) two prominent entities regarded as a pair (often complementary or in rivalry)

双子叶shuāng zǐ yè

dicotyledon (plant family distinguished by two embryonic leaves, includes daisies, broadleaved trees, herbaceous plants)

杂合子zá hé zǐ

(genetics) heterozygote

鸡子儿jī zǐ r

(coll.) hen's egg

离子交换lí zǐ jiāo huàn

ion exchange

离子键lí zǐ jiàn

ionic bond (chemistry)

雪山狮子旗xuě shān shī zi qí

Snow lion banner, banned flag of Tibetan independence movement, featuring mythological Snow Leopard

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