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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.

子产Zǐ Chǎn

Zi Chan (?-522 BC), statesman and philosopher during the Spring and Autumn period

子贡Zǐ Gòng

Zi Gong or Duanmu Ci 端木賜|端木赐[Duān mù Cì] (520 BC-), disciple of Confucius

子路Zǐ Lù

Zi Lu (542-480 BC), disciple of Confucius 孔夫子[Kǒng fū zǐ], also known as Ji Lu 季路[Jì Lù]

子长市Zǐ cháng Shì

Zichang, a county-level city in Yan'an City 延安市[Yán ān Shì], Shaanxi

丙子战争Bǐng zǐ Zhàn zhēng

second Manchu invasion of Korea (1636)

丙子胡乱Bǐng zǐ Hú luàn

second Manchu invasion of Korea (1636)

中国国家原子能机构Zhōng guó Guó jiā Yuán zǐ néng Jī gòu

China Atomic Energy Agency (CAEA)

京片子Jīng piàn zi

Beijing dialect

伍子胥Wǔ Zǐ xū

Wu Zixu (–484 BC), Chu-born strategist for Wu. After the King of Chu executed his family, he fled to Wu and masterminded Wu's invasion of Chu (506 BC), destroying its capital in a campaign that doubled as personal vengeance.

伢子yá zi

(dialect) child

内子nèi zǐ

(literary) my wife

八旗子弟Bā qí zǐ dì

child of a Manchu bannerman family (nobility) / (fig.) privileged brat

列子Liè zǐ

Lie Zi, Daoist author, said to be early Warring States period 戰國|战国[Zhàn guó] / Daoist text in eight chapters, said to be by Lie Zi, probably compiled during WeiJin times 魏晉|魏晋[Wèi Jìn] (3rd century AD)

刘涓子Liú Juān zǐ

Liu Juanzi, legendary alchemist and creator of magic potions

刘涓子鬼遗方Liú Juān zǐ guǐ yí fāng

Liu Juanzi's medical recipes bequeathed by the ghost Huang Fugui 黃父鬼|黄父鬼

南海子Nán Hǎi zi

Nanhaizi, name used to refer to various places, including 草海[Cǎo hǎi], 南苑[Nán yuàn] and the Nanhaizi Wetland in Baotou, Inner Mongolia

吊膀子diào bàng zi

(dialect) to flirt (derog.)

吴子Wú zǐ

Wuzi, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wǔ jīng Qī shū], written by Wu Qi 吳起|吴起[Wú Qǐ]

哈喇子hā lá zi

(dialect) saliva

哑子yǎ zi

(dialect) a mute (person)

啥子shá zi

(dialect) what

四子王Sì zǐ wáng

Siziwang banner or Dörvön-xüüxed khoshuu in Ulaanchab 烏蘭察布|乌兰察布[Wū lán chá bù], Inner Mongolia

四子王旗Sì zǐ wáng qí

Siziwang banner or Dörvön-xüüxed khoshuu in Ulaanchab 烏蘭察布|乌兰察布[Wū lán chá bù], Inner Mongolia

国子监Guó zǐ jiàn

Guozijian, the highest educational administrative body in imperial China, in some dynasties also functioning as the highest institution of academic research and learning (Imperial College, aka Imperial Academy)

国际原子能机构Guó jì Yuán zǐ néng Jī gòu

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

坊子区Fāng zǐ Qū

Fangzi, a district of Weifang City 濰坊市|潍坊市[Wéi fāng Shì], Shandong

城子河区Chéng zi hé Qū

Chengzihe, a district of Jixi City 雞西市|鸡西市[Jī xī Shì], Heilongjiang

墨子Mò zǐ

Mozi (c. 470–391 BC), founder of the Mohist School 墨家[Mò jiā], which flourished during the Warring States period (475–220 BC)

大型强子对撞机Dà xíng Qiáng zǐ Duì zhuàng Jī

Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

太子丹Tài zǐ Dān

Prince Dan of Yan (–226 BC), commissioned the attempted assassination of King Ying Zheng 嬴政[Yíng Zhèng] of Qin 秦[Qín] (later the First Emperor 秦始皇[Qín Shǐ huáng]) by Jing Ke 荊軻|荆轲[Jīng Kē] in 227 BC

太子十三峰Tài zǐ shí sān fēng

thirteen peaks of Meili Snow Mountains in Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州[Dí qìng Zàng zú Zì zhì zhōu], Yunnan / also written 梅里雪山[Méi lǐ Xuě shān]

太子河区Tài zǐ hé Qū

Taizihe, a district of Liaoyang City 遼陽市|辽阳市[Liáo yáng Shì], Liaoning

太子港Tài zǐ gǎng

Port-au-Prince, capital of Haiti

夫子自道Fū zǐ zì dào

appearing to be praising others while actually praising yourself / one's criticism of others exposes one's own faults

姜子牙Jiāng Zǐ yá

Jiang Ziya (c. 1100 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), partly mythical sage advisor to King Wen of Zhou 周文王[Zhōu Wén wáng] and purported author of “Six Secret Strategic Teachings” 六韜|六韬[Liù tāo], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wǔ jīng Qī shū]

嫚子mān zi

(dialect) girl

孔丛子Kǒng cóng zǐ

the K'ung family Masters' anthology, collection of dialogues between Confucius and his disciples, possibly forged in third century by Wang Su 王肅|王肃[Wáng Sù]

孔夫子Kǒng fū zǐ

Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔子[Kǒng zǐ]

孔子学院Kǒng zǐ Xué yuàn

Confucius Institute, organization established internationally by the PRC, promoting Chinese language and culture

孔子家语Kǒng zǐ Jiā yǔ

The School Sayings of Confucius, a supplement to the Analects / abbr. to 家語|家语[Jiā yǔ]

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