The New Dictionary.
FULL-TEXT SEARCH

Text matches for “子”

1,881 results

Matches in definitions, examples and entry notes are identified below.

How results are ordered

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 General lexical entries precede names and historical references.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.

尉缭子Wèi Liáo zi

Wei Liaozi, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wǔ jīng Qī shū], possibly written by Wei Liao 尉繚|尉缭[Wèi Liáo] during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)

Headword or pronunciation尉缭子

彪子biāo zi

(dialect) idiot / simpleton

Headword or pronunciation彪子

惠子Huì zi

Hui-zi also known as Hui Shi 惠施[Huì Shī] (c. 370-310 BC), politician and philosopher of the School of Logicians 名家[Míng jiā] during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)

Headword or pronunciation惠子

戊戌六君子Wù xū Liù jūn zǐ

the Six Gentlemen Martyrs of the failed reform movement of 1898, executed in its aftermath, namely: Tan Sitong 譚嗣同|谭嗣同[Tán Sì tóng], Lin Xu 林旭[Lín Xù], Yang Shenxiu 楊深秀|杨深秀[Yáng Shēn xiù], Liu Guangdi 劉光第|刘光第[Liú Guāng dì], Kang Guangren 康廣仁|康广仁[Kāng Guǎng rén] and Yang Rui 楊銳|杨锐[Yáng Ruì]

Headword or pronunciation戊戌六君子

抱朴子Bào pǔ zǐ

Baopuzi, collection of essays by Ge Hong 葛洪[Gě Hóng] on alchemy, immortality, legalism, society etc

Headword or pronunciation抱朴子

扬子江Yáng zǐ jiāng

Changjiang 長江|长江 or Yangtze River / old name for Changjiang, especially lower reaches around Yangzhou 揚州|扬州

Headword or pronunciation扬子江

揦子lá zi

(dialect) glass bottle

Headword or pronunciation揦子

撒丫子sā yā zi

(dialect) to scamper off / to take to one's heels / to make oneself scarce

Headword or pronunciation撒丫子

日本鬼子Rì běn guǐ zi

Japanese devil (common term of abuse in wartime China and in subsequent writing)

Headword or pronunciation日本鬼子

旺子wàng zi

(dialect) blood tofu (coagulated animal blood)

Headword or pronunciation旺子

曾子Zēng zǐ

Zengzi (505-435 BC), student of Confucius, presumed editor or author of Confucian classic the Great Learning 大學|大学[Dà xué]

Headword or pronunciation曾子

朱子Zhū zǐ

Master Zhu, another name for Zhu Xi 朱熹[Zhū Xī]

Headword or pronunciation朱子

朴子Pú zǐ

Puzi or Putzu City in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jiā yì Xiàn], west Taiwan

Headword or pronunciation朴子

朴子市Pú zǐ Shì

Puzi or Putzu City in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jiā yì Xiàn], west Taiwan

Headword or pronunciation朴子市

东坡肘子Dōng pō zhǒu zi

Dongpo pork shoulder, traditional dish said to have been created by Northern Song dynasty writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡

Headword or pronunciation东坡肘子

桂子guì zǐ

(literary) osmanthus blossoms

Headword or pronunciation桂子

椒子jiāo zi

(dialect) Sichuan peppercorn / (dialect) chili pepper

Headword or pronunciation椒子

江南四大才子Jiāng nán sì dà cái zǐ

Four great southern talents of the Ming, namely: Tang Bohu 唐伯虎, Zhu Zhishan 祝枝山, Wen Zhengming 文徵明|文征明 and Xu Zhenqing 徐禎卿|徐祯卿

Headword or pronunciation江南四大才子

淮南子Huái nán zi

miscellany of writing from the Western Han (aka Former Han)

Headword or pronunciation淮南子

Definitions from CC-CEDICT · 125,326 source records · Release 2026-10-27