Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
子
zǐ, zi
Description
“子”常常放在词的后面，读轻声，比如“桌子”“椅子”。
"子" is often placed at the end of words and pronounced with a neutral tone, such as in "桌子" and "椅子".
“子”也可以表示孩子或者小的东西。
"子" can also mean child or a small thing.
Meanings
子zi
noun suffix (unstressed), on many everyday things
这张桌子很大。
This table is very big.
子zǐ
child; son
他有两个儿子。
He has two sons.
子zǐ
seed; small round thing
这种果子里有很多子。
This kind of fruit has many seeds.
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Notes
- Nuance
as a suffix (读轻声) it just marks nouns; it carries no real meaning.
- Etymology
original meaning is 'child'; later became a very common noun suffix.
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