子
zizǐ HSK1

child

子 zi frequency
noun suffix affix
[suffix] used to form nouns from noun, verb, or adjective roots

他们长什么样子？

tā​men zhǎng shén​me​yàng zi?

What did they look like?

我无法成为她需要的那样子。

wǒ wú​fǎ chéng​wéi tā xū​yào de nà​yàng zi.

I can't be what she needs me to be.

measure word suffix numeraladverb
[suffix] used after certain measure words to indicate a brief duration or a single instance
子 zǐ
subordinate noun
(bound form) secondary; subordinate; derived from a main body or source
son noun
(bound form) son; child; offspring

子：爸爸，我想我已经懂了什么是政治。

zǐ: bà​ba, wǒ xiǎng wǒ yǐ​jing dǒng le shén​me shì zhèng​zhì.

Son: Dad, now I think I understand what politics is.

seed noun
(bound form) seed; kernel; egg; small and hard object or pellet
master noun
(literary) master or teacher, used as a title of respect; also used as a polite way to say "you"
[Earthly Branch]
the first of the twelve Earthly Branches, representing the North, the year of the Rat, and the time from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m.
viscount
viscount, the fourth of the five ancient Chinese noble ranks
young
(bound form) young; tender; small
[bundle]
(measure word) for bundles or hanks of thin things like hair or thread
Philosophers
the third category of the traditional Chinese four-division library system, consisting of philosophical or technical works
money
(informal) copper coin; money
interest
(literary) interest on a loan; profit

Cross-References

Has variant

Referenced by

Has erhua variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
37th most common 3310.7 per million
Movie subtitles
47th most common 3793.5 per million appears in 100% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
118.4 per million appears in 32% of films
Written text
248.3 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 1
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Strokes
3
Unicode
U+5B50

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)