zǐ 
		son
child
seed
egg
small thing
1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat
Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]
ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			diàn zǐ 
		electronic
electron (particle physics)
		 
		
		
		
		
					
				
		
			diàn zǐ yóu jiàn 
		email
CL:封[feng1],份[fen4]
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tiě zi 
		card
invitation
message
(forum) post
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			quān zi 
		circle
ring
(social) circle
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			rì zi 
		day
a (calendar) date
days of one's life
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yīn zǐ 
		factor
(genetic) trait
(math.) factor
divisor
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			pāi zi 
		beat (music)
paddle-shaped object (flyswatter etc)
racket (sports)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			fǎ zi 
		way
method
Taiwan pr. [fa2 zi5]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			fèn zǐ 
		members of a class or group
political elements (such as intellectuals or extremists)
part
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			fēn zǐ 
		molecule
(math) numerator of a fraction
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			jiā zi 
		clip
clamp
tongs
folder
wallet
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			fáng zi 
		house
building (single- or two-story)
apartment
room
CL:棟|栋[dong4],幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4],套[tao4]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yàng zi 
		appearance
manner
pattern
model
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Měi zhì zǐ 
		Michiko, Japanese female given name
Empress Michiko of Japan (1934-)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			qīn zǐ 
		parent and child
parent-child (relationship)
two successive generations
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Bǎi hé zi 
		Yuriko, Japanese girl's given name, translates Christian name Lily
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			dàn zi 
		carrying pole and the loads on it
burden
task
responsibility
CL:副[fu4]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			huǎng zi 
		shop sign
signboard
(fig.) pretense
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			mào zi 
		hat
cap
(fig.) label
bad name
CL:頂|顶[ding3]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bān zi 
		organized group
theatrical troupe
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yī lǎn zi 
		all-inclusive
undiscriminating
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			jiān zi 
		best of its kind
cream of the crop
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zǐ nǚ 
		children
sons and daughters
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			chì zǐ 
		newborn baby
the people (of a country)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			jiào zǐ 
		to educate one's children
godson
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			lì zǐ 
		(elementary) particle
grain
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zòng zi 
		glutinous rice and choice of filling wrapped in leaves and boiled
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			mǔ zǐ 
		mother and child
parent and subsidiary (companies)
principal and interest
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			lì zi 
		case
(for) instance
example
CL:個|个[ge4]