= z + Ø3
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) / subsidiary / subordinate / sub-
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(noun suffix)
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How to pronounce 子

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= z initial

Z is for Zorro.

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+ Ø3 final

In the space station’s living room.

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= z initial

Z is for Zorro.

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+ Ø5 final

On the space station’s roof.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago

子 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
le = l + e5
(completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) / (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
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liǎo = li + ao3
to finish / to achieve / variant of 瞭|了[liao3] / to understand clearly
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liǎo = li + ao3
(of eyes) bright / clear-sighted / to understand clearly
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liào = li + ao4
unofficial variant of 瞭[liao4]
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= y + Ø1
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
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Characters with 子 as component

= z + Ø4
letter / symbol / character / word / CL:個|个[ge4] / courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
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xiǎng = xi + ang3
to enjoy / to benefit / to have the use of
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old variant of 享[xiang3]
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Words with 子

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child
house / building (single- or two-story) / apartment / room / CL:棟|栋[dong4],幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4],套[tao4],間|间[jian1]

Sentences with 子

wáng
 
 
tiān
shàng
xià
lái
le
lǎo
tóu
zi

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