子儿

(coll.) penny / buck

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-

(noun suffix)

variant of 人[ren2] / "person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 10), occurring in 兒, 兀, 兄 etc

child / son

non-syllabic diminutive suffix / retroflex final

to make a bad move (in a game of chess)

kids' game involving throwing and grabbing

cobble

lit. to go on a long detour / fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point / to beat about the bush

dead bullet (one that does not fire) / a bad move (in a game of chess)

(coll.) hen's egg

(coll.) duck's egg