子 (zǐ) means Son (child - person - midnight). Below are 24 of the 545 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
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From the graded readers
它睡在我的椅 子 上。
tā shuì zài wǒ de(possessive) yǐ zǐ shàng.
He sleeps on my chair.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Cat
我一下 子 说不出话来。
wǒ yíxiàzi shuō bùchū huà lái.
For a moment I couldn't say anything.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Neighbour Upstairs
一共装了二十六个箱 子 。
yīgòng zhuāngle èrshíliù gè xiāngzi.
Twenty-six boxes in all.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Moving House
路两边盖起了很多新房 子 。
lù liǎngbian gài qǐle hěnduō xīnfáng zǐ.
New buildings had gone up on both sides.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Going Back Home
我把箱 子 打开一看，愣住了。
wǒ bǎ xiāngzi dǎkāi yī kàn / kān, lèng zhùle.
I opened the box and stopped short.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Shopping Online
桌 子 上边有我的电脑和很多书。
zhuōzi shàng biān yǒu wǒ de(possessive) diànnǎo hé hěnduō shū.
On the desk are my computer and a lot of books.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My New Room
有一个旧箱 子 ，我一直没打开。
yǒu yīgè jiù xiāngzi, wǒ yìzhí méi dǎkāi.
There was one old box I kept not opening.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Moving House
她手里拿着四五个很重的袋 子 。
tā shǒulǐ názhe sì wǔ gè hěn zhòng / chóng de / dì dàizi.
She was holding four or five heavy bags.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Helping a Stranger
From the travel phrasebook
From the grammar library
我有两个孩 子 。
Wǒ yǒu liǎng ge háizi.
I have two children.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · 有 — have and there is
这条裤 子 很贵。
Zhè tiáo kùzi hěn guì.
These trousers are expensive.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · Measure words — the top 25
我用筷 子 吃面条。
Wǒ yòng kuàizi chī miàntiáo.
I eat noodles with chopsticks.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · Word order — Subject + Verb + Object
桌 子 上有一本书。
Zhuōzi shang yǒu yì běn shū.
There's a book on the table.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · 有 — have and there is
他把书放在桌 子 上。
Tā bǎ shū fàng zài zhuōzi shang.
He put the book on the table.
Grammar library · HSK 3 · 把 sentences
孩 子 把蛋糕吃光了。
Háizi bǎ dàngāo chīguāng le.
The kids finished off the cake.
Grammar library · HSK 3 · 把 sentences
子 appears in 545 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 子
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Questions about 子
How is 子 used in a sentence?
This page shows 545 sentences using 子 (zǐ, "Son (child - person - midnight)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 子 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 子 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 子?
The dictionary page for 子 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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