竹子
“bamboo; a tall, hollow-stemmed, fast-growing woody grass with jointed stems and narrow leaves; used for construction, crafts, and food (e.g., bamboo shoots).”
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竹
ㄓㄨˊ
Bamboo; a plant with hollow, jointed stems; also used for musical instruments like flutes or whistles; also refers to ancient bamboo slips used for writing; also a surname.
子
ㄗˇ
Son; child; offspring; seed; noun suffix attached to nouns, verbs, adjectives, or classifiers; first of the twelve earthly branches; ancient Chinese compass point for north.
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- 孩子ㄏㄞˊ ㄗˇchild; a young person who is not yet an adult; offspring; son or daughter
- 兒子ㄦˊ ㄗˇson; male child of a parent; a boy in relation to his parents
- 男子ㄋㄢˊ ㄗˇa man; a male; (in some contexts, especially Taiwan) a son
- 妻子ㄑㄧ ㄗˇwife; a married woman in relation to her husband; (archaic or literary) wife and children
- 電子ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄗˇelectronic; relating to devices or systems using circuits, semiconductors, or computers; electron (particle physics).
- 房子house; building; apartment; room; a residential structure where people live or a space used for a specific purpose
- 女子ㄋㄩˇ ㄗˇwoman; female; (dated) unmarried or virgin woman.
- 樣子ㄧㄤˋ ㄗˇappearance; look; the way someone or something looks; manner; pattern; model; style; kind; sort; roughly; about (used before numbers to indicate approximation)
- 日子ㄖˋ ㄗˇday; a calendar date; days of one's life; time; period; livelihood; daily life
- 例子example; instance; case used as evidence or illustration.
- 新竹ㄒㄧㄣ ㄓㄨˊHsinchu, a city in northern Taiwan known for its high-tech industry; also Hsinchu County in northwest Taiwan.
- 這樣子ㄓㄜˋ ㄧㄤˋ ㄗˇlike this; in this way; so; such (used to describe manner, state, or degree)