1. son
2. child
3. seed
4. egg
5. small thing
6. 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat
7. viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 wǔděngjuéwèi
8. ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)
9. subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-

1. lucky
2. auspicious
3. propitious
4. rayl (acoustical unit)

1. to make; to produce
2. to write; to compose
3. to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc)
4. (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc)
5. (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for
6. to assume (an air or manner)

1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 pígéde "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
5. also pr. dì or di in poetry and songs

1. matter
2. thing
3. item
4. work
5. affair

classifiers: 件, 樁, 回

1. alternative form of 倳 (zì, “to establish”)
2. alternative form of 剚 (zì, “to stab”)

1. illegal
2. to break the law