太子

tàizǐ
crown prince

CEDICT

  1. (～鎮) Taizi (a town in Yangxin, Huangshi, Hubei, China)
  2. Prince Edward (a neighbourhood of Mong Kok in Yau Tsim Mong district, Hong Kong)
  3. Taizi (a town in Yangxin, Huangshi, Hubei, China)
  4. crown prince; heir to a throne (Classifier: 位)

Wiktionary

君王的嫡长子或预备继位的儿子。周时，天子及诸侯的嫡长子，称「太子」，也称为「世子」。秦朝因之。汉时则改称皇太子。金元时，皇帝之庶子亦有称太子的。明以后，皇帝之嫡子称为「皇太子」，而亲王之嫡子则统称为「世子」。《西游记．第三七回》：「我本宫有个太子，是我亲生的储君。」也作「大子」。

重編國語辭典

  1. (～镇)镇名，位于中国湖北黄石阳新
  2. 君王的嫡长子或预备继位的儿子
  3. 地名，位于香港九龙旺角

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 太 tài
  1. highest
  2. greatest
  3. too (much)
  4. very
  5. extremely
=2 子 zǐ
  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-
=2 子 zi noun suffix, as in 椅子 yǐzi "chair"

Containing this entry

太子丹 Tàizǐ Dān Prince Dan of Yan (-226 BC), commissioned the attempted assassination of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 (later the First Emperor 秦始皇 Qín Shǐhuáng) by Jing Ke 荆轲 Jīng Kē in 227 BC
太子十三峰 Tàizǐshísānfēng
  1. thirteen peaks of Meili Snow Mountains in Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 迪庆藏族自治州 Díqìng Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu, Yunnan
  2. also written 梅里雪山 Méilǐ Xuěshān
太子太保 tàizǐtàibǎo tutor to the crown prince (in imperial China)
太子河区 Tàizǐhéqū Taizi district of Liaoyang city 辽阳市 Liáoyángshì, Liaoning
太子港 Tàizǐgǎng Port-au-Prince, capital of Haiti
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