管子

Guǎnzǐ
  1. Guanzi or Guan Zhong 管仲 (-645 BC), famous politician of Qi 齊國 of Spring and Autumn period
  2. Guanzi, classical book containing writings of Guan Zhong and his school

CEDICT

Homographs

管子 guǎnzi
  1. tube
  2. pipe
  3. drinking straw

classifier: 根

Entry Composition

1 管 Guǎn surname Guan
=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"