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  1. 1.(bound form) (of domestic animals or fowl) young
  2. 2.(bound form) fine; detailed
zǎi
  1. 1.variant of 崽[zǎi]
  2. 2.(dialect) (bound form) young man
  1. 1.used in 仔肩[zī jiān]

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.young
  2. 2.meticulous; fine
  3. 3.son (Classifier: 個/个 c; 粒 c)
  4. 4.child
  5. 5.boyfriend (Classifier: 條/条 c)
  6. 6.little boy; young man (Classifier: 條/条 c; 隻/只 c)
  7. 7.Diminutive suffix.
  8. 8.Denotes a young male of a particular trait.
  9. 9.Denotes a young male of a particular occupation or background, often demeaningly.
  10. 10.Used to call somebody affectionately. (For names, it is only used for males.)
  11. 11.Demeaningly denotes somebody of a particular occupation or position.
  12. 12.Denotes a young animal.
  13. 13.Denotes something that is small in size.
  14. 14.Denotes the younger sibling of one's spouse.
  15. 15.Used with single-syllable nouns without denoting a specific meaning.
  16. 16.Used after a classifier to indicate that something is small in size and/or quantity.
  17. 17.Suffix placed after a verb or adjective to sound cute and affectionate.
  18. 18.a diminutive suffix for nouns, adjectives or quantities
  19. 19.a suffix that converts a verb or adjective into a noun
  20. 20.a suffix placed after a name or title, used endearingly, humorously or pejoratively

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ʔslɯ, *ʔslɯʔ): semantic 人 (“person”) + phonetic 子 (OC *ʔslɯʔ) Cognate with 子 (OC *ʔslɯʔ) and 崽 (OC *ʔslɯːʔ, *srɯː, *srɯː).

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