子 zǐ son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / (prefix) sub- syn 鸡蛋 雞蛋 jī dàn (chicken) egg / hen's egg / CL:個|个[ge4],打[da2] syn 坏蛋 壞蛋 huài dàn bad egg / scoundrel / bastard syn 小鸟 小鳥 xiǎo niǎo small bird / young bird (hatchling, nestling, fledgling, chick) / (fig.) penis (kiddie term) / (golf) birdie syn 蛋白 dàn bái egg white / protein / albumen syn 蛋卷 dàn juǎn egg roll 蛋黄 蛋黃 dàn huáng egg yolk syn 春卷 春捲 chūn juǎn egg roll / spring roll 老本 lǎo běn capital / assets / savings / nest egg / (fig.) reputation / laurels (to rest upon) / old edition of a book / (tree) trunk syn 鸟瞰 鳥瞰 niǎo kàn to get a bird's-eye view / bird's-eye view / broad overview syn 荷包蛋 hé bāo dàn poached egg / egg fried on both sides 弄巧成拙 nòng qiǎo chéng zhuō to overreach oneself / to try to be clever and end up with egg on one's face syn 皮蛋 pí dàn century egg / preserved egg syn 打散 dǎ sàn to scatter / to break sth up / to beat (an egg) syn 蛋清 dàn qīng (coll.) egg white syn 摇旗呐喊 搖旗吶喊 yáo qí nà hǎn to wave flags and shout battle cries (idiom) / to egg sb on / to give support to syn 咸鸭蛋 鹹鴨蛋 xián yā dàn salted duck egg 彩蛋 cǎi dàn painted eggshell / Easter egg / (media) Easter egg (hidden feature in software or a movie etc) / post-credits scene 卵磷脂 luǎn lín zhī lecithin (phospholipid found in egg yolk) 煎蛋 jiān dàn fried egg 卵形 luǎn xíng oval / egg-shaped (leaves in botany) 鸡蛋清 雞蛋清 jī dàn qīng egg white 蛋挞 蛋撻 dàn tà egg tart (colloquial pr. [dan4ta3]) 茶叶蛋 茶葉蛋 chá yè dàn tea egg (egg boiled with flavorings which may include black tea) 蛋塔 dàn tǎ egg tart 种蛋 種蛋 zhǒng dàn breeding egg 松花蛋 sōng huā dàn century egg / preserved egg syn 煮蛋 zhǔ dàn boiled egg 蛋品 dàn pǐn egg products / egg-based products 蛋 dàn egg / CL:個|个[ge4],打[da2] / oval-shaped thing syn 鸟 鳥 niǎo bird / CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2] / "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196) / (dialect) to pay attention to / (intensifier) damned / goddamn syn 壳 殼 ké (coll.) shell (of an egg, nut, crab etc) / case / casing / housing (of a machine or device) syn 卵 luǎn egg / ovum / spawn / (coll.) testicles / (old) penis / (expletive) fucking syn 打蛋器 dǎ dàn qì egg beater 卵黄 卵黃 luǎn huáng egg yolk syn 坏分子 壞份子 huài fèn zǐ bad element / bad egg / troublemaker syn 水煮蛋 shuǐ zhǔ dàn boiled egg / soft-boiled egg 埙 塤 xūn ocarina / wind instrument consisting of an egg-shaped chamber with holes 关 關 guān mountain pass / to close / to shut / to turn off / to confine / to lock (sb) up / to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc) / to concern / to involve syn 老鹰 老鷹 lǎo yīng (coll.) eagle / hawk / any similar bird of prey syn 鸟儿 鳥兒 niǎo r bird syn 打下 dǎ xià to lay (a foundation) / to conquer (a city etc) / to shoot down (a bird etc) syn 竖起 豎起 shù qǐ to erect (a tent etc) / to prick up (one's ears) / to raise (one's eyebrows) / to stick up (one's thumb) / to turn up (one's collar) / (of a bird) to puff up (one's feathers) syn 猛禽 měng qín bird of prey syn 百灵 百靈 bǎi líng lark (bird of family Alaudidae) 罗网 羅網 luó wǎng net / fishing net / bird net syn 落网 落網 luò wǎng (of a bird, fish etc) to be caught in a net / (of a tennis ball) to hit the net / (of a criminal) to be captured syn 八哥 bā gē (bird species of China) crested myna (Acridotheres cristatellus) syn 云雀 雲雀 yún què (bird species of China) Eurasian skylark (Alauda arvensis) 夜鹰 夜鷹 yè yīng nightjar (nocturnal bird in the family Caprimulgidae) 秃鹫 禿鷲 tū jiù vulture / (bird species of China) cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus) syn 捷足先登 jié zú xiān dēng the quick-footed climb up first (idiom) / the early bird catches the worm / first come, first served syn 栖息 棲息 qī xī (of a bird) to perch / (of creatures in general) to inhabit / to dwell syn 禽流感 qín liú gǎn bird flu / avian influenza 鸟巢 鳥巢 niǎo cháo bird's nest / nickname for Beijing 2008 Olympic stadium syn 飞鸟 飛鳥 fēi niǎo bird 网开一面 網開一面 wǎng kāi yī miàn open the net on one side (idiom) / let the caged bird fly / to give one's opponent a way out / lenient treatment syn 鸟窝 鳥窩 niǎo wō bird's nest syn 白鹤 白鶴 bái hè (bird species of China) Siberian crane (Leucogeranus leucogeranus) syn 雏儿 雛兒 chú ér newly hatched bird / fig. inexperienced person / fig. chick (slighting term for young woman) / bimbo syn 合拢 合攏 hé lǒng to close (flower, eyes, suitcase etc) / to bring together / (insect or bird when not flying) to fold (its wings) syn 画眉 畫眉 huà méi to apply makeup to the eyebrows / (bird species of China) Chinese hwamei (Garrulax canorus) syn 候鸟 候鳥 hòu niǎo migratory bird 龙骨 龍骨 lóng gǔ "dragon bones" (fossilized animal bones or teeth, used in TCM) / breastbone (of a bird) / keel (of a ship) syn 燕窝 燕窩 yàn wō edible bird's nest 网罗 網羅 wǎng luó net for fishing or bird catching / (fig.) fetters / to snare (a valuable new team member etc) / to bring together under the one umbrella syn 禽类 禽類 qín lèi bird species / birds 白鹭 白鷺 bái lù (bird species of China) little egret (Egretta garzetta) syn 啄食 zhuó shí (of a bird) to peck at food 苍鹰 蒼鷹 cāng yīng (bird species of China) Eurasian goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) syn 大鹏 大鵬 dà péng legendary giant bird 禽蛋 qín dàn bird eggs 丹顶鹤 丹頂鶴 dān dǐng hè (bird species of China) red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis) syn 燕雀 yàn què (bird species of China) brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) / (fig.) small fry 鸳鸯 鴛鴦 yuān yāng (bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) / (fig.) affectionate couple / happily married couple syn 拍打 pāi da to pat / to slap / (of a bird) to flap (one's wings) syn 人禽流感 rén qín liú gǎn human avian influenza / human bird flu 喜鹊 喜鵲 xǐ què (bird species of China) Eurasian magpie (Pica pica) syn 鸿雁 鴻雁 hóng yàn (bird species of China) swan goose (Anser cygnoides) syn 吃食 chī shí to eat (of bird or animal) / to feed 四象 sì xiàng four divisions (of the twenty-eight constellations 二十八宿[er4 shi2 ba1 xiu4] of the sky into groups of seven mansions), namely: Azure Dragon 青龍|青龙[Qing1 long2], White Tiger 白虎[Bai2 hu3], Vermilion Bird 朱雀[Zhu1 que4], Black Tortoise 玄武[Xuan2 wu3] 九头鸟 九頭鳥 jiǔ tóu niǎo legendary bird with nine heads (old) / cunning or sly person 鲲鹏 鯤鵬 kūn péng kun 鯤|鲲[kun1] and peng 鵬|鹏[Peng2], mythological beasts / peng, a gigantic bird transformed from the kun syn 精卫 精衛 jīng wèi mythological bird, reincarnation of drowned daughter Nüwa 女娃[Nu:3 wa2] of Fiery Emperor 炎帝[Yan2 di4] 鸟雀 鳥雀 niǎo què bird syn 黄雀 黃雀 huáng què (bird species of China) Eurasian siskin (Spinus spinus) 寒鸦 寒鴉 hán yā (bird species of China) western jackdaw / Eurasian jackdaw (Coloeus monedula) syn 雀鸟 雀鳥 què niǎo bird 啁啾 zhōu jiū (bird) twitter / chirp 笨鸟先飞 笨鳥先飛 bèn niǎo xiān fēi lit. the clumsy bird flies early (idiom) / fig. to work hard to compensate for one's limited abilities syn 爪 zhǎo foot of a bird or animal / paw / claws / talons syn 咕 gū (onom.) for the sound of a bird, an empty stomach etc 雕 鵰 diāo bird of prey syn 翁 wēng elderly man / father / father-in-law / neck feathers of a bird (old) syn 雀 qiǎo bird syn 雀 què (bound form) small bird / sparrow / also pr. [qiao3] syn 翅 chì (bound form) wing (of a bird or insect) syn 雏 雛 chú (bound form) chick / young bird syn 牡 mǔ (of a bird, animal or plant) male / key / hills syn 