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 种 種 zhǒng seed / species / kind / type / classifier for types, kinds, sorts syn 实 實 shí real / true / honest / really / solid / fruit / seed / definitely syn 眼 yǎn eye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1]) / (often used with 一[yi1]) a look / a glance / small hole / (bound form) salient point / classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc syn 种子 種子 zhǒng zi seed / CL:顆|颗[ke1],粒[li4] syn 萌芽 méng yá (of a seed) to germinate / (of a plant) to sprout / to bud / sprout / bud / (also used figuratively) syn 打洞 dǎ dòng to punch a hole / to drill a hole / to dig a hole / to burrow 决明子 決明子 jué míng zǐ (botany) cassia seed 洞 dòng cave / hole / zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 孔 kǒng hole / CL:個|个[ge4] / classifier for cave dwellings syn 漏洞 lòu dòng leak / hole / gap / loophole syn 黑洞 hēi dòng (astronomy) black hole 芝麻 zhī ma sesame (seed) syn 发芽 發芽 fā yá (of a seed) to germinate / (of a plant) to sprout / to bud / (fig.) (of an idea or plan etc) to start to develop syn 瓜子 guā zǐ melon seed / seeds of pumpkin, watermelon or sunflower etc, roasted and flavored, consumed as a snack 烧饼 燒餅 shāo bing baked sesame seed-coated cake syn 口子 kǒu zi hole / opening / cut / gap / gash / my husband or wife / classifier for people (used for indicating the number of people in a family etc) / precedent syn 窟窿 kū long hole / pocket / cavity / loophole / debt syn 莲子 蓮子 lián zǐ lotus seed syn 铜钱 銅錢 tóng qián copper coin (round with a square hole in the middle, used in former times in China) syn 钻孔 鑽孔 zuān kǒng to bore a hole / to drill / drilled hole 选育 選育 xuǎn yù seed selection / breeding 穿孔 chuān kǒng to punch a hole / to perforate / (medicine) perforation syn 打孔 dǎ kǒng to punch a hole 挖坑 wā kēng to dig a hole / (fig.) to make things difficult for sb / (neologism) (slang) (of a writer) to start work on a new project 孔径 孔徑 kǒng jìng diameter of hole 堵死 dǔ sǐ to block (a road) / to plug (a hole) / to stop up 充填 chōng tián to fill (gap, hole, area, blank) / to pad out / to complement / (dental) filling / filled syn 破洞 pò dòng a hole 莲蓬 蓮蓬 lián péng lotus seed head syn 黑芝麻 hēi zhī ma sesame (seed) 圆孔 圓孔 yuán kǒng round hole 龟缩 龜縮 guī suō to withdraw / to hole up syn 孔洞 kǒng dòng small hole in an object syn 水坑 shuǐ kēng puddle / water hole / sump 播种机 seed drill (UK) / grain drill (US) 坑洞 kēng dòng hole / pit / pothole 挖洞 wā dòng to dig a hole 巴豆 bā dòu croton (Croton tiglium), evergreen bush of Euphorbiaceae family 大戟科[da4 ji3 ke1] / croton seed, a strong purgative 打眼 dǎ yǎn to drill or bore a hole / to attract attention / conspicuous syn 选种 seed selection 冰洞 bīng dòng hole in ice / crevasse 胖大海 pàng dà hǎi malva nut / seed of Sterculia lychnophora 莲蓉 蓮蓉 lián róng lotus seed paste 空穴 kòng xué electron hole (physics) 小茴香 xiǎo huí xiāng fennel / fennel seed 引蛇出洞 yǐn shé chū dòng lit. to pull a snake from its hole / to expose a malefactor (idiom) syn 白芝麻 bái zhī ma sesame seed 排水口 pái shuǐ kǒu plughole / drainage hole 被子植物 bèi zǐ zhí wù angiosperm (flowering plants with seed contained in a fruit) 采种 採種 cǎi zhǒng seed collecting 孔眼 kǒng yǎn hole (e.g. of sieve or colander) 穿凿 穿鑿 chuān záo to bore a hole / to give a forced interpretation 裸子植物 luǒ zǐ zhí wù gymnosperm (plants with seed contained in a cone) 荚果 莢果 jiá guǒ seed pod / legume 子粒 zǐ lì seed syn 孔穴 kǒng xué aperture / hole / cavity syn 打孔器 dǎ kǒng qì hole puncher 扩孔 擴孔 kuò kǒng to widen a tube / to ream (i.e. widen a hole) 钻 鑽 zuān to drill / to bore / to get into / to make one's way into / to enter (a hole) / to thread one's way through / to study intensively / to dig into / to curry favor for personal gain syn 穴 xué cave / cavity / hole / acupuncture point / Taiwan pr. [xue4] syn 堵 dǔ to block up (a road, pipe etc) / to stop up (a hole) / (fig.) (of a person) choked up with anxiety or stress / wall (literary) / (classifier for walls) syn 坎 埳 kǎn old variant of 坎[kan3] / pit / hole syn 凿 鑿 záo (bound form) chisel / to bore a hole / to chisel / to dig / (literary) certain / authentic / irrefutable / also pr. [zuo4] syn 窦 竇 dòu (literary) hole / aperture / (anatomy) cavity / sinus syn 窟 kū cave / hole syn 窍 竅 qiào hole / opening / orifice (of the human body) / (fig.) key (to the solution of a problem) syn 窿 lóng cavity / hole syn 琮 cóng jade tube with round hole and rectangular sides, used ceremonially in ancient times 堀 kū cave / hole 窬 yú hole in a wall 萆 bì castor seed 埯 ǎn hole in the ground to plant seeds in / to make a hole for seeds / to dibble 镩 鑹 cuān ice spud (aka ice chisel) with a pointy tip / to break a hole in ice (for ice fishing etc) using an ice spud 坜 壢 lì hole, pit 窋 zhú in a hole 一个萝卜一个坑 一個蘿蔔一個坑 yī gè luó bo yī gè kēng lit. every turnip to its hole (idiom) / fig. each person has his own position / each to his own / horses for courses / every kettle has its lid 无孔不钻 無孔不鑽 wú kǒng bù zuān lit. leave no hole undrilled (idiom) / to latch on to every opportunity 筚门闺窦 篳門閨竇 bì mén guī dòu wicker door, hole window (idiom) / fig. wretched hovel / living in poverty 荜门圭窦 蓽門圭竇 bì mén guī dòu wicker door, hole window (idiom) / fig. wretched hovel / living in poverty 弹孔 彈孔 dàn kǒng bullet hole 弹痕 彈痕 dàn hén bullet hole / shell hole 坑洼 坑窪 kēng wā hole / hollow / depression / low-lying 种仁 種仁 zhǒng rén seed kernel syn 鼻儿 鼻兒 bí r eye / a hole in an implement or utensil for insertion syn 留种 留種 liú zhǒng to keep a seed stock / seed held back for planting 原始资本 原始資本 yuán shǐ zī běn seed capital / seed money 种子包衣 種子包衣 seed coating / seed protectant 留母树作业法 留母樹作業法 seed tree cutting / seed tree method 播种 播種 bō zhòng to grow (maize etc) from seed / to plant (maize etc) by sowing seed syn 小洞不堵，大洞受苦 xiǎo dòng bù dǔ , dà dòng shòu kǔ A small hole not plugged will make you suffer a big hole (idiom) / A stitch in time saves nine. 小洞不堵，大洞难补 小洞不堵，大洞難補 xiǎo dòng bù dǔ , dà dòng nán bǔ If you don't plug the small hole, the big hole will be hard to repair (idiom) / A stitch in time saves nine. 小洞不补大洞吃苦 小洞不補大洞吃苦 xiǎo dòng bù bǔ dà dòng chī kǔ A small hole not plugged will make you suffer a big hole (idiom) / a stitch in time saves nine 中白令海环形洞 Central Bering Sea Donut Hole / Donut Hole 耳洞 ěr dòng ear piercing hole / earring hole 耳朵眼儿 耳朵眼兒 ěr duo yǎn r earhole / ear piercing hole / earring hole 拌种 拌種 bàn zhǒng seed dressing 包衣种子 包衣種子 bāo yī zhǒng zi seed enclosed in artificial capsule 土茴香 tǔ huí xiāng dill seed 