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 种子 種子 zhǒng zi seed / CL:顆|颗[ke1],粒[li4] syn 土豆 tǔ dòu potato (CL:個|个[ge4]) / (Tw) peanut (CL:顆|颗[ke1]) syn 萌芽 méng yá (of a seed) to germinate / (of a plant) to sprout / to bud / sprout / bud / (also used figuratively) syn 决明子 決明子 jué míng zǐ (botany) cassia seed 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 马铃薯 馬鈴薯 mǎ líng shǔ potato syn 莲子 蓮子 lián zǐ lotus seed syn 红薯 紅薯 hóng shǔ sweet potato syn 地瓜 dì guā sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) / yam bean (Pachyrhizus erosus) / (TCM) digua fig (Ficus tikoua Bur.) syn 选育 選育 xuǎn yù seed selection / breeding 山芋 shān yù sweet potato syn 薯片 shǔ piàn fried potato chips 番薯 fān shǔ (dialect) sweet potato / yam syn 土豆丝 土豆絲 tǔ dòu sī julienned potato 莲蓬 蓮蓬 lián péng lotus seed head syn 黑芝麻 hēi zhī ma sesame (seed) 蕃薯 fán shǔ sweet potato 甘薯 gān shǔ sweet potato / Ipomoea batatas syn 洋芋 yáng yù (dialect) potato syn 播种机 seed drill (UK) / grain drill (US) 巴豆 bā dòu croton (Croton tiglium), evergreen bush of Euphorbiaceae family 大戟科[da4 ji3 ke1] / croton seed, a strong purgative 选种 seed selection 胖大海 pàng dà hǎi malva nut / seed of Sterculia lychnophora 土豆泥 tǔ dòu ní mashed potato 白薯 bái shǔ sweet potato syn 莲蓉 蓮蓉 lián róng lotus seed paste 小茴香 xiǎo huí xiāng fennel / fennel seed 白芝麻 bái zhī ma sesame seed 红苕 紅苕 hóng sháo (dialect) sweet potato or yam 太白粉 tài bái fěn cornstarch / potato starch 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 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 山药蛋 山藥蛋 shān yao dàn (dialect) potato / rube / yokel syn 萆 bì castor seed 藷 shǔ potato / yam 种仁 種仁 zhǒng rén seed kernel syn 炸土豆片 zhá tǔ dòu piàn potato chips / crisps / fried potato 马铃薯实生种子 馬鈴薯實生種子 true potato seed 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 干煸土豆丝 乾煸土豆絲 gān biān tǔ dòu sī dry-fried potato slices (Chinese dish) 刮皮刀 guā pí dāo peeler / potato peeler 地三鲜 地三鮮 dì sān xiān dish consisting of stir-fried potato, eggplant and green pepper 地瓜面 dì guā miàn sweet potato or yam noodles 炸土豆条 炸土豆條 zhá tǔ dòu tiáo french fries / (hot) potato chips 炸薯片 zhá shǔ piàn potato chip 烫手山芋 燙手山芋 tàng shǒu shān yù hot potato / problem / trouble / headache 茄科 qié kē Solanaceae (the potato and eggplant family) 酸辣土豆丝 酸辣土豆絲 suān là tǔ dòu sī hot and sour shredded potato 马铃薯泥 馬鈴薯泥 mǎ líng shǔ ní mashed potato 薯泥 shǔ ní mashed potato 国际马铃薯中心 國際馬鈴薯中心 International Potato Center 春马铃薯 春馬鈴薯 chūn mǎ líng shǔ ware potato 国际土豆年 國際土豆年 guó jì tǔ dòu nián International Year of the Potato 地瓜干 地瓜乾 dì guā gān dried sweet potato slices 洋芋片 yáng yù piàn (Tw) potato chip 粉粿 fěn guǒ (Tw) jelly made from starch, esp. sweet potato starch 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 巴豆树 巴豆樹 bā dòu shù croton bush (Croton tiglium), evergreen bush of Euphorbiaceae family 大戟科[da4 ji3 ke1], with seed having strong purgative properties 果播 guǒ bō dissemination as fruit (evolutionary strategy for seed dispersal) 白麻子 bái má zǐ cannabis seed 种块 種塊 zhǒng kuài seed tuber 种子植物 種子植物 zhǒng zi zhí wù seed plant 种薯 種薯 zhǒng shǔ seed tuber 罂粟种子 罌粟種子 yīng sù zhǒng zi poppy seed 胡麻籽 hú má zǐ sesame seed 芥菜籽 jiè cài zǐ mustard seed 茴香籽 huí xiāng zǐ cumin / fennel seed 莳萝籽 蒔蘿籽 shí luó zǐ dill seed 莲蓉包 蓮蓉包 lián róng bāo lotus seed bun 被子植物门 被子植物門 bèi zǐ zhí wù mén angiospermae (phylum of flowering plants with seed contained in a fruit) 裸子植物门 裸子植物門 luǒ zǐ zhí wù mén gymnosperm (plants with seed contained in a cone) 野小茴 yě xiǎo huí dill seed 种穴 seed-hole 种子信息系统 Seed Information System 种子审查小组 Seed Review Group 撒播机 seed broadcaster 牵牛花子 morning glory seed 区域种子生产和供应方桉 區域種子生產和供應方案 Regional Seed Production and Supply Programme 种子改良和开发方桉 種子改良和開發方案 Seed Improvement and Development Programme 种子库 種子庫 seed bank 种子的传播 種子的傳播 seed dispersal 棉籽饼 棉籽餅 mián zǐ bǐng cotton seed cake 国际榨油业者协会 國際榨油業者協會 International Association of Seed Crushers 种子园 種子園 seed orchard 