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 一边 一邊 yī biān one side / either side / on the one hand / on the other hand / doing while 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 正面 zhèng miàn front / obverse side / right side / positive / direct / open syn 折腾 折騰 zhē teng to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly) / to repeat sth over and over again / to torment sb / to play crazy / to squander (time, money) syn 侧面 側面 cè miàn lateral side / side / aspect / profile syn 蛋白 dàn bái egg white / protein / albumen syn 背面 bèi miàn the back / the reverse side / the wrong side syn 并肩 並肩 bìng jiān alongside / shoulder to shoulder / side by side / abreast syn 蛋卷 dàn juǎn egg roll 反面 fǎn miàn reverse side / backside / the other side (of a problem etc) / negative / bad syn 蛋黄 蛋黃 dàn huáng egg yolk syn 晴朗 qíng lǎng sunny and cloudless syn 晴天 qíng tiān clear sky / sunny day syn 对照 對照 duì zhào to contrast / to compare / to place side by side for comparison (as parallel texts) / to check 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 江南 jiāng nán south of Changjiang or Yangtze river / south of the lower reaches of Changjiang / often refers to south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provinces / a province during Qing times / in literature, refers to the sunny south / Gangnam (district in Seoul, South Korea) 并排 並排 bìng pái side by side / abreast syn 并列 並列 bìng liè to stand side by side / to be juxtaposed syn 男方 nán fāng (of a marriage) the bridegroom's side / the husband's side 荷包蛋 hé bāo dàn poached egg / egg fried on both sides 并行 並行 bìng xíng to proceed in parallel / side by side (of two processes, developments, thoughts etc) syn 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 风和日丽 風和日麗 fēng hé rì lì moderate wind, beautiful sun (idiom) / fine sunny weather, esp. in springtime 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 艳阳天 艷陽天 yàn yáng tiān bright sunny day / blazing hot day 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 促膝谈心 促膝談心 cù xī tán xīn (idiom) to sit side-by-side and have a heart-to-heart talk syn 晴好 qíng hǎo bright and sunny weather syn 己方 jǐ fāng our side / one's own (side etc) 歪歪扭扭 wāi wāi niǔ niǔ crooked / not straight / staggering from side to side syn 里手 裡手 lǐ shǒu expert / left-hand side (of a machine) / left-hand side (driver's side) of a vehicle 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 春联 春聯 chūn lián Spring Festival couplet (the first line of which is pasted on the right side of a doorway at New Year, and the second on the left side) syn 卵磷脂 luǎn lín zhī lecithin (phospholipid found in egg yolk) 并立 並立 bìng lì to exist side by side / to exist simultaneously syn 煎蛋 jiān dàn fried egg 被上诉人 被上訴人 bèi shàng sù rén appellee (side that won in trial court, whose victory is being appealed by losing side) syn 卵形 luǎn xíng oval / egg-shaped (leaves in botany) 肩并肩 肩並肩 jiān bìng jiān shoulder to shoulder / abreast / side by side 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) 偏门 偏門 piān mén side door / doing things by the side door (i.e. dishonestly) 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 右 yòu (bound form) right / right-hand side / (bound form) (politics) right of center / (bound form) (old) west / (literary) the right side as the side of precedence syn 侧 側 cè the side / to incline towards / to lean / inclined / lateral / side 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 厢 廂 xiāng box (in theater) / side room / side syn 打蛋器 dǎ dàn qì egg beater 卵黄 卵黃 luǎn huáng egg yolk syn 阴面 陰面 yīn miàn shady side / dark side 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 跄 蹌 qiàng stagger / sway from side to side syn 骈 駢 pián (of a pair of horses) to pull side by side / to be side by side / to be fused together / parallel (literary style) syn 埙 塤 xūn ocarina / wind instrument consisting of an egg-shaped chamber with holes 将 將 jiàng (bound form) a general / (literary) to command / to lead / (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) syn 头 頭 tóu head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 这边 這邊 zhè biān this side / here syn 身边 身邊 shēn biān at one's side / on hand 边 邊 biān side / edge / margin / border / boundary / CL:個|个[ge4] / simultaneously syn 方面 fāng miàn respect / aspect / field / side / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 反正 fǎn zhèng anyway / in any case / to come over from the enemy's side syn 旁边 旁邊 páng biān side / adjacent place syn 对方 對方 duì fāng the other person / the other side / the other party syn 方 fāng square / power or involution (math.) / upright / honest / fair and square / direction / side / party (to a contract, dispute etc) / place / method / prescription (medicine) / just when / only or just / classifier for square things / abbr. for square or cubic meter syn 东 東 dōng east / host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) / landlord syn 左边 左邊 zuǒ bian left / the left side / to the left of syn 一面 yī miàn one side / one aspect / simultaneously... (and...) / one's whole face syn 右边 右邊 yòu bian right side / right, to the right syn 以外 yǐ wài apart from / other than / except for / external / outside of / on the other side of / beyond syn 右手 yòu shǒu right hand / right-hand side syn 左手 zuǒ shǒu left hand / left-hand side syn 副作用 fù zuò yòng side effect syn 两边 兩邊 liǎng bian either side / both sides syn 靠边 靠邊 kào biān to keep to the side / to pull over / move aside! syn 北边 北邊 běi biān north / north side / northern part / to the north of syn 南边 南邊 nán bian south / south side / southern part / to the south of syn 阴暗 陰暗 yīn àn dim / dark / overcast / darkness / shadow / (fig.) dismal / gloomy / somber / murky / shadowy (side) syn 负面 負面 fù miàn negative / the negative side syn 西边 西邊 xī biān west / west side / western part / to the west of syn 一旁 yī páng aside / to the side of syn 小菜 xiǎo cài appetizer / small side dish / easy job / piece of cake / see also 小菜一碟[xiao3 cai4 yi1 die2] syn 北面 běi miàn northern side / north 东边 東邊 dōng bian east / east side / eastern part / to the east of syn 左侧 左側 zuǒ cè left side syn 右侧 右側 yòu cè right side syn 