准 準 zhǔn accurate / standard / definitely / certainly / about to become (bride, son-in-law etc) / quasi- / para- syn 富有 fù yǒu rich / wealthy / affluent / to be rich in / to be replete with syn 孙子 孫子 sūn zi grandson / son's son syn 执法 執法 zhí fǎ to enforce a law / law enforcement 公子 gōng zǐ son of an official / son of nobility / your son (honorific) syn 外甥 wài shēng sister's son / wife's sibling's son syn 少爷 少爺 shào ye son of the boss / young master of the house / your son (honorific) syn 定律 dìng lǜ scientific law (e.g. law of conservation of energy) / (in human affairs) a generalization based on observation (e.g. "power corrupts") syn 女婿 nǚ xù daughter's husband / son-in-law syn 有钱 有錢 yǒu qián well-off / wealthy syn 圣子 聖子 shèng zǐ Holy Son / Jesus Christ / God the Son (in the Christian Trinity) 严刑 嚴刑 yán xíng strict law / cruel punishment / to carry out cruel law rigorously syn 大款 dà kuǎn very wealthy person syn 起诉书 起訴書 qǐ sù shū indictment (law) / statement of charges (law) syn 养子 養子 yǎng zǐ adopted son / foster son syn 亲家 親家 qìng jia parents of one's daughter-in-law or son-in-law / relatives by marriage syn 腰缠万贯 腰纏萬貫 yāo chán wàn guàn lit. ten thousand strings of cash in money belt (idiom) / carrying lots of money / extremely wealthy / loaded syn 王法 wáng fǎ the law / the law of the land / the law of a state (in former times) / criterion syn 公子哥儿 公子哥兒 gōng zǐ gē r pampered son of a wealthy family syn 以身试法 以身試法 yǐ shēn shì fǎ to challenge the law (idiom) / to knowingly violate the law syn 阔佬 闊佬 kuò lǎo wealthy person / millionaire 护法 護法 hù fǎ to keep the law / to protect Buddha's teachings / protector of Buddhist law (i.e. temple donor) 法治 fǎ zhì rule of law / to rule by law syn 万贯 萬貫 wàn guàn ten thousand strings of cash / very wealthy / millionaire 姑爷 姑爺 gū ye son-in-law (used by wife's family) / uncle (husband of father's sister) syn 贪赃枉法 貪贓枉法 tān zāng wǎng fǎ corruption and abuse of the law (idiom) / to take bribes and bend the law syn 天道 tiān dào natural law / heavenly law / weather (dialect) syn 公司法 gōng sī fǎ corporations law / company law / corporate law 财神爷 財神爺 cái shén yé god of wealth / very wealthy man syn 表叔 biǎo shū son of grandfather's sister / son of grandmother's brother or sister / father's younger male cousin / (Hong Kong slang) mainlander syn 习惯法 習慣法 xí guàn fǎ customary law / common law 长孙 長孫 zhǎng sūn eldest grandson / the eldest son of one's eldest son 驸马 駙馬 fù mǎ emperor's son-in-law 婆媳 pó xí mother-in-law and daughter-in-law 富国 富國 fù guó rich country / make the country wealthy (political slogan) syn 女婿 nǚ xu daughter's husband / son-in-law syn 富婆 fù pó wealthy woman 小开 小開 xiǎo kāi (dialect) boss's son / rich man's son / young master syn 法政 fá zhèng law and government / law and politics syn 孽子 niè zǐ unfilial son / unworthy son / illegitimate son / concubine's son 富 fù rich / abundant / wealthy syn 婿 xù son-in-law / husband syn 倩 qiàn pretty / winsome / to ask for sb's help / son-in-law (old) syn 执法如山 執法如山 zhí fǎ rú shān to maintain the law as firm as a mountain (idiom) / to enforce the law strictly syn 乘龙快婿 乘龍快婿 chéng lóng kuài xù ideal son-in-law syn 孙媳妇 孫媳婦 sūn xí fu son's son's wife / grandson's wife syn 儿子 兒子 ér zi son syn 儿 兒 ér child / son syn 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 杂种 雜種 zá zhǒng hybrid / mixed breed / bastard / son of a bitch syn 王子 wáng zǐ prince / son of a king syn 侄子 姪子 zhí zi brother's son / nephew syn 孙女 孫女 sūn nǚ son's daughter / granddaughter 父子 fù zǐ father and son syn 犹大 猶大 yóu dà Judas / Judah (son of Jacob) 天子 tiān zǐ the (rightful) emperor / "Son of Heaven" (traditional English translation) syn 浪子 làng zǐ loafer / wastrel / prodigal son syn 外孙 外孫 wài sūn daughter's son / grandson / descendant via the female line syn 长子 長子 zhǎng zǐ eldest son syn 独生子 獨生子 dú shēng zǐ a son who is an only child syn 独子 獨子 dú zǐ a son who is an only child syn 爱子 愛子 ài zǐ beloved son 男儿 男兒 nán ér a (real) man / boy / son syn 孝子 xiào zǐ filial son syn 师兄 師兄 shī xiōng senior male fellow student or apprentice / son (older than oneself) of one's teacher syn 次子 cì zǐ second son 令郎 lìng láng your esteemed son (honorific) syn 承继 承繼 chéng jì adoption (e.g. of a nephew as a son) / to inherit syn 子嗣 zǐ sì son / heir syn 贵贱 貴賤 guì jiàn noble and lowly / high versus low social hierarchy of ruler to people, father to son, husband to wife in Confucianism 周公 zhōu gōng Duke of Zhou (11th c. BC), son of King Wen of Zhou 周文王[Zhou1 Wen2 wang2], played an important role as regent in founding the Western Zhou 西周[Xi1 Zhou1], and is also known as the "God of Dreams" 望子成龙 望子成龍 wàng zǐ chéng lóng lit. to hope one's son becomes a dragon (idiom) / fig. to long for one' s child to succeed in life / to have great hopes for one's offspring / to give one's child the best education as a career investment syn 阿斗 ā dǒu A-dou, nickname of Liu Shan 劉禪|刘禅[Liu2 Shan4] (207-271), son of Liu Bei, reigned as Shu Han emperor 233-263 / (fig.) weak and inept person syn 孝道 xiào dao filial piety (Confucian virtue) / to be a good son or daughter syn 逆子 nì zǐ unfilial son syn 添丁 tiān dīng to add a son to the family syn 小儿 小兒 xiǎo ér young child / (humble) my son syn 单子 單子 dān zǐ the only son of a family / (functional programming or philosophy) monad syn 王八蛋 wáng bā dàn bastard (insult) / son of a bitch syn 饕餮 tāo tiè ferocious mythological animal, the fifth son of the dragon king / zoomorphic mask motif, found on Shang and Zhou ritual bronzes / gluttonous / sumptuous (banquet) syn 张学良 張學良 zhāng xué liáng Zhang Xueliang (1901-2001) son of Fengtian clique warlord, then senior general for the Nationalists and subsequently for the People's Liberation Army 丘比特 qiū bǐ tè Cupid, son of Venus and Mars, Roman god of love and beauty 多尔衮 多爾袞 duō ěr gǔn Dorgon (1612-1651), fourteenth son of Nurhaci 努爾哈赤|努尔哈赤[Nu3 er3 ha1 chi4], successful general, instrumental in Manchu conquest of China, ruled China as regent 1644-1650 for his nephew Emperor Shunzhi 順治帝|顺治帝[Shun4 zhi4 di4] 蒋经国 蔣經國 jiǎng jīng guó Chiang Ching-kuo (1910-1988), son of Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石, Guomindang politician, president of ROC 1978-1988 小犬 xiǎo quǎn puppy / my son (humble) 曹丕 cáo pī Cao Pi (187-226), second son of Cao Cao 曹操, king then emperor of Cao Wei 曹魏 from 220, ruled as Emperor Wen 魏文帝, also a noted calligrapher 义子 義子 yì zǐ adopted son syn 曹植 cáo zhí Cao Zhi (192-232), son of Cao Cao 曹操, noted poet and calligrapher 少东 少東 shào dōng boss's son / young master / young boss 曹魏 cáo wèi Cao Wei, the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms, established as a dynasty in 220 by Cao Pi 曹丕, son of Cao Cao, replaced by Jin dynasty in 265 李显龙 李顯龍 lǐ xiǎn lóng Lee Hsien Loong (1952-), Singapore PAP politician, eldest son of Lee Kuan Yew 李光耀[Li3 Guang1 yao4], prime minister from 2004 庶子 shù zǐ son born of a concubine 阿喀琉斯 ā kā liú sī Achilles (or Akhilleus or Achilleus), son of Thetis and Peleus, Greek hero central to the Iliad 从子 從子 cóng zǐ paternal uncle's son / nephew 求子 qiú zǐ (of a childless couple) to pray for a son / to try to have a child 条 條 tiáo strip / item / article / clause (of law or treaty) / classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) syn 法 灋 fǎ old variant of 法[fa3] / law syn 法律 fǎ lǜ law / CL:條|条[tiao2], 套[tao4], 個|个[ge4] syn 法庭 fǎ tíng court of law syn 亲 親 qìng parents-in-law of one's offspring syn 