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ㄗˇ [zi3 (*ㄗ˙ [zi0 unaccented as particle).Homophone
A Chinese Talking Syllabary of the Cantonese Dialect
Part(*[zi0]) Attached to nn. for phonetic effect and for forming a bisyllablic n. to help distinguish it from a monosyllablic homonym [WEdit: '-syllablic' should read '-syllabic'];
the use of [zi0], or of [er0]is determined entirely by usage: 桌 (table, desk), 椅 (chair), 筷 (chopsticks), 金 (gold), 銀 (silver), 驢 (donkey), 猴 (monkey).
N(1)  The fruit or seeds of plants: 種 seeds;
flower seeds;
peaches;
pears.
(2)  eggs of animals: 魚 the roe of fish;
烏魚 caviar.
(3)  offspring: [zi3si4], [zi3sun1], [zi3zhi2], [zi3nU3]1, [zi3xi2]↓;
the crown prince;
prince;
the son of a feudal lord;
the eldest son born of the first wife;
,次,少 eldest, second, youngest son born of the first wife;
adopted son, godson;
遺腹 posthumous son;
獨生 one's only son.
(4)  The first character in the duodecimal cycle, see Appendix A: [zi3shi2]↓.
(5)  Title of respect for men of distinction: 孔 Confucius;
Mencius;
先秦諸 the pre-Chirn philosophers;
百家 the various schools of thought;
the Emperor (“the son of heaven”).
(6)  Pupil, disciple: [zi3di4]↓.
(7)  One's spouse: 內 my better half, wife;
my husband;
wife, family: 他的妻 his wife and children.
(8)  A person: 舟 boatman;
scholar;
men;
women, girls;
boy;
child;
baby, young boy, an innocent child: 赤之心 innocent heart;
Boy: 童軍 boy Scouts;
boy;
child.
(9)  A nobleman, viscount ranking next below an earl or count (伯) and above a baron (男): [zi3jUe2]↓.
(10) Anything standing in relation to another like mother and child: 分 (math.) the numerator (opp. 分母 the denominator): [zi3jin1]↓.
(11) Anything small in size: 銅兒 copper coin;
bullet, billiard balls;
a meat ball, a pill (pellet) of medicine.
Words1.本 [zi2ben3], n., capital and interest. 
2.部 [zi3bu4], n., “philosophy,” the third main division of traditional classification of Chin. books, as distinct from “Confucian classics” (經), “history” (史), and “belles-lettres” (集). 
3.城 [zi3cheng2], n., minor division of a metropolitan city, an extension of the old city. 
4.錢 [zi3qian2], n., (1)  money put out at interest; (2)  interest from money lent. 
5.彈 [zi3dan4], n., bullet. 
6.道 [zi3dao4], n., filial duties. 
7.弟 [zi3di4], n., (1)  children in relation to elders; sons and younger brothers of a family (opp. 父兄 father and elder brother); able-bodied men (opp. 父老 elders); (2)  patron of prostitutes; n., 弟書 [zi3di4shu1], n., songs sung to the accompaniment of a drum, as originated by Manchu boys. 
8.房 [zi3fang2], n., (bot.) the ovary. 
9.婦 [zi3fu4], n., (1)  formerly, son and daughter-in-law; (2)  daughter-in-law. 
10.規 [zi3gui1], n., (zoo.) the cuckoo. 
11.宮 [zi3gong1], n., the womb, the uterus; 宮頸部 cervix. 
12.薑 [zi3jiang1], n., young ginger. 
13.金 [zi3jin1], n., interest from capital (母金). 
14.注 [zi3zhu4], n., small-type explanatory notes in books. 
15.姪 [zi3zhi2]1, n., sons and nephews. 
16.職 [zi3zhi2]2, n., filial duties. 
17.爵 [zi3jUe2], n., viscount(cy). 
18.句 [zi3jU4], n., (grammar) a clause. 
19.口 [zi2kou3], n., formerly, an inland customs station: 口稅 transit dues. 
20.兒 [tzeeer0], n., (1)  plant seeds; (2)  a bundle (of noodles, etc.); number of anything long and slender lumped together; (3)  anything small and hard: 石頭兒 pebbles; n., 兒表 [tzeeer0biao3], n., small pocket watch; n., 兒繩 [tzeeer0sheng2], n., a kind of thin string made of flax fiber. 
21.粒 [zi3li4], n., tiny particles. 
22.門 [zi3men2], n., (Chin. med.) the cervix of the womb. 
23.民 [zi3min2], n., the people. 
24.目 [zi3mu4], n., detailed list of contents. 
25.母 [zi3mu3], n., (1)  mother and child; (2)  capital and interest; (3)  two things, one heavy and the other light, as contrasted with one another; 母彈 (mil.) shrapnel; 母環 two links, one big and the other small, joined together; 母扣兒 a button, of which one half in male and the other female, a snap-button. 
26.囊 [zi3nang2], n., (bot.) a spore case. 
27.女 [zi2nU3], n., son and daughter. 
28.平 [zi3ping2], n., horoscopy, after the name of person (徐平) who was well versed in the art. 
29.絃 [zi3xian2]1, n., very fine silk strings of musical instrument. 
30.癇 [zi3xian2]2, n., (med.) cramps during pregnancy. 
31.系 [zi3xi4]1, n., posterity, offspring. 
32.細 [zi3xi4]2, adj. & adv., (1)  meticulous, paying attention to every detail; (2)  careful, attentive (usu. wr. 仔細). 
33.姓 [zi3xing4], n., (AC) descendants, offspring (=孫). 
34.息 [zi3xi2], n., (1)  one's children; (2)  profits from capital investment. 
35.書 [zi3shu1]1, n., works of anc. philosophers other than those of Confucius. 
36.數 [zi3shu1]2, n., (math.) the first term in a ratio (opp. 母數 the second term); the numerator of a fraction. 
37.時 [zi3shi2], n., period from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. 
38.實體 [zi3shi2ti3], n., (bot.) mycelium. 
39.虛 [zi3xU1], n., unreal, nonexistent things: 虛烏有 pure imagination. 
40.婿 [zi3xU4], n., son-in-law, daughter's husband. 
41.孫 [zi3sun1] ([zi3sun1], n., children and grandchildern, descendants, offspring; 孫桶 (euphem.) commode forming part of the bridal dowry. 
42.嗣 [zi3si4], n., one's children, descendants, offspring. 
43.午蓮 [zi2wu3lian2], n., (bot.) a kind of lotus which blossoms between midday and midnight; 午痧 (Chin. med.) an acute disease accompanied by stomach-ache, vomiting, chills, perspiration, and thirst, usu, fatal within a few hours; 午線 (astron.) the meridians; 午儀 a transit instrument. 
44.藥 [zi3yao4], n., bullets and gunpowder. 
45.夜 [zi1ye4]1, n., midnight; 夜歌 an anc. ballad or its later imitations. 
46.葉 [zi1ye4]2, n., (bot.) a cotyledon. 
47.胤 [zi3yin4], n., sons and daughters. 
48.音 [zi3yin1], n., (anc. phonetics) consonants (opp. 母音 vowels).