HSK 4 · Objects

镜子 jìngzi “mirror” in Chinese

Traditional 鏡子

What 镜子 means

  1. mirror

Measure word 面 miàn or 个 gè · 一面镜子 yí miàn jìngzi

How to say 镜子

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale镜jìng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own子zineutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

镜子 in a sentence

  1. 她站在镜子前。

    Tā zhàn zài jìngzi qián.

    She stood in front of the mirror.

    Sentence #7768235 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 别打碎镜子。

    Bié dǎsuì jìngzi.

    Don’t break the mirror.

    Sentence #3081634 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 孩子，不要碰那面镜子！

    Háizi, búyào pèng nà miàn jìngzi!

    Don’t touch that mirror, little one!

    Sentence #5455279 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 镜子 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 镜 (jìng) with each of its parts in a different colour
镜jìngmirror
  • 钅gold form of 金 · jīnMeaning part
  • 竟finally · jìngSound part

钅 hints at the meaning (gold); 竟 (jìng) hints at the sound. Compare it with jìng.

The character 子 (zi) with each of its parts in a different colour
子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子 “chair”
  • 了clear · le
  • 一one · yī

Memory aidA baby with its arms out and its legs wrapped up.

How to write 镜子

镜 16 strokes · 子 3 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

镜子 (jìngzi) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 镜子 (jìngzi). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 镜子

Words with 镜

眼镜yǎnjìng · glasses镜头jìngtóu · camera shot

Words with 子

儿子érzi · son椅子yǐzi · chair桌子zhuōzi · table杯子bēizi · cup妻子qīzi · wife孩子háizi · child本子běnzi · book子zi · (common noun suffix)裤子kùzi · pants帽子màozi · hat

More words: Everyday Things

好处hǎochu · benefit号码hàomǎ · number盒子hézi · box家具jiājù · furniture距离jùlí · distance垃圾桶lājītǒng · rubbish bin老虎lǎohǔ · tiger毛巾máojīn · towel

FAQs

镜子 (jìngzi) means “mirror”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it jìngzi: jìng with a 4th tone, then zi with a neutral tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 镜子 is written 鏡子. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 面 (miàn) or 个 (gè). For example, one mirror is 一面镜子 (yí miàn jìngzi).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jingzi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 镜子 from the suggestions. Typing jingzi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
镜子 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.