HSK 6 · Family

侄子 zhízi “nephew (brother’s son)” in Chinese

Traditional 姪子

What 侄子 means

  1. nephew (brother’s son)
  2. brother’s son
  3. nephew

How to say 侄子

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale侄zhí2nd tone, rising
  • 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

侄子 in a sentence

  1. 我侄子对鸡蛋过敏。

    Wǒ zhízi duì jīdàn guòmǐn.

    My nephew is allergic to eggs.

    Sentence #859442 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 侄子 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 侄 (zhí) with each of its parts in a different colour
侄zhíbrother’s son; nephew
  • 亻person form of 人 · rénMeaning part
  • 至arrive · zhìSound part

亻 hints at the meaning (person); 至 (zhì) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhí.

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 侄子

侄 8 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.

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

Words related to 侄子

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: People, Body & Health

新郎xīnláng · bridegroom新娘xīnniáng · bride婴儿yīng'ér · baby岳母yuèmǔ · mother-in-law (wife’s mother)诸位zhūwèi · everyone祖父zǔfù · grandfather (father’s father)祖先zǔxiān · ancestor癌症áizhèng · cancer

FAQs

侄子 (zhízi) means “nephew (brother’s son)” or “brother’s son”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhízi: zhí with a 2nd 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, 侄子 is written 姪子. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhizi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 侄子 from the suggestions. Typing zhizi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
侄子 is an HSK 6 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.