| 公共知识分子 |
gōng gòng zhī shi fèn zǐ |
public intellectual (sometimes used derogatorily) |
| 公 |
gōng |
public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal) |
| 公共 |
gōng gòng |
public; common; communal |
| 共 |
gòng |
common / general / to share / together / total / altogether / abbr. for 共产党, Communist party |
| 知 |
zhī |
to know / to be aware |
| 知识 |
zhī shi |
knowledge / CL:门 / intellectual |
| 知识分子 |
zhī shi fèn zǐ |
variant of 知识分子 |
| 知识分子 |
zhī shi fèn zǐ |
intellectual; intelligentsia |
| 识 |
shí |
to know / knowledge / Taiwan pr. [shi4] |
| 识 |
zhì |
to record / to write a footnote |
| 分 |
fēn |
to divide; to separate / to distribute; to allocate / to distinguish (good and bad) / (bound form) branch of (an organization); sub- (as in 分局) / fraction / one tenth (of certain units) / unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm / minute (unit of time) / minute (angular measurement unit) / a point (in sports or games) / 0.01 yuan (unit of money) |
| 分 |
fèn |
part / share / ingredient / component |
| 分子 |
fèn zǐ |
variant of 分子 |
| 分子 |
fēn zǐ |
(chemistry) molecule / (math.) numerator of a fraction |
| 分子 |
fèn zǐ |
member of a class or group; people of a certain type |
| 分子 |
fèn zi |
Taiwan variant of 份子 |
| 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 / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub- |
| 子 |
zi |
noun suffix, as in 椅子 "chair" |