| 半大小子 |
bàn dà xiǎo zǐ |
teenage boy; adolescent boy |
| 半 |
bàn |
half / semi- / incomplete / (after a number) and a half |
| 半大 |
bàn dà |
medium-sized |
| 大 |
dà |
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) |
| 大 |
dài |
see 大夫 |
| 大小 |
dà xiǎo |
large and small / size / adults and children / consideration of seniority / at any rate |
| 小 |
xiǎo |
small / tiny / few / young |
| 小子 |
xiǎo zǐ |
(literary) youngster / (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation) / (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) |
| 小子 |
xiǎo zi |
(coll.) boy / (derog.) joker / guy / (despicable) fellow |
| 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" |