| 坐月子 |
zuò yuè zi |
to convalesce for a month following childbirth, following a special diet, and observing various taboos to protect the body from exposure to the "wind" |
| 坐 |
Zuò |
surname Zuo |
| 坐 |
zuò |
to sit / to take a seat / to take (a bus, airplane etc) / to bear fruit / variant of 座 |
| 坐月 |
zuò yuè |
see 坐月子 |
| 月 |
yuè |
moon / month / monthly / CL:个,轮 |
| 月子 |
yuè zi |
traditional one-month confinement period following childbirth; puerperium |
| 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) |