| 扣帽子 | kòu mào zi | to tag sb with unfair label / power word | 
| 扣 | kòu | to fasten / to button / button / buckle / knot / to arrest / to confiscate / to deduct (money) / discount / to knock / to smash, spike or dunk (a ball) / to cover (with a bowl etc) / (fig.) to tag a label on sb / (Tw) (loanword) code | 
| 扣 | kòu | button | 
| 帽 | mào | old variant of 帽 | 
| 帽 | mào | hat / cap | 
| 帽子 | mào zi | hat / cap / (fig.) label / bad name / CL:顶 | 
| 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" |