| 段子手 |
duàn zi shǒu |
sb who crafts and delivers witty, humorous or satirical short stories, jokes or punchlines; a wit; a humorist |
| 段 |
Duàn |
surname Duan |
| 段 |
duàn |
paragraph / section / segment / stage (of a process) / classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc |
| 段子 |
duàn zi |
item of storytelling or performed dialogue (folk arts) / sketch |
| 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" |
| 手 |
shǒu |
hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL:双,只 |