| 臣子 |
chén zǐ |
official in feudal court / subject |
| 臣 |
Chén |
surname Chen |
| 臣 |
chén |
state official or subject in dynastic China / I, your servant (used in addressing the sovereign) / Kangxi radical 131 |
| 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" |