| 被子植物 |
bèi zǐ zhí wù |
angiosperm (flowering plants with seed contained in a fruit) |
| 被 |
bèi |
quilt / to cover (with) / (literary) to suffer (a misfortune) / used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip") |
| 被子 |
bèi zi |
blanket; quilt / CL:条,床 |
| 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" |
| 植 |
zhí |
to plant |
| 植物 |
zhí wù |
plant / vegetation / CL:种 |
| 物 |
wù |
(bound form) thing / (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself |