马杰 Posted May 27, 2005 at 05:08 AM Report Share Posted May 27, 2005 at 05:08 AM Accoring to what I've been told, you can't use this character for 1. body parts 2. things that are personally valuable The first rule I get, but the second rule I don't. Any hard and fast clues as to when this character can be used with a noun? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shibo77 Posted May 27, 2005 at 06:36 PM Report Share Posted May 27, 2005 at 06:36 PM 子zi3 means son, seed, egg, something small or hard, and person. It acts like a prefix/suffix. 子女 children (son and daughter) 瓜子 seed of a melon 鱼子 roe (caviar) 石头子儿 pebble 女子 woman body part? 子宫 uterus (womb) personally valuable? 金子 gold -Shìbó Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastt Posted May 29, 2005 at 05:16 PM Report Share Posted May 29, 2005 at 05:16 PM Accoring to what I've been told' date=' you can't use this character for1. body parts ?[/quote'] Oh, this rule seems unreasonable. 鼻子（nose），脖子（neck)，眼珠子（eyeball）are standard mandarin words, popularly used in today's China, especially in north. By the way, here the tone of 子 isn't included in so-called 4 tones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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