屜子

简 屉子 · 繁 屜子
Mandarin · pinyin tì zi

Meanings

  1. drawer
  2. stackable cooking vessel
  3. woven mat on a bed frame or chair
  4. woven window screen
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屜
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子
zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch
屉
tì · drawer; tray; pad; screen
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4–5 · ti4 zi5

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noun

  1. one of a set of removable trays (in furniture or a utensil)
  2. (dialectal) drawer
  3. (dialectal) steamer basket

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