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支子

Mandarin · pinyin zhī zǐ#

son of a concubine or son of the wife other than her first

Mandarin · pinyin zhī zi#

support
stand
trivet
(cooking utensil) gridiron
(variant of 梔子 zhī zi) cape jasmine

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支: zhī · disperse, pay; support; branch
子: zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch

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1–3 · zhi1 zi3

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noun · Etymology 1

(historical) sons other than the first son of the first wife

noun · Etymology 2

stand; support
gridiron (cooking utensil); trivet
(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 梔子 /栀子 (zhīzi, “Cape jasmine”)

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