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長子

简长子 · 繁長子

Mandarin · pinyin zhǎng zǐ#

eldest son

Mandarin · pinyin Zhǎng zǐ#

see 長子縣 Zhǎng zǐ Xiàn

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長: zhǎng · long; length; excel in; leader; Kangxi radical 168
子: zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch
长: zhǎng · long; length; excel in; leader

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3–3 · zhang3 zi3

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zoeng2 zi2

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noun · Etymology 1

eldest son
(rare) eldest child

name · Etymology 2

(～縣) Zhangzi (a county of Changzhi, Shanxi, China)

noun · Etymology 3

tall person

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