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The Chinese word for pear is
梨子

lí zi



pear

Chinese Definition


pear
     1. 梨子
Components
     1. pear
     1. (literary) child; offspring
     2. son
           獨生子 - dúshēngzǐ - only son
           愛子 - àizǐ - beloved son
           一 子 一 女 - yī zǐ yī nǚ - one son and one daughter
     3. (literary) descendant; posterity
     4. (Christianity) the Son
     5. (in compounds) person
           女子 (nǚzǐ) - female; woman
     6. (literary) master; teacher
     7. (literary) A respectful title for teachers, usually attached after their surnames.
           ^孔子 (Kǒngzǐ) - Master Kong (Confucius)
           ^老子 (Lǎozǐ) - Laozi
     8. (literary, polite) you
     9. Alternative form of 籽 (seed); also its second-round simplified form.
           葵花子 (kuíhuāzǐ) - sunflower seed
     10. egg
           魚子 (yúzǐ) - caviar
     11. young; tender; small
     12. Prefix attached to nouns, denoting "a part of", "belonging to" or "individual". sub-
           子目錄 (zǐmùlù) - subdirectory
     13. (astrology) First earthly branch: rat in the Chinese zodiac, 11th solar month, midnight (11:00 pm to 1:00 am)
     14. (historical) viscount (fourth of five ranks of Chinese aristocracy under the Zhou dynasty)
     15. (physics, biology) -on
     16. (Min Nan) grain-like object; particle; granule
     17. (Min Nan, music) rhythm
     18. (Min Nan)
     19. Suffix:
     20.    Used to nominalize.
     21.    瓶子zi - píngzi - bottle
     22.    刷子zi - shuāzi - brush
     23.    胖子zi - pàngzi - fat person
     24.    (colloquial) Used in some classifiers.
     25.    一下子zi - yīxiàzi - all of a sudden
     26. small, round object
           算盤子jí (sǹg-pôaⁿ-jí) - abacus bead, MN
     27. (Xiamen, Quanzhou)
     28. (Zhangzhou, Taiwan)



Translations for and their definitions

     1. pear


梨子
     1. n. pear


梨樹
     1. n. pear tree


梨树
     1. Simplified form of 梨樹


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Pronunciation


lí zi

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