The Chinese word for son is
儿子

ér zi

Chinese Definition

son
1. 名词. 兒子
Components
儿
1. Simplified form of 兒
2. usage. May be used to specially write erhua (or the rhotic sound) in traditional Chinese, in contrast with child.
3. Variant of 人
子
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 子 and their definitions

兒子
1. n. son
他掏空家底給兒子zi 治病。 - He used up all of family's savings to help treat his son's disease.
兒子zi 很瘦削，說屁股gu 癢，是不是有蟲了？ - (My) son's gotten skinny, says his bottom is itchy, has he got worms?
2. n. (Northern Thai Mandarin) man
3. n. baby; infant; newborn
4. n. child
5. n. (Term of self-address, used by a man when speaking to elders.)

儿子
1. Simplified form of 兒子

養子
1. n. adopted child; foster child
2. v. (literary or Hakka) to rear a child

圣子
1. Simplified form of 聖子

养子
1. Simplified form of 養子

子
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)