| 花池子 | huā chí zi | flower bed |
| 花花公子 | huā huā gōng zǐ | a playboy; Playboy (magazine) |
| 花花肠子 | huā huā cháng zi | (slang) a cunning plot |
| 花点子 | huā diǎn zi | trickery; scam |
| 芸苔子 | yún tái zǐ | rape (Brassica campestris L.); rapeseed plant; canola plant; a common vegetable with a dark green leaf; also called 油菜 |
| 苞米棒子 | bāo mǐ bàng zi | cob of corn (Northeastern Mandarin) |
| 茄子河区 | Qié zi hé qū | Qiezihe district of Qitaihe city 七台河, Heilongjiang |
| 茬子 | chá zi | stubble |
| 茶藨子 | chá biāo zi | gooseberry |
| 草垫子 | cǎo diàn zi | straw mattress; palliasse |
| 草爬子 | cǎo pá zi | tick (zoology) |
| 菌子 | jùn zi | fungus |
| 菜墩子 | cài dūn zi | chopping board |
| 菟丝子 | tù sī zǐ | dodder (Cuscuta sinensis, a parasitic vine with seeds used in medicine) |
| 叶子列 | yè zi liè | leaf arrangement; phyllotaxy (botany) |
| 叶子板 | yè zi bǎn | (Taiwan) fender (automotive) |
| 葛缕子 | gě lǚ zi | caraway; Persian cumin (Carum carvi) |
| 葵花子 | kuí huā zǐ | sunflower seeds |
| 萧子显 | Xiāo Zǐ xiǎn | Xiao Zixian (487-537), writer and historian of Liang of Southern Dynasties, compiler of History of Qi of the Southern dynasties 南齊書 南齐书 |
| 姜子牙 | Jiāng Zǐ yá | Jiang Ziya (c. 1100 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), also known as 姜太公, partly mythical sage advisor to King Wen of Zhou周文王 and purported author of “Six Secret Strategic Teachings” 六韬, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武经七书 |
| 苏州码子 | Sū zhōu mǎ zi | Suzhou numerals, i.e. the ten numerals 〡,〢,〣,〤,〥,〦,〧,〨,〩,十 nowadays mainly used in traditional trades such as Chinese medicine; also called 草码 |
| 虎父无犬子 | hǔ fù wú quǎn zǐ | lit. father a lion, son cannot be a dog (honorific); With a distinguished father such as you, the son is sure to do well.; like father, like son |
| 处子秀 | chǔ zǐ xiù | first show; maiden appearance |
| 虚粒子 | xū lì zǐ | virtual particle |
| 蜂蜜梳子 | fēng mì shū zi | honeycomb |
| 螺丝起子 | luó sī qǐ zi | screwdriver |
| 蟢子 | xǐ zi | Tetragnatha (long-jawed spider) |
| 虫子牙 | chóng zi yá | see 虫牙 |
| 蝎子 | xiē zi | scorpion |
| 蜡坨子 | là tuó zi | erhua variant of 蜡坨 |
| 蚕子 | cán zǐ | silkworm eggs |
| 蠹鱼子 | dù yú zi | silverfish; CL:只 |
| 蛮子 | mán zi | insulting term for south Chinese; southern barbarian; chap |
| 衍射格子 | yǎn shè gé zi | diffraction grating (physics) |
| 衣子 | yī zǐ | covering |
| 袋子包 | dài zi bāo | pita bread (Middle eastern flat bread) |
| 被子植物门 | bèi zǐ zhí wù mén | angiospermae (phylum of flowering plants with seed contained in a fruit) |
| 裸子植物门 | luǒ zǐ zhí wù mén | gymnosperm (plants with seed contained in a cone) |
| 褟绦子 | tā tāo zi | lace hemming |
| 褶子 | zhě zi | pleat; fold; crease; wrinkle |
| 褶子了 | zhě zi le | to make a mess of sth; to bungle; to mismanage |
| 袄子 | ǎo zi | coat; jacket; short and lined coat or robe |
| 西子捧心 | Xī zǐ pěng xīn | famous beauty Xi Shi 西施 is sick at heart (idiom); beautiful woman morbidly worried about her looks |
| 西门子 | Xī mén zǐ | Siemens (company name) |
| 西门子公司 | Xī mén zǐ Gōng sī | Siemens AG |
| 要子 | yào zi | straw rope |
| 要面子 | yào miàn zi | to save one's face; to stay on one's dignity |
| 覆盆子 | fù pén zǐ | raspberry |
| 亲子 | qīn zǐ | parent and child; parent-child (relationship); two successive generations |
| 亲子鉴定 | qīn zǐ jiàn dìng | paternity test |