| 剪子 | jiǎn zi | clippers; scissors; shears; CL:把 |
| 扇子 | shān zi | fan; CL:把 |
| 男子汉 | nán zǐ hàn | man (i.e. manly, masculine) |
| 扇子 | shàn zi | a fan; CL:把 |
| 单子 | dān zi | list of items |
| 娃子 | wá zi | baby; small child; (arch.) slave among ethnic minorities |
| 褥子 | rù zi | cotton-padded mattress; CL:床 |
| 钩子 | gōu zi | hook |
| 负离子 | fù lí zǐ | negative ion (physics) |
| 锤子 | chuí zi | hammer; CL:把 |
| 夹子 | jiā zi | clip; clamp; tongs; folder; wallet |
| 丸子 | wán zi | pills; balls; meatballs |
| 摊子 | tān zi | booth; vendor's stall; organizational structure; scale of operations |
| 棚子 | péng zi | shack; shed; CL:间 |
| 坛子 | tán zi | jug (earthenware with a big belly and a small opening) |
| 号子 | hào zi | work chant; prison cell; type; sort; mark; sign; signal |
| 轿子 | jiào zi | a sedan chair; a palanquin; a litter |
| 量子力学 | liàng zǐ lì xué | quantum mechanics |
| 桃子 | táo zi | peach |
| 分子生物学 | fēn zǐ shēng wù xué | molecular biology |
| 狗腿子 | gǒu tuǐ zi | dog's leg; fig. one who follows a villain; henchman; hired thug |
| 老妈子 | lǎo mā zi | older female servant; amah |
| 哨子 | shào zi | a whistle |
| 棒子 | bàng zi | stick; club; cudgel; maize (corn); ear of maize; corncob |
| 帘子 | lián zi | curtain |
| 粽子 | zòng zi | glutinous rice and choice of filling wrapped in leaves and boiled |
| 袋子 | dài zi | bag |
| 毯子 | tǎn zi | a blanket; CL:条,张,床,面 |
| 裙子 | qún zi | skirt; CL:条 |
| 庚子 | gēng zǐ | thirty seventh year G1 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1960 or 2020; cf 庚子国变, the crisis year of 1900 involving the Boxer uprising and the eight nation military invasion |
| 快中子 | kuài zhōng zǐ | fast neutrons |
| 梆子 | bāng zi | watchman's clapper; wooden clappers with bars of unequal length |
| 虾子 | xiā zǐ | shrimp roe; shrimp eggs; shrimp |
| 列子 | Liè zǐ | Lie Zi, Daoist author, said to be early Warring States period 战国; Daoist text in eight chapters, said to be by Lie Zi, probably compiled during WeiJin times 魏晋 (3rd century AD) |
| 厂子 | chǎng zi | yard; depot |
| 李子 | lǐ zi | plum; CL:个 |
| 眼珠子 | yǎn zhū zi | eyeball; fig. the apple of one's eye (i.e. favorite person) |
| 空子 | kòng zi | gap; unoccupied space or time; same as 空闲 |
| 金龟子 | jīn guī zǐ | scarab (Scarabeus sacer); beetle |
| 麻子 | má zi | pockmark |
| 栗子 | lì zi | chestnut |
| 链子 | liàn zi | chain |
| 中微子 | zhōng wēi zǐ | neutrino |
| 伢子 | yá zi | child (coll.); kid |
| 梅子 | méi zi | plum |
| 耗子 | hào zi | a mouse |
| 苗子 | miáo zi | young successor; seedling; sapling |
| 碟子 | dié zi | small dish; CL:盘 |
| 罐子 | guàn zi | jar; pitcher; pot |
| 扣子 | kòu zi | button |
