| 小段子 | xiǎo duàn zi | short paragraph; news article |
| 小池・百合子 | Xiǎo chí · Bǎi hé zi | KOIKE Yuriko (1952-), Japanese LDP politician, minister of defense during 2008 |
| 小碟子 | xiǎo dié zi | saucer |
| 小舅子 | xiǎo jiù zi | (informal) wife's younger brother |
| 小铲子 | xiǎo chǎn zi | trowel |
| 尥蹶子 | liào juě zi | to kick backward; to kick the hind feet (of mules, horses etc) |
| 尻门子 | kāo mén zi | anus (rural coll.) |
| 尾子 | wěi zi | tail; end; small change; odd sum remaining after large round number |
| 层子 | céng zi | stratum |
| 山子 | shān zi | rock garden; rockery |
| 左撇子 | zuǒ piě zi | left-handed |
| 希格斯粒子 | Xī gé sī lì zǐ | Higgs particle or Higgs boson, predicted elementary particle required to explain the mass of elementary particles in the Standard Model |
| 帕子 | pà zi | kerchief; handkerchief; headscarf |
| 帖子 | tiě zi | card; invitation; message; (forum) post |
| 带电粒子 | dài diàn lì zǐ | electrically charged particles |
| 帽子戏法 | mào zi xì fǎ | hat trick (when one player scores three goals) |
| 幔子 | màn zi | curtain; veil |
| 帮子 | bāng zi | outer (of cabbage etc); upper (of a shoe) |
| 庚子国变 | gēng zǐ guó biàn | the crisis year of 1900 involving the Boxer uprising and the eight nation military invasion |
| 座子 | zuò zi | pedestal; plinth; saddle |
| 座椅套子 | zuò yǐ tào zi | seat cover |
| 庶子 | shù zǐ | bastard; commoner son of royalty |
| 强子 | qiáng zǐ | hadron (physics); elementary particle affected by strong force, as opposed to leptons 轻子 and photons 光子 |
| 弹子 | dàn zi | slingshot pellet; playing marbles; billiards; CL:粒,颗 |
| 弯子 | wān zi | bend; turn; curve |
| 彪个子 | biāo gè zi | tall and strong physique |
| 彪子 | biāo zi | a frolicsome creature |
| 彬彬君子 | bīn bīn jūn zǐ | refined gentleman |
| 影子内阁 | yǐng zi nèi gé | shadow cabinet |
| 微电子 | wēi diàn zǐ | microelectronics |
| 微电子学 | wēi diàn zǐ xué | microelectronics |
| 怯子 | qiè zi | person with country accent; rustic; country bumpkin |
| 恐怖份子 | kǒng bù fèn zi | terrorist |
| 恐怖分子 | kǒng bù fèn zǐ | terrorist |
| 惠子 | Huì zi | Hui-zi also known as Hui Shi 惠施 (c. 370-310 BC), politician and philosopher of the Logicians School of Thought 名家 during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC) |
| 惹乱子 | rě luàn zi | to stir up trouble; to get into trouble |
| 惹喽子 | rě lóu zi | variant of 惹娄子 |
| 惹娄子 | rě lóu zi | to stir up trouble; to bring trouble upon oneself |
| 惹楼子 | rě lóu zi | variant of 惹娄子 |
| 爱子 | ài zǐ | beloved son |
| 爱德华王子岛 | Ài dé huá wáng zǐ dǎo | Prince Edward island, a province of Canada |
| 爱民如子 | ài mín rú zǐ | to love the common people as one's own children (praise for a virtuous ruler) |
| 爱面子 | ài miàn zǐ | to save face; to worry about losing face; proud of one's reputation; sensitive about losing prestige; sense of propriety |
| 态子 | tài zi | state of matter (solid, liquid or gas) |
| 慢性子 | màn xìng zi | slow-tempered; phlegmatic; a slowcoach |
| 戊子 | wù zǐ | twenty fifth year E1 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2008 or 2068 |
| 戊戌六君子 | wù xū liù jūn zǐ | the six gentlemen martyrs of the failed reform movement of 1898, executed in its aftermath, namely: Tan Sitong 谭嗣同, Lin Xu 林旭, Yang Shenxiu 杨深秀, Liu Guangdi 刘光第, Kang Guangren 康广仁 and Yang Rui 杨锐 |
| 成样子 | chéng yàng zi | seemly; presentable |
| 戒子 | jiè zi | ring |
| 戳子 | chuō zi | stamp; seal |