帽子 màozi — hat, cap

Meanings

1. 1

   hat, cap

   Anything worn on the head. Its proper classifier is 顶, the word for a summit — a hat is counted by the top it sits on. The verb is 戴 dài, not 穿: clothes you step into are 穿, things you fasten on are 戴.

   noun

Character breakdown

• 子

  zǐ (third tone, dipping) zi (neutral tone)

  child, son; a seed; (unstressed, zi) the noun suffix of 桌子, 儿子, 孩子

  3 strokesRadical 子

Example sentences

• 我的帽子是红的，你的是黑的。/我的帽子是紅的，你的是黑的。Wǒ (third tone, dipping) de (neutral tone) màozi (fourth tone, falling) shì (fourth tone, falling) hóng (second tone, rising) de, (neutral tone) nǐ (third tone, dipping) de (neutral tone) shì (fourth tone, falling) hēi (first tone, high and level) de. (neutral tone)···

  My hat is red, yours is black.

• 太阳很大，你带帽子了吗？/太陽很大，你帶帽子了嗎？Tàiyáng (fourth tone, falling) hěn (third tone, dipping) dà, (fourth tone, falling) nǐ (third tone, dipping) dài (fourth tone, falling) màozi (fourth tone, falling) le (neutral tone) ma? (neutral tone)···

  The sun is strong — did you bring a hat?

Similar words

Words containing 子

• 孩子háizi (second tone, rising)child, kid
• 子zǐ (third tone, dipping)son
• 儿子/兒子érzi (second tone, rising)son
• 房子fáng (second tone, rising) zi (neutral tone)house
• 样子/樣子yàng (fourth tone, falling) zi (neutral tone)appearance
• 日子rì (fourth tone, falling) zi (neutral tone)day
• 妻子qīzi (first tone, high and level)wife
• 桌子zhuōzi (first tone, high and level)table, desk
• 电子/電子diàn (fourth tone, falling) zǐ (third tone, dipping)electronic
• 句子jùzi (fourth tone, falling)sentence
• 女子nǚ (third tone, dipping) zǐ (third tone, dipping)woman
• 椅子yǐzi (third tone, dipping)chair
• 一辈子/一輩子yī (first tone, high and level) bèi (fourth tone, falling) zi (neutral tone)(for) a lifetime
• 男子nán (second tone, rising) zǐ (third tone, dipping)a man; a male
• 杯子bēizi (first tone, high and level)cup, glass
• 肚子dù (fourth tone, falling) zi (neutral tone)belly
• 鼻子bízi (second tone, rising)nose