(rì zi) - day, days, date, life (colloquial) in Mandarin
rìziTraditional: 日子
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Translation
day, days, date, life (colloquial)
Word origin
日子 (rì zi) adds the noun suffix 子 (zi) to 日 (rì), 'day' or 'sun'. The compound means 'day', 'days' or, more broadly, 'one's life' or living.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 日 (rì, day) + 子 (zi, suffix)
Stroke order
日
子
Examples
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How have you been these days?
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Live good days well.
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Days pass one by one.
段。
Those days were very hard.
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Our life is getting better and better.
日子 (rì zi) means day, days, date, life (colloquial). It is used as a noun in everyday Mandarin speech.
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