xiē zi

楔子 (xiē zi) is a Chinese word meaning “wedge; peg; stopper”.

Meanings

  1. 1wedge
  2. 2peg
  3. 3stopper
  4. 4prologue (in some modern novels)
  5. 5prologue or interlude in Yuan dynasty drama

Characters in 楔子

楔xiē · wedge子zǐ · son

Related words

孩子child儿子son房子house妻子wife and children妻子wife案子long table; counter样子appearance小子(literary) youngster小子(coll.) boy子son子noun suffix, as in 椅子[yi3 zi5] "chair"日子day

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