xìn zi

芯子 (xìn zi) is a Chinese word meaning “fuse; wick; forked tongue (of a snake)”.

Meanings

  1. 1fuse; wick
  2. 2forked tongue (of a snake)

Characters in 芯子

芯xīn · (bound form) the pith of the rush plant (used as a lampwick)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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