He's the oldest son.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
长子
eldest son
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
eldest son
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 长子 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 长子 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
How old is your oldest son?
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 长子.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 长子.
Directly before
- 的长子1
- 是长子1
Directly after
- 长子几岁1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 长子
What does 长子 mean in Chinese?
长子 (zhǎngzǐ) means eldest son.
How do you pronounce 长子?
长子 is pronounced zhǎngzǐ.
Is 长子 an HSK word?
长子 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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