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title: "Wanzi Meaning: 丸子 (wánzi) Means “ball”"
description: "丸子 (wánzi) means “ball (of food); meatball”. Hear its tones, see what 丸 and 子 each mean and a real sentence that uses it."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/wanzi"
published: "2026-10-21"
updated: "2026-11-06"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
---

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# What does 丸子 mean?

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丸子 wánzi

## ball (of food); meatball

## It can also mean

- pill

## Its characters

1. 丸 wán pill
2. 子 zi (suffix) noun suffix (as in 桌子)

## In a sentence

我最喜欢吃妈妈做的丸子。 I love the meatballs my mom makes most of all.

如来佛祖回西天的时候，对山上的神仙说：“他饿了，就给他吃铁**丸子**

From [五行山下 · Under the Five-Element Mountain](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/under-the-five-element-mountain-journey-to-the-west-easy-chinese-8#library-word-851-853)

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## More words with 丸 or 子

- [包子 bāozi](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/baozi)
- [被子 bèizi](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/beizi)
- [本子 běnzi](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/benzi)
- [鼻子 bízi](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/bizi)
- [脖子 bózi](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/bozi)
- [虫子 chóngzi](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/chongzi)
- [袋子 dàizi](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/daizi)
- [弟子 dìzǐ](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/dizi)
- [肚子 dùzi](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/duzi)
- [儿子 érzi](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/erzi)

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