"Adopted son" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 养子 | yǎng zǐ | adopted son / foster son |   |
| 义子 | yì zǐ | adopted son | |
| 嗣子 | sì zǐ | heir / adopted son | |
| 干儿子 | gān ér zi | adopted son (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications) | |
| 假子 | jiǎ zǐ | adopted son / stepson | |
| 干儿 | gān ér | adopted son (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications) | |
| 契子 | qì zǐ | adopted son | |
| 螟蛉 | míng líng | green rice caterpillar or similar insect larva / adopted son (Etymology: Wasps of a particular species take caterpillars to their nest as food for their offspring, but it was mistakenly believed that the wasps were raising the caterpillars as their own young.) | |
| 螟蛉子 | míng líng zǐ | adopted son | |
