镜子 (jìngzi) — mirror

镜子 (jìngzi)

镜子 is the everyday word for a mirror. 镜 is the main character meaning "mirror / lens / glass" and zi is a neutral-tone noun suffix. The word can refer to any reflective mirror — bathroom, dressing room, hand mirror — and also appears in compound words related to optical lenses.

Meanings

1. [noun] Mirror; a reflective glass surface.

Example Sentences

她每天早上照镜子。 Tā měitiān zǎoshang zhào jìngzi. She looks in the mirror every morning.

浴室里有一面大镜子。 Yùshì lǐ yǒu yī miàn dà jìngzi. There is a large mirror in the bathroom.

镜子摔碎了，要赶快处理。 Jìngzi shuāi suì le, yào gǎnkuài chǔlǐ. The mirror broke; it needs to be taken care of quickly.

他对着镜子练习演讲。 Tā duìzhe jìngzi liànxí yǎnjiǎng. He practiced his speech in front of the mirror.

Collocations

Memory Hook

镜 has the metal radical 钅 (mirrors were once polished metal) plus the phonetic 竟 (ultimately / after all). A mirror is the ultimate metal surface — it shows you exactly what is, after all.