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z is just a letter of the alphabet and has no meaning in Chinese as a standalone character.
In pinyin (the romanization system for Standard Mandarin), z is a consonant sound: an unaspirated ts energy sound, similar to the ds in ads. It appears at the beginning of many pinyin syllables, such as zì (sense/self) and zū (drive/passenger). It is not a separate word but part of the pinyin spelling of many words.
Related Topics: Pinyin, Chinese consonants, Chinese characters