壩子

Chinese

Etymology 1

		dam; dyke; embankment	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (壩子/垻子*)		壩/垻	子
simp. (坝子)		坝	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bàzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚˋ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baa³ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bàzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚˋ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bàzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: pa⁴-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: bà-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bah.tzy
    • Palladius: бацзы (baczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baa³ zi²
    • Yale: ba jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baa³ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ba³ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paː³³ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

壩子

1. dam (on a small river)

Synonyms

• 壩／坝 (bà)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 壩子 – see 垻子 (“plain; flatlands”). (This term is a variant form of 垻子).