夜遊子

Chinese

		to go sightseeing at night; to wander around at night; to sleepwalk	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (夜遊子)		夜遊	子
simp. (夜游子)		夜游	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yèyóuzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˋ ㄧㄡˊ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): je⁶ jau⁴ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yèyóuzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˋ ㄧㄡˊ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yèyóuzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: yeh⁴-yu²-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: yè-yóu-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yehyou.tzy
    • Palladius: еюцзы (jejuczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ⁵¹ joʊ̯³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: je⁶ jau⁴ zi²
    • Yale: yeh yàuh jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: je⁶ jau⁴ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yé⁶ yeo⁴ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛː²² jɐu̯²¹ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

夜遊子

1. night owl; night person

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 夜貓子 (“night owl”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		夜貓子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	夜貓子
	Taiwan	夜貓子
	Harbin	夜貓子
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	夜貓子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	夜貓子
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	夜貓子
	Xuzhou	夜貓子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	夜貓子
	Wuhan	夜貓子
	Liuzhou	夜貓子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	夜鬼, 夜遊神
	Hong Kong	夜貓, 夜鬼
Hakka	Meixian	夜摸仔
Southern Min	Xiamen	暗光鳥
	Quanzhou	暗光鳥
	Zhangzhou	暗光鳥
	Tainan	暗光鳥, 夜婆
	Penang (Hokkien)	暗光鳥
	Singapore (Hokkien)	暗光鳥
	Jieyang	暝吆, 暝喝
Wu	Danyang	夜摸索
Xiang	Changsha	夜貓子, 夜精
	Loudi	夜貓子