子午

Chinese

		child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight	7th earthly branch; 11 a.m.–1 p.m., noon
simp. and trad. (子午)		子	午

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǐwǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˇ ㄨˇ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chú-ngó͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǐwǔ [Phonetic: zíwǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǐhwǔ
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ³-wu³
    • Yale: dž-wǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyywuu
    • Palladius: цзыу (czyu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú-ngó͘
    • Tâi-lô: tsú-ngóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zwngor
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ŋɔ̃⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡su⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ŋɔ̃⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ŋɔ̃⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ŋɔ̃⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ŋɔ̃⁴¹/

Noun

子午

1. (literary) north and south
2. (literary) midnight and noon; midnight and midday
3. (～谷) A valley in the current Qinling Mountains, Shaanxi Province.

Derived terms

• 卯酉子午
• 子午卯酉
• 子午線 / 子午线 (zǐwǔxiàn)
• 子午蓮 / 子午莲
• 本初子午線 / 本初子午线 (běnchū zǐwǔxiàn)