孽子

Chinese

		consequence of sin	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (孽子)		孽	子
simp. #(孽子)		孽	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nièzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄝˋ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jip⁶ zi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gia̍t-chú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nièzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄝˋ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nièzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: nieh⁴-tzŭ³
    • Yale: nyè-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niehtzyy
    • Palladius: нецзы (neczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛ⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jip⁶ zi²
    • Yale: yihp jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jip⁹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yib⁶ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːp̚² t͡siː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gia̍t-chú
    • Tâi-lô: gia̍t-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: giadzuo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡiɛt̚⁴⁻³² t͡su⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡiɛt̚⁴⁻³² t͡su⁵³/

Noun

孽子

1. unfilial son; unworthy descendant
2. (archaic) son of a concubine