族姓子

Chinese

		race; nationality; ethnicity race; nationality; ethnicity; clan	surname; family name; name	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (族姓子)		族	姓	子
simp. #(族姓子)		族	姓	子

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit कुलपुत्र (kulaputra), from कुल (kula, “family, clan”) +‎ पुत्र (putra, “son”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zúxìngzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄗˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zúxìngzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zúsìngzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: tsu²-hsing⁴-tzŭ³
    • Yale: dzú-syìng-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzwushinqtzyy
    • Palladius: цзусинцзы (czusinczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

族姓子

1. (Buddhism) a male lay devotee