杞子

Chinese

		(willow); name of a feudal state	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
simp. and trad. (杞子)		杞	子

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gei² zi²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): gei² du²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gei² zi²
    • Yale: géi jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gei² dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: géi² ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: gei² du²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei⁵⁵ tu⁵⁵/

Noun

杞子

1. (Cantonese, Liuzhou Mandarin) wolfberry; goji berry (Classifier: 粒 c)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 枸杞子 (“wolfberry; goji berry”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		枸杞子
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	枸杞子
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	枸杞子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	枸杞子
	Xining	枸杞子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	枸杞子
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	杞子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	杞子
	Hong Kong	杞子
	Taishan	杞子
	Dongguan	杞子
Gan	Nanchang	枸杞子
	Lichuan	枸杞子
	Pingxiang	枸杞子
Huizhou	Jixi	枸杞子
Jin	Xinzhou	枸杞杞
Wu	Suzhou	枸杞子