框子

Chinese

		frame; door frame	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. (框子)		框	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuàngzi, kuāngzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄤˋ ˙ㄗ, ㄎㄨㄤ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwaang¹ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuàngzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄤˋ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuàngzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuang⁴-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: kwàng-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuanq.tzy
    • Palladius: куанцзы (kuanczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ɑŋ⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuāngzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄤ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuangzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuang¹-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: kwāng-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuang.tzy
    • Palladius: куанцзы (kuanczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kwaang¹ zi²
    • Yale: kwāang jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwaang¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuang¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰaːŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

框子

1. frame
2. (figurative) convention; rules; restriction

Synonyms

• (convention): 框框 (kuàngkuang)