桿子

Chinese

		stick; pole	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (桿子)		桿	子
simp. (杆子*)		杆	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǎnzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄢˇ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gon² zi² / gon¹ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǎnzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄢˇ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǎnzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: kan³-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: gǎn-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaan.tzy
    • Palladius: ганьцзы (ganʹczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gon² zi² / gon¹ zi²
    • Yale: gón jí / gōn jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gon² dzi² / gon¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gon² ji² / gon¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːn³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/, /kɔːn⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

桿子

1. shaft

Derived terms

• 槍桿子 / 枪杆子 (qiānggǎnzi)
• 筆桿子 / 笔杆子 (bǐgǎnzi)
• 鼻筒桿子 / 鼻筒杆子