機子
Appearance
See also: 机子
Chinese
[edit]machine; opportunity; secret | child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight | ||
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trad. (機子) | 機 | 子 | |
simp. (机子) | 机 | 子 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ˙ㄗ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jizi̊h
- Wade–Giles: chi1-tzŭ5
- Yale: jī-dz
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ji.tzy
- Palladius: цзицзы (cziczy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gei1 zi2
- Yale: gēi jí
- Cantonese Pinyin: gei1 dzi2
- Guangdong Romanization: géi1 ji2
- Sinological IPA (key): /kei̯⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: ji1 zeh
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕi¹¹ t͡səʔ²/
- (Taiyuan)+
Noun
[edit]機子
- (colloquial) machine; device
- 「數碼攝像機不是被你給弄壞了嗎?」「已經修好啦!」「剛修好的機子,咱媽能借我嗎?」 [Beijing Mandarin, trad.]
- From: 2004, 《家有儿女》, episode 36
- “Shùmǎ shèxiàngjī bù shì bèi nǐ gěi nèng huài le ma?” “Yǐjīng xiū hǎo la!” “Gāng xiū hǎo de jīzi, zán mā néng jiè wǒ ma?” [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
「数码摄像机不是被你给弄坏了吗?」「已经修好啦!」「刚修好的机子,咱妈能借我吗?」 [Beijing Mandarin, simp.]
- (specifically) telephone set
- (specifically) loom
- (specifically) computer
- (Jilu Mandarin, Jin, Xiang, specifically) sewing machine
- (colloquial) gun trigger