池子

Chinese

		pond; reservoir	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (池子)		池	子
simp. #(池子)		池	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chízi

  (Zhuyin): ㄔˊ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci⁴ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chízi
    • Zhuyin: ㄔˊ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chíhzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih²-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: chŕ-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyr.tzy
    • Palladius: чицзы (čiczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci⁴ zi²
    • Yale: chìh jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi⁴ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi⁴ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː²¹ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

池子

1. pond
2. pool
3. (colloquial) big bathhouse pool
4. dance floor
5. front stalls (of a theatre)

Synonyms

• (pond):

Dialectal synonyms of 池塘 (“pond”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		池塘, 池沼
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	池子
	Taiwan	池塘
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	池子, 灣
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	池子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	池子
	Xi'an	澇子, 池子
	Xining	池子
	Xuzhou	水塘, 水汪
	Pizhou	汪
	Lianyungang (Ganyu)	水坑
	Donghai	汪, 方塘子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	池子
	Ürümqi	池子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	池塘
	Wuhan	塘, 池子, 淌子 small
	Guiyang	塘
	Liuzhou	塘
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	塘, 塘子, 池塘
	Yangzhou	塘, 池子, 汪塘
	Baoying	汪塘
	Taizhou	塘
	Zhenjiang	汪塘
	Lianyungang	汪塘
	Huai'an (Huaiyin)	汪塘子
	Xuyi	塘
	Nantong	水塘, 水汪潭 small
	Rugao	池塘
	Yancheng	水塘
	Funing	水塘
	Sihong	水塘
	Hefei	塘
Cantonese	Guangzhou	塘
	Hong Kong	池塘, 塘
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	塘
	Macau	塘
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	塘
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	塘
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	塘
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	池塘
	Foshan	塘
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	塘
	Foshan (Shunde)	塘
	Foshan (Sanshui)	塘
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	塘
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	塘
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	塘
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	塘
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	塘
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	塘
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	塘
	Taishan	眼塘
	Kaiping (Chikan)	塘
	Enping (Niujiang)	眼塘
	Heshan (Yayao)	塘
	Dongguan	塘
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	池塘
	Yangjiang	塘
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	水塘
Gan	Nanchang	塘
	Pingxiang	塘, 池塘
Hakka	Meixian	塘, 池塘, 陂塘
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	池塘
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	塘
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	池塘
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	塘
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	塘
	Wengyuan	水塘
	Liannan	塘
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	池塘
	Jiexi	塘
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	塘
	Changting	塘
	Wuping (Yanqian)	塘
	Ninghua	塘
	Yudu	塘
	Ningdu	塘
	Tonggu (Sandu)	塘
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	塘
	Dayu	塘
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	陂塘
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	陂塘
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	陂塘
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	陂塘
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	陂塘
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	陂塘
	Hong Kong	池塘
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	塘
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	塘
	Xinyi (Sihe)	塘
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	水塘
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	塘水
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	塘
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	塘水
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	塘
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	塘
	Mengshan (Xihe)	塘
	Luchuan	塘
Huizhou	Jixi	塘
Jin	Taiyuan	水池子, 池塘
Northern Min	Jian'ou	塘, 池
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	池
Southern Min	Xiamen	池, 潭仔, 潭窟
	Quanzhou	潭窟
	Jinjiang	潭窟
	Zhangzhou	潭仔
	Tainan	潭仔
	Chaozhou	池
	Jieyang	池
	Bangkok (Teochew)	水塘
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	池
	Haikou	塘
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	塘
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	塘
Wu	Shanghai	池塘, 塘, 水塘
	Shanghai (Chongming)	池塘
	Suzhou	池塘, 池潭 small, 塘, 潭
	Wuxi	河池塘
	Changshu	河池
	Nantong (Haimen)	溝
	Changzhou	池塘
	Danyang	塘則
	Nanjing (Gaochun)	池塘
	Hangzhou	池塘
	Ningbo	池塘
	Wenzhou	池, 池兒, 池塘
	Jinhua	塘
Xiang	Changsha	塘
	Loudi	塘
	Shuangfeng	塘, 池子

• (front stalls): 池座 (chízuò)

Derived terms

• 花池子 (huāchízi)