油子

Chinese

		oil; sly	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. (油子)		油	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yóuzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yóuzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yóuzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: yu²-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: yóu-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: you.tzy
    • Palladius: юцзы (juczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁴ zi²
    • Yale: yàuh jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁴ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

油子

1. black sticky substance
2. (colloquial) sly person

Derived terms

• 兵油子 (bīngyóuzi)
• 老油子 (lǎoyóuzi)