犀子

Chinese

			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. (犀子)		犀	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ˙ㄗ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sizi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: syī-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi.tzy
    • Palladius: сицзы (siczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/

Noun

犀子

1. (historical) rhinoceros

   • 而有桃拔、師子、犀子。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     而有桃拔、师子、犀子。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE

     Ér yǒu táobá, shīzǐ, xīzǐ. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• 犀牛 (xīniú)