班子

Chinese

		team; class; rank team; class; rank; squad; a work shift; a measure word; surname	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (班子)		班	子
simp. #(班子)		班	子

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bānzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baan¹ zi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pan-chír / pan-chú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bānzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: banzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: pan¹-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: bān-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ban.tzy
    • Palladius: баньцзы (banʹczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baan¹ zi²
    • Yale: bāan jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baan¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ban¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːn⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pan-chír
    • Tâi-lô: pan-tsír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pan³³ t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pan-chú
    • Tâi-lô: pan-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: panzuo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pan⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pan⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pan⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁵³/

Noun

班子

1. organised group; team
2. troupe (company of actors)
3. governing body; leading institution
4. (slang) brothel

Derived terms

• 智囊班子 (zhìnáng bānzi)
• 草臺班子／草台班子 (cǎotái bānzi)
• 領導班子／领导班子 (lǐngdǎo bānzi)
• 顧問班子／顾问班子 (gùwèn bānzi)