矸子

Chinese

		a rock or cliff	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. (矸子)		矸	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gānzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄢ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gon¹ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gānzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄢ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ganzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: kan¹-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: gān-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gan.tzy
    • Palladius: ганьцзы (ganʹczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 杆子 柑子 竿子

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gon¹ zi²
    • Yale: gōn jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gon¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gon¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːn⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

矸子

1. (mining, colloquial) coal gangue

Synonyms

• 矸石 (gānshí)
• (Hokkien) 死炭