秤星子

Chinese

		gradations marked on the beam of a steelyard	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. (秤星子)		秤星	子

Pronunciation

• Jin (Wiktionary): ceng³ xing¹ zeh
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): chen⁴ sin¹ zr

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• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ceng³ xing¹ zeh
    • Sinological IPA (old-style, no sandhi): /t͡sʰəŋ⁴⁵ ɕiŋ¹¹ t͡səʔ²/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: chen⁴ sin¹ zr
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /ʈ͡ʂʰən⁴⁵ sin³³ t͡sz̩³/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /t͡sʰən⁴⁵ ɕin³³ t͡sz̩³/

Noun

秤星子

1. (Jin, Xiang) gradations marked on the beam of a steelyard

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 秤星 (“gradations marked on the beam of a steelyard”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		秤星
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	秤星兒
	Harbin	秤星兒
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	秤星, 秤星兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	秤星兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	秤星兒
	Wanrong	秤星兒, 秤花子
	Xi'an	秤星星兒
	Xining	秤星兒
	Xuzhou	秤星兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	秤星, 秤花
	Ürümqi	秤星星子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	秤花兒, 秤花
	Wuhan	秤星
	Liuzhou	秤星
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	秤花
	Yangzhou	秤花子
Cantonese	Dongguan	秤星
Gan	Nanchang	秤星
	Lichuan	秤星仔
Hakka	Meixian	秤星仔
	Yudu	秤星
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	秤星
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	秤星
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	秤星
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	秤星
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	秤星
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	秤花
Huizhou	Jixi	秤花
Jin	Taiyuan	秤星子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	秤花
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	秤花
Southern Min	Xiamen	秤花
	Quanzhou	秤花
	Zhangzhou	秤花
	Tainan	秤仔花 GT
	Haikou	秤星
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	秤星
Wu	Shanghai	秤星
	Shanghai (Chongming)	秤星
	Suzhou	秤星
	Hangzhou	秤花兒
	Ningbo	秤花
	Wenzhou	秤花
	Jinhua	秤花
Xiang	Changsha	秤星子
	Loudi	秤星子
Note	GT - General Taiwanese