秧子

Chinese

		shoots; sprouts	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (秧子)		秧	子
simp. #(秧子)		秧	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yāngzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng¹ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yāngzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yangzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: yang¹-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: yāng-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iang.tzy
    • Palladius: янцзы (janczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: joeng¹ zi²
    • Yale: yēung jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joeng¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêng¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

秧子

1. seedling; bud; young sprout; sapling
   1. (specifically) rice seedling
2. (figurative) young (of an animal); fry (in fish nursery)
3. (figurative) sickly person

Synonyms

• (seedling): 幼苗 (yòumiáo)

Derived terms

• 不論秧子／不论秧子
• 家秧子
• 病秧子 (bìngyāngzi)
• 魚秧子／鱼秧子