筒子

Chinese

		tube; cylinder	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (筒子)		筒	子
simp. #(筒子)		筒	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tǒngzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˇ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tung⁴ zi²
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶don-tsy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tǒngzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˇ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tǒngzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: tʻung³-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: tǔng-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: toong.tzy
    • Palladius: тунцзы (tunczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: tung⁴ zi²
    • Yale: tùhng jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tung⁴ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: tung⁴ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ²¹ t͡siː³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 瞳子 童子 筒子

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶don-tsy
    • MiniDict: don^去 tsy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³don-tsr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /doŋ²² t͡sz̩⁴⁴/

Noun

筒子

1. tube; tubular object; pipe
2. (mahjong) circle tile; dot tile
3. (neologism, slang) Alternative form of 同志 (tóngzhì, “comrade; friend”)

Synonyms

• (circle tile):

Dialectal synonyms of 餅子 (“circle tile (mahjong)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	筒子
	Taiwan	筒子
	Langfang	餅子
	Chifeng	餅子, 筒子
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	餅
	Harbin	餅子
	Shenyang	餅子
	Singapore	筒子
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	餅子, 筒子
	Tangshan	餅子
	Cangzhou	餅子
	Baoding	餅, 筒子
	Shijiazhuang	餅子, 餅, 筒子
	Jinan	餅子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Qingdao	餅子
Central Plains Mandarin	Daming	筒子
	Zhengzhou	餅, 筒
	Xi'an	餅, 筒子
	Xining	餅子
	Xuzhou	餅, 筒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	餅子
	Lanzhou	餅子, 筒子
	Ürümqi	筒子, 餅子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	餅子, 筒子
	Chongqing	筒子
	Wuhan	筒子
	Guiyang	筒子
	Kunming	餅子, 筒子
	Guilin	筒子
	Liuzhou	筒子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	餅子, 筒子
	Yangzhou	餅子, 筒子
	Nantong	餅
	Hefei	筒子
Cantonese	Hong Kong	筒子
Gan	Nanchang	筒子, 餅子
	Lichuan	餅子
Huizhou	Shexian	餅, 筒, 果
Jin	Taiyuan	餅子
	Xinzhou	餅子
	Linhe	筒子
	Jining	筒子
	Hohhot	筒子
	Zhangjiakou	餅子, 筒子
	Handan	餅兒, 餅子, 筒兒
Wu	Shanghai	筒子, 筒
	Ningbo	筒子

Derived terms

• 筒子樓 / 筒子楼

Descendants

• → Japanese: 筒(トン)子(ズ) (tonzu)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
筒	子
ピン Grade: S	ズ Grade: 1
irregular

Alternative spelling
餅子

Borrowed from Mandarin 餅子／饼子 (bǐngzi). The kanji form is an orthographic borrowing from Chinese 筒子 (tǒngzi). The two Chinese words are synonyms.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ピンズ [pìńzú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [pʲĩnd͡zɨ]

Noun

筒(ピン)子(ズ) • (pinzu) 

1. (mahjong) dot tile

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
筒	子
トン Grade: S	ズ Grade: 1
irregular

Borrowed from Mandarin 筒子 (tǒngzi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tõ̞nd͡zɨ]

Noun

筒(トン)子(ズ) • (tonzu) 

1. (mahjong, archaic) dot tile