簿子

Chinese

		a book; a register; account-book	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (簿子)		簿	子
simp. #(簿子)		簿	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² zi²
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶bu-zy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: bù-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buh.tzy
    • Palladius: буцзы (buczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou² zi²
    • Yale: bóu jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou² dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou² ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶bu-zy
    • MiniDict: bu^去 zy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³bu-zr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bu²² zz̩⁴⁴/

Noun

簿子

1. notepad (made from paper); notebook (Classifier: 本 m; 個／个 m)

Synonyms

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• 備忘錄／备忘录 (bèiwànglù)
• 抄本 (cau¹ beng²) (Jin)
• 筆記本／笔记本 (bǐjìběn)
• 筆記簿／笔记簿 (bǐjìbù)
• 簿仔 (Hakka, Hokkien)
• 簿仔紙／簿仔纸 (Taiwanese Hokkien)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 本子 (“notebook”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		本子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	本兒
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	本子
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	本子, 本本兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	本子, 本本兒
	Wuhan	本子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	本子, 簿子
	Hefei	本子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	簿
	Hong Kong	簿
	Yangjiang	簿
Hakka	Meixian	簿仔
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	簿仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	簿仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	簿仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	簿
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	簿仔, 簿
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	簿子
Jin	Taiyuan	本子, 本本
Northern Min	Jian'ou	簿仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	簿簿
Southern Min	Xiamen	簿仔
	Quanzhou	簿仔
	Zhangzhou	簿仔
	Chaozhou	簿
Wu	Suzhou	簿子
	Wenzhou	簿兒
	Changshan	本子, 簿子
Xiang	Changsha	本子, 簿子
	Shuangfeng	本子, 簿子

Derived terms

• 流水簿子 (liúshuǐ bùzi)