羊子

Chinese

		caprid	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. (羊子)		羊	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): yángzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˊ ˙ㄗ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): yang² zi³

• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ian² zr

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yángzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yángzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: yang²-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: yáng-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yang.tzy
    • Palladius: янцзы (janczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: yang² zi³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: iangz
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iaŋ²¹ t͡sz̩⁵³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: ian² zr
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i̯æn¹³ t͡sz̩³/

Noun

羊子

1. (Southwestern Mandarin, dialectal Wu) goat; sheep
2. (Xiang, anatomy, immunology) lymph node
3. (regional) little black beetle in rice and wheat
4. (Classical) newborn caprid

Synonyms

• (goat, sheep):

Dialectal synonyms of 羊 (“goat; sheep”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		羊
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		羊
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	羊
	Taiwan	羊
	Chifeng	羊
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	羊
	Harbin	羊
	Shenyang	羊
	Singapore	羊
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	羊
	Tangshan	羊
	Cangzhou	羊
	Baoding	羊
	Shijiazhuang	羊
	Jinan	羊
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	羊
	Qingdao	羊
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	羊
	Wanrong	羊
	Zhengzhou	羊
	Xi'an	羊
	Xining	羊
	Xuzhou	羊
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	羊
	Lanzhou	羊
	Ürümqi	羊
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	羊, 羊子
	Chongqing	羊
	Wuhan	羊, 羊子
	Guiyang	羊, 羊子
	Kunming	羊
	Guilin	羊
	Liuzhou	羊, 羊咩
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	羊
	Yangzhou	羊
	Nantong	羊
	Hefei	羊
Cantonese	Guangzhou	羊, 羊咩
	Hong Kong	羊, 羊咩, 羊咩咩 childish
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	羊
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	羊
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	羊
	Dongguan	羊
	Yangjiang	羊, 羊咩
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	羊, 羊咩
	Singapore (Guangfu)	羊
Gan	Nanchang	羊
	Pingxiang	羊
Hakka	Meixian	羊仔
	Dabu (Xihe)	羊
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	羊仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	羊仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	羊仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	羊
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	羊仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	羊
	Hong Kong	羊
	Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	羊
	Senai (Huiyang)	羊
Huizhou	Jixi	羊
	Shexian	羊
Jin	Taiyuan	羊, 羊兒
	Xinzhou	羊
	Linhe	羊
	Jining	羊
	Hohhot	羊
	Baotou	羊
	Zhangjiakou	羊
	Handan	羊
Northern Min	Jian'ou	羊
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	羊
Southern Min	Xiamen	羊, 羊咩咩 childish
	Quanzhou	羊, 羊咩咩 childish
	Zhangzhou	羊咩咩 childish
	Zhao'an	羊仔
	Kaohsiung	羊
	Yilan	羊仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	羊
	Taichung	羊仔
	Taichung (Wuqi)	羊
	Tainan	羊
	Taitung	羊
	Hsinchu	羊
	Penghu (Magong)	羊
	Penang (Hokkien)	羊
	Singapore (Hokkien)	羊
	Manila (Hokkien)	羊
	Chaozhou	羊
	Shantou	羊
	Shantou (Chenghai)	羊
	Jieyang	羊
	Bangkok (Teochew)	羊
	Chiang Mai (Teochew)	羊
	Hat Yai (Teochew)	羊
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	羊
	Singapore (Teochew)	羊
	Pontianak (Teochew)	羊
	Haikou	羊, 羊咩
	Singapore (Hainanese)	羊
Puxian Min	Putian	羊咩, 羊
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	羊
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	羊咩
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	羊
	Xianyou	羊, 羊咩
	Xianyou (Fengting)	羊, 羊咩
	Xianyou (Youyang)	羊, 羊咩
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	羊, 羊咩咩 childish
Shehua	Fu'an	羊
	Fuding	羊
	Luoyuan	羊
	Sanming	羊
	Shunchang	羊
	Hua'an	羊
	Guixi (Zhangping)	羊
	Cangnan	羊
	Jingning (Hexi)	羊
	Lishui	羊
	Longyou	羊
	Chaozhou	羊
	Fengshun	羊
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	羊
Wu	Shanghai	羊
	Suzhou	羊, 羊媽媽
	Danyang	羊子
	Hangzhou	羊
	Wenzhou	羊兒
Xiang	Changsha	羊
	Shuangfeng	羊

• (lymph node):

Dialectal synonyms of 淋巴結 (“lymph node”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		淋巴結
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	淋巴結
Cantonese	Hong Kong	淋巴結, 淋巴核
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	癧仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	癧仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	癧仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	癧
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	癧仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	癧
Northern Min	Jian'ou	眩堆
Xiang	Changsha	羊子

Derived terms

• 羊子窩／羊子窝
• 羊子窩窩／羊子窝窝