虎子
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[edit]tiger | child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight | ||
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trad. (虎子) | 虎 | 子 | |
simp. #(虎子) | 虎 | 子 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˇ ㄗˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: hǔzǐh
- Wade–Giles: hu3-tzŭ3
- Yale: hǔ-dž
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huutzyy
- Palladius: хуцзы (xuczy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: fu2 zi2
- Yale: fú jí
- Cantonese Pinyin: fu2 dzi2
- Guangdong Romanization: fu2 ji2
- Sinological IPA (key): /fuː³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
[edit]虎子
- (literary, literally) tiger's cub
- (archaic) nightstool; closestool; commode; toilet; chamber pot (with shape similar to tiger)
Usage notes
[edit]During the Han Dynasty, the emperor's commode was called 虎子 (hǔzǐ). However, the grandfather of Emperor Gaozu of Tang was called 李虎 (Lǐ Hǔ). Because it was forbidden for common items to contain the given names of members of the imperial family (see Naming taboo), 虎子 was changed to 馬子/马子 (mǎzi), which morphed later into 馬桶/马桶 (mǎtǒng).