蠨子

Chinese

		long-legged spider	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (蠨子)		蠨	子
simp. (蟏子)		蟏	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāozi

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu¹ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāozi
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siaozi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao¹-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: syāu-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiau.tzy
    • Palladius: сяоцзы (sjaoczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu¹ zi²
    • Yale: sīu jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

蠨子

1. long-jawed spider

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蠨蛸 (“long-jawed spider”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蠨蛸, 喜蛛, 喜子
Taxonomic name		蠨蛸
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	喜蛛蛛兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	喜蛛兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	喜蛛蛛
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	喜蛛
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	蟢蟢蛛子, 蟢蟢子
Gan	Nanchang	八腳蟢蟢
Hakka	Meixian	算命先生
Jin	Taiyuan	喜蛛蛛
	Taiyuan (Jiancaoping)	喜蛛蛛
	Xinzhou	喜蛛蛛
Northern Min	Jian'ou	螞啦夾
Southern Min	Xiamen	䆀鬼, 蟧蜈
	Chaozhou	馬龍䗁
	Shantou	馬重䗁
	Shantou (Chenghai)	馬重䗁
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	馬重䗁
	Jieyang	馬長䗁, 馬龍䗁
Wu	Shanghai	壁蟢, 喜蛛
	Suzhou	喜蛛
	Danyang	壁蟢蟢
	Hangzhou	蟢兒, 壁蟢