補子

Chinese

		to repair; to patch; to mend to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (補子)		補	子
simp. (补子)		补	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǔzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˇ ˙ㄗ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǔzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˇ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǔzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: pu³-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: bǔ-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buu.tzy
    • Palladius: буцзы (buczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/

Noun

補子

1. (historical) mandarin square (a large embroidered badge sewn onto surcoats of imperial officials, which indicated their rank)