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, with animal or bird insignia, sewn onto the surcoat of certain officials in Imperial China, Korea, Vietnam, and the Ryukyu Kingdom)