通假字

Chinese

		use of a Chinese character interchangeably for a phonetically related character	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word
trad. (通假字)		通假	字
simp. #(通假字)		通假	字

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tōngjiǎzì

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄗˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tung¹ gaa² zi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tōngjiǎzì
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄗˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tongjiǎzìh
    • Wade–Giles: tʻung¹-chia³-tzŭ⁴
    • Yale: tūng-jyǎ-dz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tongjeatzyh
    • Palladius: тунцзяцзы (tunczjaczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tung¹ gaa² zi⁶
    • Yale: tūng gá jih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tung¹ gaa² dzi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: tung¹ ga² ji⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ kaː³⁵ t͡siː²²/

Noun

通假字

1. (linguistics) phonetic loan character; word that takes another's meaning

Synonyms

• 借字 (jièzì)