阿月渾子

Chinese

		phonetic	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (阿月渾子)		阿月渾	子
simp. (阿月浑子)		阿月浑	子

Etymology

From hypothetical Persian [script needed] (*agoz-van~-vun, “nut of pistachio”) (Laufer, 1919) + Chinese 子.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): āyuèhúnzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄚ ㄩㄝˋ ㄏㄨㄣˊ ㄗˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: āyuèhúnzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄚ ㄩㄝˋ ㄏㄨㄣˊ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ayuèhúnzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: a¹-yüeh⁴-hun²-tzŭ³
    • Yale: ā-ywè-hwún-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ayuehhwentzyy
    • Palladius: аюэхуньцзы (ajuexunʹczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵⁵ ɥɛ⁵¹ xu̯ən³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

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• Middle Chinese: 'a ngjwot hwon tsiX

Rime
Character	阿	月	渾	子
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	疑 (31)	匣 (33)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)	月 (68)	魂 (55)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	III	I	III
Fanqie	烏何切	魚厥切	戸昆切	即里切
Baxter	'a	ngjwot	hwon	tsiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɑ/	/ŋʉɐt̚/	/ɦuən/	/t͡sɨX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɑ/	/ŋʷiɐt̚/	/ɦuon/	/t͡sɨX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɑ/	/ŋiuɐt̚/	/ɣuən/	/t͡sieX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔa/	/ŋuat̚/	/ɦwən/	/t͡sɨX/
Li Rong	/ʔɑ/	/ŋiuɐt̚/	/ɣuən/	/t͡siəX/
Wang Li	/ɑ/	/ŋĭwɐt̚/	/ɣuən/	/t͡sĭəX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔɑ/	/ŋi̯wɐt̚/	/ɣuən/	/t͡siX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ē	yuè	hún	zǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	o1	jyut6	wan4	zi2

Noun

阿月渾子

1. pistachio

Usage notes

In the contemporary age, this is the name used in science literature; the common name is 開心果／开心果 (kāixīnguǒ).

Synonyms

• 開心果／开心果 (kāixīnguǒ), 必思答 (bìsīdá)