麂子

Chinese

		Moschus chinensis	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (麂子)		麂	子
simp. #(麂子)		麂	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jǐzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˇ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gei² zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jǐzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˇ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jǐzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: chi³-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: jǐ-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jii.tzy
    • Palladius: цзицзы (cziczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gei² zi²
    • Yale: géi jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gei² dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: géi² ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

麂子

1. (colloquial) muntjac

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 麂子 (“muntjac”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		麂
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		麂, 麂子
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	山羌 †, 羌 †
	Harbin	麂子
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	麂子
	Liuzhou	麂子, 黃麖
Cantonese	Guangzhou	黃麖 †
	Hong Kong	黃麖
	Dongguan	黃麖 †
Gan	Pengze	麂
	Pingxiang	麂
	Liuyang	麂哩
Hakka	Meixian	黃麖 †
	Yudu	麂子
Huizhou	Jixi	黃麂 †
Southern Min	Xiamen	山羌仔, 山羌
	Quanzhou	山羌
	Zhangzhou	山羌仔, 山羌
	Zhao'an	羌
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	山羌仔 †
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	羌仔 †
	Yilan (Luodong)	羌仔 †
	Yilan (Toucheng)	山羌仔 †
	Tainan	羌仔 †
	Tainan (Anping)	羌仔 †
	Shantou	黃麖 †
	Leizhou	黃麖 †
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	黃麖 †
Wu	Ningbo	角麂, 角麂嘸郎
	Wenzhou	麂兒 †, 烏麂 ‡
Xiang	Loudi	麂子
Note	† - Reeves's muntjac; ‡ - hairy-fronted muntjac