麻雀子

Chinese

		sparrow, especially the tree sparrow	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (麻雀子)		麻雀	子
simp. ^#(麻雀子)		麻雀	子

Pronunciation

Gan (Wiktionary): ma⁴ jioh zi
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ma² cyoh⁶ zi³ / ma² cyeh⁶ zi³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bâ-chhiok-jí
Xiang
(Changsha, Wiktionary): ma² cio⁶ zr

(Hengyang, Wiktionary): ma² qio⁶ zr

Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: ma⁴ jioh zi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ma³⁵ t͡ɕiɔʔ² t͡sz̩¹/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ma² cyoh⁶ zi³ [Phonetic: ma⁵ cyoh⁷ zi³]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: má-chio̤h-cî
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ma¹³⁻²¹ t͡sʰyɒʔ¹⁻⁴⁵ t͡si⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ma² cyeh⁶ zi³ [Phonetic: ma⁵ cyeh⁷ zi³]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ma¹³⁻²¹ t͡sʰyøʔ²⁻²⁴ t͡si³³²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bâ-chhiok-jí
  - Tâi-lô: bâ-tshiok-jí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bachiokjie
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ba²³⁻³³ t͡sʰiɔk̚³²⁻⁴ zi⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ba²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiɔk̚³²⁻⁴ d͡zi⁵³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: ma² cio⁶ zr
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /ma̠¹³ t͡sʰi̯o²⁴ t͡sz̩³/
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /ma̠¹³ t͡ɕʰi̯o²⁴ t͡sz̩³/
- (Hengyang)
  - Wiktionary: ma² qio⁶ zr
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä¹¹ t͡ɕʰi̯o²² t͡sz̩³/

Noun

麻雀子

(dialectal Mandarin, Gan, dialectal Wu, Waxiang, Xiang) sparrow (any member of the Passer genus)
(Puxian Min) mahjong tile; mahjong piece

Synonyms

(sparrow):

Dialectal synonyms of 麻雀 (“sparrow”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		雀
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		麻雀
Taxonomic name		麻雀
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	家雀兒, 老家賊, 老家子
	Taiwan	麻雀
	Langfang	家照兒
	Ulanhot	家雀兒, 家賊
	Tongliao	家雀兒, 家賊
	Chifeng	老家子
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	家雀, 家賊
	Harbin	家雀兒, 老家賊, 家賊
	Shenyang	家雀兒
	Singapore	麻雀
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	家雀兒, 老家賊
	Tangshan	家雀兒
	Cangzhou	家雀兒
	Baoding	老家
	Shijiazhuang	家雀兒
	Jinan	家雀兒, 家雀子, 家雀
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	家雀兒, 雀兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Qingdao	家雀
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	小蟲兒
	Daming	小蟲兒
	Wanrong	飛蟲
	Zhengzhou	小蟲兒
	Xi'an	雀兒, 麻雀兒
	Xuzhou	小老雀兒, 老雀兒
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	麻雀子
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	麻雀子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	麻雀子
	Lanzhou	雀兒
	Ürümqi	麻雀子, 乾頭麻雀子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	麻雀, 家麻雀, 麻雀子
	Wuhan	麻雀
	Guiyang	麻雀, 瓦雀
	Kunming	小雀, 穀雀
	Guilin	麻雀
	Liuzhou	麻雀, 麻雀鳥
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	瓦雀
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	麻雀
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	麻雀
	Yangzhou	麻雀子, 麻雀
	Nantong	麻雀兒
	Hefei	麻䨂子, 麻雀子
	Huanggang	麻雀兒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	麻雀, 禾花雀, 麻甩
	Hong Kong	麻雀
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	麻雀
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	麻雀
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	麻雀仔
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	麻雀
	Macau	麻雀
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	麻雀
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	禾雀
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	禾雀仔
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	麻甩
	Foshan	禾雀
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	胡雀
	Foshan (Shunde)	禾花雀
	Foshan (Sanshui)	禾雀
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	禾丫雀
	Zhongshan (Huancheng)	禾丫雀
	Zhongshan (Nanlang)	禾丫雀
	Zhongshan (Xiaolan)	禾花雀, 麻雀
	Zhongshan (Dongsheng, Xiaolan)	禾花雀, 麻雀
	Zhongshan (Tanbei, Xiaolan)	禾花雀, 麻雀
	Zhongshan (Henglan)	禾花雀, 麻雀
	Zhongshan (Dongfeng)	禾花雀, 麻雀
	Zhongshan (Nantou)	禾花雀, 麻雀
	Zhongshan (Fusha)	禾花雀, 麻雀
	Zhongshan (Shalang)	禾花雀, 麻雀
	Zhongshan (Gangkou)	禾花雀, 麻雀
	Zhongshan (Huangpu)	禾花雀, 麻雀
	Zhongshan (Sanjiao)	麻甩
	Zhongshan (Langwang, Minzhong)	禾花雀, 麻雀
	Zhongshan (Minzhong)	禾花雀, 麻雀
	Zhongshan (Guzhen)	禾雀
	Zhongshan (Banfu)	禾花雀, 麻雀
	Zhongshan (Tanzhou)	禾花雀, 麻雀
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	麻雀
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	禾花雀
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	禾雀
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	禾雀
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	禾雀
	Taishan	禾雀, 麻雀
	Kaiping (Chikan)	禾雀
	Enping (Niujiang)	禾雀
	Heshan (Yayao)	禾雀
	Dongguan	麻雀, 麻鷝 Qishi
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	麻雀
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	麻雀仔
	Qingyuan	禾雀仔
	Fogang	麻雀
	Yingde (Hanguang)	禾花雀
	Yangshan	麻雀仔
	Lianshan (Butian)	麻雀
	Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)	麻雀
	Shaoguan	麻雀
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	麻雀, 禾雀
	Renhua	禾雀仔, 禾鷝仔
	Lechang	禾雀仔, 麻雀
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	麻甩
	Sihui	麻雀, 馬騮兒
	Guangning	禾穀仔
	Deqing	禾花雀
	Huaiji	麻甩仔
	Yunfu	麻雀
	Xinxing	麻乜
	Luoding	麻雀
Yunan (Pingtai)	麻雀
Yangjiang	麻雀仔
Xinyi	麻雀
Lianjiang	麻雀仔
Nanning	麻雀
Wuzhou	麻雀仔, 禾穀雀
Yulin	麻雀
Hepu (Lianzhou)	麻啲, 禾穀雀
Beihai	麻啲
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	麻雀仔
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	麻雀仔
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	麻雀仔
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	麻雀仔
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	麻雀
Móng Cái	麻雀
Gan	Nanchang	奸雀子, 奸雀, 麻雀子, 麻雀
	Lichuan	禾接
	Pingxiang	麻雀, 麻雀鳥仔, 麻雀仔
	Guixi	麻雀鳥仂
Hakka	Meixian	禾鷝仔
	Xingning	禾鷝哩
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	麻雀, 麻雀仔, 禾花雀
	Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua)	麻雀仔
	Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua)	麻雀仔
	Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua)	麻雀
	Huidong (Daling)	禾鷝仔
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	麻雀
	Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua)	禾雀
	Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua)	禾烈
	Boluo (Bendihua)	麻雀哎
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	麻雀
	Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng)	鵝鷝仔
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	麻雀仔
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	禾鷝哩
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	禾鷝哩
	Wuhua (Changbu)	禾鷝哩
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	禾雀, 麻雀
	Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua)	禾雀
	Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua)	禾雀
	Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua)	禾雀
	Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua)	禾雀
	Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua)	禾雀
	Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua)	禾鷝
	Wengyuan	禾鷝仔
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	禾鷝子
	Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua)	禾雀
	Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua)	禾雀
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	禾鷝仔
	Liannan	麻雀
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	麻雀
	Jiexi	禾鷝
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	禾鷝子
	Changting	禾鷝子, 麻鷝雀哩
	Wuping	禾鷝子
	Wuping (Yanqian)	禾鷝子
	Wuping (Pingyu)	禾鷝子
	Liancheng	禾雀鳥
	Ninghua	禾鷝子, 禾雀仔
	Yudu	麻鳥子
	Ningdu	麻鳥子
	Ruijin	禾鷝子, 麻鳥子
	Shicheng	禾雀, 禾雀子
	Shangyou (Shexi)	麻鳥子
	Tonggu (Sandu)	麻鳥子
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	麻鳥子
	Dayu	麻鳥哩
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	屋角鳥, 屋檐鳥
	Miaoli (Zaoqiao; N. Sixian)	屋檐鳥
	Miaoli (Touwu; N. Sixian)	屋檐鳥
	Miaoli (Nanzhuang; N. Sixian)	屋檐鳥
	Miaoli (Shitan; N. Sixian)	屋檐鳥
	Miaoli (Sanwan; N. Sixian)	屋檐鳥
	Miaoli (Toufen; N. Sixian)	屋檐鳥
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	禾鷝仔, 屋檐鳥
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	麻雀, 屋檐鳥
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	屋檐鳥
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	屋檐鳥
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	屋檐鳥
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	屋角鳥
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	屋檐鳥
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	瓦雀
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	屋檐鳥
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	瓦雀
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	必子鳥, 屋檐鳥, 屋角鳥
Hong Kong	禾鷝仔, 麻雀仔
Yangxi (Tangkou)	麻雀子
Yangchun (Sanjia)	麻雀
Xinyi (Sihe)	瓦筒雀
Xinyi (Qianpai)	麻雀
Gaozhou (Xindong)	禾鷝
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	瓦鷝子
Huazhou (Xin'an)	瓦雀子
Lianjiang (Shijiao)	穀鷝子
Lianjiang (Qingping)	鳥子
Mengshan (Xihe)	麻尾鳥
Luchuan	麻麥鳥
Sabah (Longchuan)	麻雀
Senai (Huiyang)	麻雀
Senai (Hepo)	麻雀, 禾鷝 dated
Huizhou	Jixi	麻雀
	Shexian	麻雀
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	麻雀兒
	Xiuning	米𪇹兒
	Yixian	米雀兒
	Qimen	麻雀兒
	Wuyuan	童梁, 童梁鳥, 麻雀
	Fuliang	麻雀
	Dexing	麻雀鳥
Jin	Taiyuan	雀兒, 家雀兒, 麻雀
	Pingyao	雀兒, 土雀兒, 老家雀
	Xinzhou	飛鳥兒, 小雀兒
	Linhe	老家子
	Hohhot	麻雀, 老家子
	Dongsheng	老家子
	Zhangjiakou	家雀兒
	Handan	小蟲兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	毛隻仔, 隻仔
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	黃鷝仔
	Songxi	雀鳥仔
	Zhenghe	隻鳥仔
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	雀鳥
	Jianyang	隻仔
	Wuyishan	禾隻仔
	Pucheng (Shibei)	禾味仔, 隻仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	隻隻, 隻囝 suburban
	Fuzhou (Changle)	隻隻
	Fuqing	隻囝
	Yongtai	隻囝
	Gutian	隻鳥
	Fu'an	王鴓
	Ningde	粟鳥
	Shouning	鸕鴓
	Zhouning	隻囝
	Fuding	麻鳥
	Matsu	隻隻
Southern Min	Xiamen	粟鳥仔
	Quanzhou	粟鳥仔
	Jinjiang	粟鳥, 雀仔
	Hui'an	雀仔
	Yongchun	粟鳥
	Zhangzhou	粟鳥仔, 厝頭雀仔
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	厝頭雀仔
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	粟鳥仔
	Zhangpu	厝頭雀仔
	Zhao'an	麻鳥賊仔, 麻鳥賊
	Dongshan	松鳥仔
	Taipei	粟鳥仔
	Taipei (Wanhua)	粟鳥仔
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	粟鳥仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	粟鳥
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	粟鳥
	Kaohsiung	厝角鳥仔
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	厝角鳥仔
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	厝鳥仔
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	厝鳥
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	厝角鳥仔
	Yilan	粟鳥仔
	Yilan (Luodong)	粟鳥仔
	Yilan (Toucheng)	粟鳥仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	粟鳥仔
	Taichung	厝鳥仔
	Taichung (Wuqi)	粟鳥仔
	Tainan	厝角鳥, 厝角鳥仔
	Tainan (Anping)	厝角鳥仔
	Taitung	厝鳥仔
	Hsinchu	粟鳥仔, 厝鳥仔
	Kinmen	杙鳥仔
	Penghu (Magong)	厝角鳥, 厝鳥
	Penghu (Xiyu)	厝角鳥
	Penang (Hokkien)	粟仔鳥, 麻雀鳥
	Singapore (Hokkien)	粟鳥仔, 粟鳥, 麻雀
	Datian	檐賓仔
	Chaozhou	麻雀
	Shantou	麻雀
	Jieyang	麻雀
	Haifeng	麻雀
	Bangkok (Teochew)	麻雀
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	麻雀
	Leizhou	鳥暝
	Wenchang	鳥暝
	Haikou	鳥暝
	Qionghai	雀暝
Puxian Min	Putian	鳥囝
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	鳥囝
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	鳥囝
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	鳥囝
	Xianyou	鳥囝, 雀囝
	Xianyou (Fengting)	雀囝
	Xianyou (Youyang)	碧隻囝
Central Min	Yong'an	麻雀仔, 百家鷂, 禾穀仔
	Sanming (Sanyuan)	斑雀仔
	Sanming (Shaxian)	雀仔
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	麻鳥, 禾花雀
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	偷飯雀, 麻鷝雀, 麻雀
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	麻雀
Shehua	Fuding	麻鳥
	Sanming	八哥鳥
	Hua'an	麻雀
	Jingning (Hexi)	食穀鳥
	Chaozhou	麻雀
	Fengshun	禾鷝
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	麻雀子
Wu	Shanghai	麻雀, 麻將鳥, 麻將 dated, 麻鳥 dated
	Shanghai (Chongming)	麻將
	Suzhou	麻雀
	Wuxi	麻雀, 麻雀子
	Danyang	麻雀, 麻雀雀, 麻雀子
	Hangzhou	麻雀兒, 雀兒
	Ningbo	麻將
	Wenzhou	雀兒, 吃穀雀兒
	Jinhua	麻雀兒, 麻雀
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	麻雀兒
Xiang	Changsha	麻雀子, 麻雀
	Loudi	麻雀子
	Shuangfeng	麻賊子
	Hengyang	麻雀子
	Quanzhou	麻雀

(mahjong tile):
- 麻將牌／麻将牌 (májiàngpái)
- (Hokkien) 麻雀子仔

References

小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “麻雀”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “麻雀子”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 375.