庚子

Chinese

		7th heavenly stem; age	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
simp. and trad. (庚子)		庚	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gēngzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄥ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gang¹ zi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): keng-chú / kng-chír / kiⁿ-chú / kiⁿ-chír / keⁿ-chú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gēngzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄥ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gengzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: kêng¹-tzŭ³
    • Yale: gēng-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gengtzyy
    • Palladius: гэнцзы (gɛnczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gang¹ zi²
    • Yale: gāng jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gang¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: geng¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: keng-chú
    • Tâi-lô: king-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kengzuo
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kng-chír
    • Tâi-lô: kng-tsír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kŋ̍³³ t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiⁿ-chú
    • Tâi-lô: kinn-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kvizuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kĩ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiⁿ-chír
    • Tâi-lô: kinn-tsír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kĩ³³ t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: keⁿ-chú
    • Tâi-lô: kenn-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kvezuo
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɛ̃⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/

Noun

庚子

1. The thirty-seventh term of the Chinese sexagenary cycle, sometimes glossed as "Metal Rat" from its associated terms in the Chinese elements and zodiac.

Coordinate terms

• (Chinese sexagenary cycle terms) 干支 (gānzhī); 甲子 (jiǎzǐ), 乙丑 (yǐchǒu), 丙寅 (bǐngyín), 丁卯 (dīngmǎo), 戊辰 (wùchén), 己巳 (jǐsì), 庚午 (gēngwǔ), 辛未 (xīnwèi), 壬申 (rénshēn), 癸酉 (guǐyǒu), 甲戌 (jiǎxū), 乙亥 (yǐhài), 丙子 (bǐngzǐ), 丁丑 (dīngchǒu), 戊寅 (wùyín), 己卯 (jǐmǎo), 庚辰 (gēngchén), 辛巳 (xīnsì), 壬午 (rénwǔ), 癸未 (guǐwèi), 甲申 (jiǎshēn), 乙酉 (yǐyǒu), 丙戌 (bǐngxū), 丁亥 (dīnghài), 戊子 (wùzǐ), 己丑 (jǐchǒu), 庚寅 (gēngyín), 辛卯 (xīnmǎo), 壬辰 (rénchén), 癸巳 (guǐsì), 甲午 (jiǎwǔ), 乙未 (yǐwèi), 丙申 (bǐngshēn), 丁酉 (dīngyǒu), 戊戌 (wùxū), 己亥 (jǐhài), 庚子 (gēngzǐ), 辛丑 (xīnchǒu), 壬寅 (rényín), 癸卯 (guǐmǎo), 甲辰 (jiǎchén), 乙巳 (yǐsì), 丙午 (bǐngwǔ), 丁未 (dīngwèi), 戊申 (wùshēn), 己酉 (jǐyǒu), 庚戌 (gēngxū), 辛亥 (xīnhài), 壬子 (rénzǐ), 癸丑 (guǐchǒu), 甲寅 (jiǎyín), 乙卯 (yǐmǎo), 丙辰 (bǐngchén), 丁巳 (dīngsì), 戊午 (wùwǔ), 己未 (jǐwèi), 庚申 (gēngshēn), 辛酉 (xīnyǒu), 壬戌 (rénxū), 癸亥 (guǐhài) ^{(Category: zh:Chinese sexagenary cycle terms)}

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
庚	子
かのえ Jinmeiyō	ね Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Compound of 庚(かのえ) (kanoe, “the seventh heavenly stem”) + 子(ね) (ne, “rat- the first earthly stem”)

Noun

庚(かのえ)子(ね) • (kanoene) 

1. Metal Rat, the thirty-seventh term of the sexagenary cycle

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
庚	子
こう Jinmeiyō	し Grade: 1
kan’on	on’yomi

Noun

庚(こう)子(し) • (kōshi) 

1. Metal Rat, the thirty-seventh term of the sexagenary cycle

Korean

Hanja in this term
庚	子

Proper noun

庚子 • (Gyeongja) (hangeul 경자)

1. Hanja form^? of 경자 (“Metal Rat, the thirty-seventh in the sexagenary cycle”).