唾沫星子

Chinese

		saliva; spittle	tiny particle; star
trad. (唾沫星子)		唾沫	星子
simp. #(唾沫星子)		唾沫	星子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tuòmo xīngzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄛˋ ˙ㄇㄛ ㄒㄧㄥ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): to³ mut⁶ sing¹ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tuòmo xīngzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛˋ ˙ㄇㄛ ㄒㄧㄥ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tuòmo̊ singzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: tʻo⁴-mo⁵ hsing¹-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: twò-mwo syīng-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuoh.mo shing.tzy
    • Palladius: томо синцзы (tomo sinczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ mu̯ɔ¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: to³ mut⁶ sing¹ zi²
    • Yale: to muht sīng jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: to³ mut⁹ sing¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: to³ mud⁶ xing¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔː³³ muːt̚² sɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

唾沫星子

1. (colloquial) spray of saliva; spittle

Synonyms

• 瀾鬚／澜须 (Hokkien)
• 饞唾星／馋唾星 (⁶ze-thu-sin) (Wu)