嗣子

Chinese

		to connect, inherit; descendants, heirs	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. (嗣子)		嗣	子
anagram		子嗣

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sìzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ zi²
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶zy-tsy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sìzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìhzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴-tzŭ³
    • Yale: sz̀-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhtzyy
    • Palladius: сыцзы (syczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ zi²
    • Yale: jih jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² t͡siː³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶zy-tsy
    • MiniDict: zy^去 tsy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zr-tsr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zz̩²² t͡sz̩⁴⁴/

Noun

嗣子

1. (historical) son of a wife (as opposed to son of a concubine); heir
2. (Wu, dated) adopted child; foster child

Synonyms

• (adopted child): 養子／养子 (yǎngzǐ), 螟蛉子 (mínglíngzǐ), 螟蛉 (mínglíng); (Sichuan) 抱子; (Hokkien) 螟蛉仔囝

Japanese

Kanji in this term
嗣	子
し Grade: S	し Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) し​し [shíꜜshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕiɕi]

Noun

嗣(し)子(し) • (shishi) 

1. heir