徒子徒孫

Chinese

		apprentice; disciple	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight	apprentice; disciple	grandson
trad. (徒子徒孫)		徒	子	徒	孫
simp. (徒子徒孙)		徒	子	徒	孙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): túzǐtúsūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˊ ㄗˇ ㄊㄨˊ ㄙㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou⁴ zi² tou⁴ syun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: túzǐtúsūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˊ ㄗˇ ㄊㄨˊ ㄙㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: túzǐhtúsun
    • Wade–Giles: tʻu²-tzŭ³-tʻu²-sun¹
    • Yale: tú-dž-tú-swūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: twutzyytwusuen
    • Palladius: туцзытусунь (tuczytusunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰu³⁵ su̯ən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou⁴ zi² tou⁴ syun¹
    • Yale: tòuh jí tòuh syūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou⁴ dzi² tou⁴ syn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou⁴ ji² tou⁴ xun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯²¹ t͡siː³⁵ tʰou̯²¹ syːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

徒子徒孫

1. disciples and followers
2. (figurative, derogatory) hangers-on and their spawn