探子

Chinese

		to explore; to search out; to scout to explore; to search out; to scout; to visit	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (探子)		探	子
simp. #(探子)		探	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tànzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˋ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taam³ zi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thàm-chú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tànzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˋ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tànzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: tʻan⁴-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: tàn-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tann.tzy
    • Palladius: таньцзы (tanʹczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taam³ zi²
    • Yale: taam jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taam³ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: tam³ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːm³³ t͡siː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thàm-chú
    • Tâi-lô: thàm-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tarmzuo
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰam¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰam²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡su⁴¹/

Noun

探子

1. (obsolete) scout; runner; someone (in the military) who is sent out to find information
2. a kind of thin tube used to extract samples of food grains, etc.