橘子

Chinese

		tangerine	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (橘子)		橘	子
simp. #(橘子)		橘	子
alternative forms		桔子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): júzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˊ ˙ㄗ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): jü² zi³

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwat¹ zi²
• Jin (Wiktionary): jyeh⁴ zeh
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷ciuq-tsy; ⁷cioq-tsy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: júzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˊ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyúzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: chü²-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: jyú-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyu.tzy
    • Palladius: цзюйцзы (czjujczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 局子 橘子

  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: jü² zi³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gy z
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy²¹ t͡sz̩⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gwat¹ zi²
    • Yale: gwāt jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwat⁷ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gued¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐt̚⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 橘子 骨子

• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: jyeh⁴ zeh
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕyəʔ² t͡səʔ³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷ciuq-tsy; ⁷cioq-tsy
    • MiniDict: ciuih^入 tsy; cioh^入 tsy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴jyq-tsr; ⁴jioq-tsr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕyɪʔ³³ t͡sz̩⁴⁴/, /t͡ɕioʔ³³ t͡sz̩⁴⁴/

Noun

橘子

橘子

1. mandarin orange (Classifier: 個／个; 瓣)

   • 我買幾個橘子去。 [MSC, trad.]
     我买几个橘子去。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1925, Zhu Ziqing, Retreating Figure

     Wǒ mǎi jǐge júzi qù. [Pinyin]

     I will go to buy some mandarin oranges.

2. tangerine (Classifier: 個／个; 瓣)

Synonyms

• 柑子 (gānzi), 柑 (gān)
• 蜜柑 (mìgān)
• 甌柑／瓯柑 (ōugān)
• (Hokkien) 柑仔 (kam-á)
• (tangerine): 桔 (jié), 橘 (jú)

Descendants

• → Uyghur: جۈزە (jüze)