毫子

Chinese edit

		hair; drawing brush; (in the) least hair; drawing brush; (in the) least; one thousandth	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. (毫子)		毫	子
alternative forms		毫紙／毫纸 Cantonese

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毫子 (Cantonese)

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): háozi

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˊ ˙ㄗ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): hao² zi³
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): hou⁴ zi²

(Taishan, Wiktionary): hau³ du²
Gan (Wiktionary): hau² zi
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): hau² zi³
Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): hao⁵ zi²
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): hau² zr

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: háozi
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˊ ˙ㄗ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: háozi̊h
  - Wade–Giles: hao²-tzŭ⁵
  - Yale: háu-dz
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haur.tzy
  - Palladius: хаоцзы (xaoczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
  - Homophones:
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    蠔子／蚝子
    貉子
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: hao² zi³
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xaoz
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xau²¹ t͡sz̩⁵³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hou⁴ zi²
  - Yale: hòuh jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hou⁴ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: hou⁴ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯²¹ t͡siː³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: hau³ du²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hau²² tu⁵⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: hau² zi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hau²⁴ t͡sz̩²/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: hau² zi³
  - Sinological IPA: /hau¹¹ t͡sz̩³¹/
Southern Min
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hao⁵ zi²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hâu tsí
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hau⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡si⁵²/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: hau² zr
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɒu̯¹³ t͡sz̩³/

Noun edit

毫子

(Southwestern Mandarin, Gan, Hakka, Teochew, Xiang) coin (of small value)
(Xiang) lifting cord of a steelyard

Derived terms edit

Classifier edit

毫子

(chiefly Cantonese, Hakka) dime; 10 cents
五毫子一隻／五毫子一只 [Cantonese] ― ng⁵ hou⁴ zi² jat¹ zek³ [Jyutping] ― 5 cents each

Synonyms edit

Dialectal synonyms of 角 (“ten cents; dime”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		角
Mandarin	Beijing	毛
	Taiwan	毛
	Harbin	毛
	Yantai (Muping)	毛
	Jinan	毛
	Luoyang	毛
	Xi'an	毛, 角
	Yinchuan	毛
	Xining	毛, 角
	Ürümqi	毛
	Wuhan	角
	Chengdu	角, 毛
	Guiyang	角, 毛
	Guilin	毛
	Liuzhou	毛
	Nanning (Wuming)	角
	Xuzhou	毛, 角
	Yangzhou	角, 毛
	Nanjing	毛
	Hefei	毛, 角
	Nantong	角
	Singapore	毛
Cantonese	Guangzhou	毫子, 毫, 角
	Hong Kong	毫子, 毫
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	毫子
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	毫
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	毫子
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	毫子
	Macau	毫子
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	毫子
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	毫子
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	毫子
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	毫子
	Foshan	毫子
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	毫
	Foshan (Shunde)	毫子
	Foshan (Sanshui)	毫子
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	毫子
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	毫子
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	毫子
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	毫
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	毫
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	毫
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	毫
	Taishan	毫, 毫子
	Kaiping (Chikan)	毫
	Enping (Niujiang)	毫
	Heshan (Yayao)	毫子
	Dongguan	毫子
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	毫子
	Shaoguan	毫子, 毫
	Yunfu	毫
	Yangjiang	毫子, 毫
	Xinyi	毫子
	Lianjiang	毫子
	Nanning	毫子
	Wuzhou	毫子
	Yulin	角
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	角子
	Beihai	角
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	毫, 角
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	毫
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	角
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	角
	Singapore (Guangfu)	毫, 角
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	十錢
	Móng Cái	毫
Gan	Nanchang	角
	Lichuan	角
	Pingxiang	角
Hakka	Meixian	毫, 毫子, 角
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	毫子
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	毫子
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	毫子
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	毫子
	Conghua (Lütian)	毫子
	Yudu	角
	Shicheng	角
	Shangyou (Shexi)	角
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	角
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	角
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	角
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	角
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	角
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	毫
	Hong Kong	毫
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	角
	Senai (Huiyang)	角
Huizhou	Jixi	角
Jin	Taiyuan	毛
Jin	Xinzhou	毛
Northern Min	Jian'ou	角
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	角
Eastern Min	Fuqing	角囝
Southern Min	Xiamen	角
	Quanzhou	角
	Zhangzhou	角
	Tainan	角
	Singapore (Hokkien)	角
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	毛
	Chaozhou	角, 毫
	Shantou	角, 毫
	Bangkok (Teochew)	角
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	角
	Singapore (Teochew)	角
	Wenchang	角
	Haikou	角
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	毫子
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	毫紙
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	毫子, 角
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	毛
Wu	Shanghai	角
	Shanghai (Chongming)	角
	Suzhou	角
	Danyang	角
	Wenzhou	角
	Jinhua	角
Xiang	Changsha	角, 毛
	Loudi	毛
	Shuangfeng	角
	Quanzhou	角, 毛