燕子

Chinese

		swallow (bird); surname; place name	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 pm-1 am; midnight
simp. and trad. (燕子)		燕	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yànzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin³ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yànzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ ˙ㄗ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yann.tzy
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yànzi̊h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin³ zi²
    • Yale: yin jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin³ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin³ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn³³ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

燕子

1. swallow (bird)

Synonyms

• (Hakka, Hokkien) 燕仔
• (Hokkien) 燕仔鳥／燕仔鸟, 烏燕仔／乌燕仔
• (Teochew) 燕鳥／燕鸟

Proper noun

燕子

1. (～鎮, formerly ～鄉) Yanzi (a town in Hefeng, Enshi, Hubei, China, formerly a township)