癩子

Chinese

		scabies; skin disease	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (癩子)		癩	子
simp. (癞子)		癞	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): làizi

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄞˋ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laai³ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: làizi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄞˋ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: làizi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: lai⁴-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: lài-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lay.tzy
    • Palladius: лайцзы (lajczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laɪ̯⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: laai³ zi²
    • Yale: laai jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laai³ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lai³ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːi̯³³ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

癩子

1. (dialectal, medicine) favus of the scalp
2. (dialectal) person affected with favus

Synonyms

• (favus of the scalp): 頭癬／头癣 (tóuxuǎn), 瘌痢 (làlì), 黃癬／黄癣 (huángxuǎn); (dialectal) 禿子／秃子 (tūzi), 禿瘡／秃疮 (tūchuāng); (Hokkien) 臭頭／臭头
• (person affected with favus): 瘌痢頭／瘌痢头 (làlìtóu)