盒子

Chinese edit

		small box; case	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. (盒子)		盒	子
alternative forms		合子

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hézi
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ˙ㄗ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hézi̊h
  - Wade–Giles: ho²-tzŭ⁵
  - Yale: hé-dz
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: her.tzy
  - Palladius: хэцзы (xɛczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
  - Homophones:
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    合子
    盒子
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: хәзы (həzɨ, I-II)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xə²⁴ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: hap⁶ zi²
  - Yale: hahp jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hap⁹ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: heb⁶ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐp̚² t͡siː³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    合子
    盒子
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: hah⁵ zeh
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /xaʔ⁵⁴ t͡səʔ¹/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁸ghaq-tsy
  - MiniDict: ghah^入 tsy
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵hhaq-tsr
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦaʔ¹¹ t͡sz̩²³/

Note: 5hhaq tsr - see 匣子, orthographically mapped to 盒子 through sound and meaning similarity.

盒子

(countable) box; case (generally small, with a lid) (Classifier: 個／个 m)
a kind of fried pie with meat or vegetable filling, common in Northern Chinese cuisine
Alternative name for 盒子槍／盒子枪 (héziqiāng, “Mauser pistol”).

Dialectal synonyms of 盒子 (“box; case (with lid, generally smaller)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		盒子
Mandarin	Taiwan	盒子
	Luoyang	盒子
	Xining	盒兒
	Ürümqi	盒兒
	Chengdu	盒盒兒, 盒盒
	Singapore	盒子
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	盒盒子, 盒盒兒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	盒
	Hong Kong	盒
	Dongguan	盒
	Singapore (Guangfu)	盒
Gan	Nanchang	盒子
Hakka	Meixian	盒仔
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	盒仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	盒仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	盒仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	盒
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	盒仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	盒
Huizhou	Jixi	盒
Jin	Taiyuan	盒子
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	盒盒
Southern Min	Xiamen	盒仔, 盒, 篋仔
	Quanzhou	盒仔, 盒, 篋仔
	Zhangzhou	盒仔, 盒, 篋仔
	Tainan	盒仔, 篋仔
	Penang (Hokkien)	盒, 箱
	Singapore (Hokkien)	盒
	Manila (Hokkien)	盒仔
	Medan (Hokkien)	盒
	Singapore (Teochew)	盒
	Leizhou	盒
	Haikou	盒
	Singapore (Hainanese)	盒
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	盒
Wu	Shanghai	盒子
	Danyang	盒盒
	Wenzhou	盒兒
	Jinhua	盒兒
Xiang	Loudi	盒