秧子

Chinese

		shoots; sprouts	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (秧子)		秧	子
simp. ^#(秧子)		秧	子

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yāngzi

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄤ ˙ㄗ
Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng¹ zi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yāngzi
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄤ ˙ㄗ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yangzi̊h
  - Wade–Giles: yang¹-tzŭ⁵
  - Yale: yāng-dz
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iang.tzy
  - Palladius: янцзы (janczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: joeng¹ zi²
  - Yale: yēung jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: joeng¹ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yêng¹ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

秧子

seedling; bud; young sprout; sapling
1. (specifically) rice seedling
(figurative) young (of an animal); fry (in fish nursery)
(figurative) sickly person

Synonyms

(seedling): 幼苗 (yòumiáo)

Derived terms

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