羊缸子

Chinese

		phonetic	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (羊缸子)		羊缸	子
simp. #(羊缸子)		羊缸	子

Etymology

Borrowed from Uyghur يەڭگە (yengge, “elder brother's wife”).

This is often mistakenly thought of as being derived from the word for “woman” or “wife” in Uyghur or Kazakh.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yánggāngzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˊ ㄍㄤ ˙ㄗ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yánggāngzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊ ㄍㄤ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yánggangzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: yang²-kang¹-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: yáng-gāng-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanggang.tzy
    • Palladius: янганцзы (janganczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ³⁵ kɑŋ⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/

Noun

羊缸子

1. (dialectal, Xinjiang Mandarin) woman; wife