號子

See also: 号子

Chinese

		number; call; name number; call; name; roar; cry	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (號子)		號	子
simp. (号子)		号	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hàozi

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˋ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou⁶ zi²
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): hau⁵ zr

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hàozi
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˋ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hàozi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: hao⁴-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: hàu-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haw.tzy
    • Palladius: хаоцзы (xaoczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou⁶ zi²
    • Yale: houh jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou⁶ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou⁶ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯²² t͡siː³⁵/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: hau⁵ zr
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɒu̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

Noun

號子

1. labour chant
2. (Mainland China Mandarin, classifier) sort; kind (of people or thing)
3. (Mainland China Mandarin, Xiang, regional) prison cell; jail cell; prison; jail

   蹲號子／蹲号子  ―  dūn hàozi  ―  to be stuck in prison/jail

4. (Taiwan, colloquial) brokerage firm
5. (Xiang) number; code; digit

Synonyms

• (prison cell): 牢房 (láofáng), 囚室 (qiúshì)
• (number):

Dialectal synonyms of 號碼 (“number”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		號碼
Mandarin	Beijing	號碼兒, 號頭兒
	Taiwan	號碼
	Luoyang	號碼兒
	Yangzhou	號頭
	Malaysia	號碼
	Singapore	號碼
Cantonese	Guangzhou	號碼, 冧巴
	Hong Kong	號碼, 冧巴
	Taishan	號碼, 冧巴
	Singapore (Guangfu)	號碼
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	號碼, 號頭
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	號碼, 號頭
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	號碼, 號頭
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	號碼, 號頭
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	號碼, 號頭
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	號頭
Huizhou	Jixi	號頭
Southern Min	Xiamen	號碼, 號頭
	Quanzhou	號碼, 號頭
	Zhangzhou	號碼
	Tainan	號碼, 番號
	Penang (Hokkien)	號碼, 號頭
	Singapore (Hokkien)	號碼
	Manila (Hokkien)	號碼, 號頭, 號數
	Singapore (Teochew)	號碼
Wu	Shanghai	號頭
	Ningbo	號頭
Xiang	Changsha	號子