貝子

Chinese

		cowries; shell; valuables cowries; shell; valuables; shellfish	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (貝子)		貝	子
simp. (贝子)		贝	子

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bèizi

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˋ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bui³ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bèizi
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˋ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bèizi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: pei⁴-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: bèi-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bey.tzy
    • Palladius: бэйцзы (bɛjczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 被子 輩子／辈子

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bui³ zi²
    • Yale: bui jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bui³ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bui³ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːi̯³³ t͡siː³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 貝子／贝子 輩子／辈子

Noun

貝子

1. small shellfish
2. (historical) a type of currency in Yunnan
3. (in general) currency

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Manchu ᠪᡝᡳ᠌ᠰᡝ (beise) (Gao and Fu, 2013; Xu, 1990).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bèizǐ, bēizi

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˋ ㄗˇ, ㄅㄟ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bui³ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bèizǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˋ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bèizǐh
    • Wade–Giles: pei⁴-tzŭ³
    • Yale: bèi-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beytzyy
    • Palladius: бэйцзы (bɛjczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Beijing dialect)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bēizi
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: beizi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: pei¹-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: bēi-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bei.tzy
    • Palladius: бэйцзы (bɛjczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bui³ zi²
    • Yale: bui jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bui³ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bui³ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːi̯³³ t͡siː³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 貝子／贝子 輩子／辈子

Noun

貝子

1. (historical) Short for 固山貝子／固山贝子 (gùshān bèizǐ): Beizi; a rank of nobility in Qing dynasty below that of Beile (貝勒)