龜子

Chinese

		tortoise; turtle	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (龜子)		龜	子
simp. (龟子)		龟	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guīzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟ ㄗˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guīzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gueizǐh
    • Wade–Giles: kuei¹-tzŭ³
    • Yale: gwēi-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gueitzyy
    • Palladius: гуйцзы (gujczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

龜子

1. (dated, derogatory) brothelkeeper's husband, or male worker in a brothel