壬子

壬子

Chinese

		9th heavenly stem	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 pm-1 am; midnight
trad. (壬子)		壬	子
simp. #(壬子)		壬	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rénzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jam⁴ zi²
• Min Nan (POJ): lîm-chú / lîm-chír / jîm-chú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rénzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rénzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-tzŭ³
    • Yale: rén-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rentzyy
    • Palladius: жэньцзы (žɛnʹczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jam⁴ zi²
    • Yale: yàhm jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jam⁴ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yem⁴ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐm²¹ t͡siː³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîm-chú
    • Tâi-lô: lîm-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: limzuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lim²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîm-chír
    • Tâi-lô: lîm-tsír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lim²⁴⁻²² t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jîm-chú
    • Tâi-lô: jîm-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jimzuo
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ʑim¹³⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ʑim²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/

Noun

壬子

1. The forty-ninth term of the Chinese sexagenary cycle, sometimes glossed as "Water Rat" from its associated terms in the Chinese elements and zodiac.

Coordinate terms

• (Chinese sexagenary cycle) 干支; 甲子, 乙丑, 丙寅, 丁卯, 戊辰, 己巳, 庚午, 辛未, 壬申, 癸酉, 甲戌, 乙亥, 丙子, 丁丑, 戊寅, 己卯, 庚辰, 辛巳, 壬午, 癸未, 甲申, 乙酉, 丙戌, 丁亥, 戊子, 己丑, 庚寅, 辛卯, 壬辰, 癸巳, 甲午, 乙未, 丙申, 丁酉, 戊戌, 己亥, 庚子, 辛丑, 壬寅, 癸卯, 甲辰, 乙巳, 丙午, 丁未, 戊申, 己酉, 庚戌, 辛亥, 壬子, 癸丑, 甲寅, 乙卯, 丙辰, 丁巳, 戊午, 己未, 庚申, 辛酉, 壬戌, 癸亥