孽子

孽子

Chinese

		consequence of sin	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 pm-1 am; midnight
simp. and trad. (孽子)		孽	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nièzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄝˋ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jip⁶ zi²
• Min Nan (POJ): gia̍t-chú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: nièzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄝˋ ㄗˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niehtzyy
    • IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛ⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jip⁶ zi²
    • Yale: yihp jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jip⁹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yib⁶ ji²
    • IPA ^(key): /jiːp̚² t͡siː³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gia̍t-chú
    • Tâi-lô: gia̍t-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: giadzuo
    • IPA (Taipei): /giɛt̚⁴⁻³² t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /giɛt̚⁴⁻³² t͡su⁴¹/

Noun

孽子

1. unfilial son; unworthy descendant
2. (archaic) son of a concubine