庚子

庚子

Chinese

		7th heavenly stem; age	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 pm-1 am; midnight
simp. and trad. (庚子)		庚	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gēngzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄥ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gang¹ zi²
• Min Nan (POJ): keng-chú / kng-chír / kiⁿ-chú / kiⁿ-chír / keⁿ-chú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gēngzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄥ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gengzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: kêng¹-tzŭ³
    • Yale: gēng-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gengtzyy
    • Palladius: гэнцзы (gɛnczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gang¹ zi²
    • Yale: gāng jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gang¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: geng¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: keng-chú
    • Tâi-lô: king-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kengzuo
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kng-chír
    • Tâi-lô: kng-tsír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kŋ̍³³ t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiⁿ-chú
    • Tâi-lô: kinn-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kvizuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kĩ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiⁿ-chír
    • Tâi-lô: kinn-tsír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kĩ³³ t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: keⁿ-chú
    • Tâi-lô: kenn-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kvezuo
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɛ̃⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/

Noun

庚子

1. The thirty-seventh term of the Chinese sexagenary cycle, sometimes glossed as "Metal 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