毫子

毫子

Chinese

		hair; drawing brush; (in the) least hair; drawing brush; (in the) least; one thousandth	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 pm-1 am; midnight
simp. and trad. (毫子)		毫	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): háozi

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˊ ˙ㄗ

  (Chengdu, SP): hao² zi³

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): hou⁴ zi²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): hau³ du²

• Gan (Wiktionary): hau² zi
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): hau² zi³
• Min Nan (Teochew, Peng'im): hao² zi²
• Xiang (Wiktionary): hau² zr

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: háozi
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˊ ˙ㄗ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haur.tzy
    • IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 蠔子／蚝子 貉子

  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: hao² zi³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xaoz
    • IPA ^(key): /xau²¹ t͡sz̩⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou⁴ zi²
    • Yale: hòuh jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou⁴ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou⁴ ji²
    • IPA ^(key): /hou̯²¹ t͡siː³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: hau³ du²
    • IPA ^(key): /hau²² tu⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: hau² zi
    • IPA ^(key): /hau²⁴ t͡sz̩²/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: hau² zi³
    • IPA: /hau¹¹ t͡sz̩³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hao² zi²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: háu tsí
    • IPA ^(key): /hau⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡si⁵²⁻²¹/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: hau² zr
    • IPA ^(key): /xɒu¹³ t͡sz̩³/

Noun

毫子

1. (Southwestern Mandarin, Gan, Hakka, Teochew, Xiang) coin (of small value)
2. (chiefly Cantonese, Hakka) dime; 10 cents

   五毫子一隻 / 五毫子一只 [Cantonese]  ―  ng⁵ hou⁴ zi² jat¹ zek³ [Jyutping]  ―  5 cents each

3. (Xiang) lifting cord of a steelyard

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 角 (“ten cents; dime”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		角
Mandarin	Beijing	毛
	Taiwan	毛
	Jinan	毛
	Xi'an	毛
	Wuhan	角
	Chengdu	角
	Yangzhou	角, 毛
	Hefei	毛, 角
Cantonese	Guangzhou	毫, 毫子
	Hong Kong	毫, 毫子
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	毫子
	Taishan	毫, 毫子
	Yangjiang	毫, 毫子
	Kuala Lumpur	角
Gan	Nanchang	角
Hakka	Meixian	毫, 角
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	角
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	角
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	角
	Dongshi (Dabu)	角
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	角
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	毫
	Hong Kong	毫
	Senai	角
Jin	Taiyuan	毛
Min Bei	Jian'ou	角
Min Dong	Fuzhou	角
Min Nan	Xiamen	角
	Quanzhou	角
	Zhangzhou	角
	Chaozhou	角, 毫
	Johor Bahru	角
Wu	Suzhou	角
	Wenzhou	角
Xiang	Changsha	角
	Shuangfeng	角