泡子

泡子

Chinese

		to steep; soak; bubble(s) to steep; soak; bubble(s); foam; puffed; swollen	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 pm-1 am; midnight
simp. and trad. (泡子)		泡	子

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): pàozi

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄠˋ ˙ㄗ

  (Chengdu, SP): pao¹ zi³

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paau¹ zi²
• Gan (Wiktionary): pau¹ zi
• Jin (Wiktionary): pau¹ zeh
• Xiang (Wiktionary): pau¹ zr

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pàozi
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄠˋ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pàozi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: pʻao⁴-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: pàu-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: paw.tzy
    • Palladius: паоцзы (paoczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑʊ̯⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: pao¹ zi³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: paoz
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰau⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: paau¹ zi²
    • Yale: pāau jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paau¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: pao¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːu̯⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: pau¹ zi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰau⁴² t͡sz̩²/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: pau¹ zeh
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /pʰxau¹¹ t͡səʔ²/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: pau¹ zr
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɒu³³ t͡sz̩³/

Noun

泡子

1. (colloquial) light bulb

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 電燈泡 (“light bulb”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		電燈泡, 燈泡
Mandarin	Beijing	電燈泡兒, 燈泡兒, 燈泡子
	Taiwan	電燈泡, 燈泡
	Harbin	燈泡兒, 泡子
	Jinan	燈泡兒
	Luoyang	泡子
	Wanrong	燈泡
	Yinchuan	電燈泡子
	Wuhan	泡子
	Chengdu	泡子
	Guiyang	泡子, 電燈泡
	Liuzhou	電燈膽
	Xuzhou	電燈泡兒, 電燈泡子, 泡子
	Yangzhou	燈泡子
	Singapore	電燈泡, 燈泡
Cantonese	Guangzhou	電燈膽, 燈膽, 燈泡
	Hong Kong	電燈膽, 燈膽
	Taishan	電膽, 燈膽, 燈泡
	Kaiping (Chikan)	電燈膽, 燈膽
	Dongguan	電燈膽
Gan	Nanchang	燈泡子, 泡子
	Lichuan	燈泡
	Pingxiang	燈泡子, 泡子
Hakka	Meixian	電燈膽, 燈膽
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	電燈膽
	Yudu	燈泡子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	電球仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鴨胲仔, 電球
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	電球
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	電火珠, 電球
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	電球
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	電火球
Huizhou	Jixi	電燈泡, 燈泡
Jin	Taiyuan	泡子
Min Bei	Jian'ou	電光泡, 燈泡, 泡仔
Min Dong	Fuzhou	電光泡
Min Nan	Xiamen	電珠, 電葩
	Quanzhou	電珠
	Zhangzhou	電葩
	Kaohsiung	電火球仔, 電火探仔
	Yilan	電火珠仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	電珠仔
	Taichung	電球仔
	Taichung (Wuqi)	電火球仔
	Tainan	電火泡仔
	Taitung	電火球仔
	Hsinchu	電球
	Penghu (Magong)	電球
	Penang (Hokkien)	電珠
	Singapore (Hokkien)	電珠
	Shantou	燈膽, 燈泡
	Jieyang	電膽, 電燈泡, 電泡
	Leizhou	燈膽
	Haikou	電燈膽, 燈膽
Wu	Shanghai	電燈泡
	Suzhou	電燈泡
	Danyang	燈泡
	Hangzhou	電燈泡
	Jinhua	電燈泡, 燈泡
Xiang	Changsha	泡子
	Loudi	泡子

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pāozi

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄠ ˙ㄗ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pāozi
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄠ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: paozi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: pʻao¹-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: pāu-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pau.tzy
    • Palladius: паоцзы (paoczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/

Noun

泡子

1. (regional) small lake (often used in place names)