爪子

爪子

Chinese

		claw	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 pm-1 am; midnight
simp. and trad. (爪子)		爪	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǎozi, zhuǎzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄠˇ ˙ㄗ, ㄓㄨㄚˇ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaau² zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, literary)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhǎozi
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄠˇ ˙ㄗ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jao.tzy
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, vernacular)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhuǎzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄚˇ ˙ㄗ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: joa.tzy
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯ä²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaau² zi²
    • Yale: jáau jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaau² dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zao² ji²
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡säːu̯³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

爪子

1. claw; talon (curved horny nail)

Derived terms

雞爪子／鸡爪子 (jīzhuǎzi)