笛子

笛子

Chinese

		flute	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 pm-1 am; midnight
trad. (笛子)		笛	子
simp. #(笛子)		笛	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dízi

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˊ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dek⁶ zi²
• Gan (Wiktionary): liah⁷ zi / tit⁷ zi
• Jin (Wiktionary): dieh⁵ zeh

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dízi
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˊ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dízi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: ti²-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: dí-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dyi.tzy
    • Palladius: дицзы (diczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: dek⁶ zi²
    • Yale: dehk jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dek⁹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: dég⁶ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɛːk̚² t͡siː³⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: liah⁷ zi / tit⁷ zi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liaʔ² t͡sz̩¹/, /tʰit̚² t͡sz̩¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: dieh⁵ zeh
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /tiəʔ⁵⁴ t͡səʔ¹/

Noun

笛子

1. (countable) dizi (transverse flute with buzzing membrane, used in Chinese traditional and classical music, usually made from bamboo) (Classifier: 支 m)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 笛子 (“(Chinese) transverse flute”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		笛子, 橫笛
Mandarin	Beijing	笛子, 橫笛兒
	Taiwan	笛子
	Yantai (Muping)	笛子
	Luoyang	笛子
	Wanrong	笛
	Xi'an	笛
	Xining	笛竿兒
	Guiyang	笛子
	Yangzhou	笛子
	Singapore	笛子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	笛
	Hong Kong	笛, 笛子 Chinese
Gan	Nanchang	笛子
	Lichuan	笛仔
	Pingxiang	笛子
Hakka	Meixian	笛
Jin	Taiyuan	笛子
Min Nan	Xiamen	笛仔, 𥰔仔
	Quanzhou	笛仔, 𥰔仔
	Zhangzhou	𥰔仔
	Tainan	𥰔仔
	Shantou	笛
	Jieyang	笛
Wu	Suzhou	笛