筒子

筒子

Chinese

		tube; cylinder	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 pm-1 am; midnight
simp. and trad. (筒子)		筒	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tǒngzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˇ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tung⁴ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: tǒngzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˇ ˙ㄗ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: toong.tzy
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: tung⁴ zi²
    • Yale: tùhng jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tung⁴ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: tung⁴ ji²
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ²¹ t͡siː³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 瞳子 童子 筒子

Noun

筒子

1. tube; tubular object; pipe
2. (neologism, slang) Alternative form of 同志 (tóngzhì, “comrade; friend”).
3. (mahjong) dots (a suit in mahjong)