義子

義子

Chinese

		justice; righteousness; meaning	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 pm-1 am; midnight
trad. (義子)		義	子
simp. (义子)		义	子
anagram		子義／子义

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶ zi²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngi-chṳ́
• Min Nan (POJ): gī-chú
• Wu (Wiktionary): nyi tsr (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yìzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄗˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihtzyy
    • IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁶ zi²
    • Yale: yih jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶ ji²
    • IPA ^(key): /jiː²² t͡siː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngi-chṳ́
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngi zii`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngi⁴ zi³
    • IPA: /ɲi⁵⁵ t͡sɨ³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gī-chú
    • Tâi-lô: gī-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gixzuo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /gi³³⁻²¹ t͡su⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /gi³³⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: nyi tsr (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /n̠ʲi²² t͡sz̩⁴⁴/

Noun

義子

1. (formal or dialectal) adoptive son; godson

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 乾兒子 (“godson; (nominally) adopted son”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		義子
Mandarin	Beijing	乾兒子
	Taiwan	乾兒子
	Xi'an	乾兒
	Lanzhou	乾兒子
	Liuzhou	乾崽
Cantonese	Guangzhou	契仔
	Hong Kong	契仔, 乾仔
	Foshan	契仔
	Shunde	契仔
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	契仔
	Doumen (Shangheng Tanka)	契仔
	Taishan	契仔
	Kaiping (Chikan)	契仔
	Dongguan	契仔
	Yangjiang	契仔
Gan	Lichuan	契崽
Hakka	Yudu	契子, 義子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	契子
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	義子
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	契子
	Dongshi (Dabu)	契子
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	契子
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	契子
Jin	Taiyuan	乾兒子
Min Dong	Fuzhou	義囝
Min Nan	Xiamen	契囝
	Quanzhou	契囝
	Zhangzhou	契囝
	Taipei	契囝
	Kaohsiung	契囝
	Penang	契囝
	Philippines (Manila)	契囝
Pinghua	Nanning	契崽
Wu	Shanghai	過房兒子
	Chongming	寄拜兒子
	Ningbo	繼拜兒子