色子

色子

Chinese

		color; dice; look color; dice; look; appearance	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 pm-1 am; midnight
simp. and trad. (色子)		色	子
alternative forms		骰子

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): shǎizi

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄞˇ ˙ㄗ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): сыйзы (sɨyzɨ, I-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǎizi
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄞˇ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǎizi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: shai³-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: shǎi-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shae.tzy
    • Palladius: шайцзы (šajczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂaɪ̯²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: сыйзы (sɨyzɨ, I-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei²⁴ t͡sz̩²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: sik¹ zi²
    • Yale: sīk jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 釋子／释子 骰子

Noun

色子

1. die (polyhedron used in games of chance) (Classifier: 顆／颗 m)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 骰子 (“die (used in games of chance)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		骰子
Mandarin	Beijing	色子
	Taiwan	色子
	Harbin	色子
	Yantai (Muping)	色子
	Jinan	色子
	Luoyang	色子, 色兒
	Wanrong	色子
	Xi'an	色子
	Yinchuan	色子
	Lanzhou	色子
	Ürümqi	色子
	Wuhan	色子
	Chengdu	色子
	Guiyang	色子
	Liuzhou	色子
	Yangzhou	猴子
	Nanjing	猴兒, 猴子
	Nantong	色兒
	Singapore	骰子
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	色子
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	色子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	色仔
	Hong Kong	色仔, 色
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	色仔
	Macau	色仔
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	色仔
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	色仔
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	色仔
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	色
	Foshan	色仔
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	色仔
	Foshan (Shunde)	色仔
	Foshan (Sanshui)	色仔
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	色子
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	色仔
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	色仔
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	色仔
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	色仔
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	色仔
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	色仔
	Taishan	色仔
	Kaiping (Chikan)	色仔
	Enping (Niujiang)	色仔
	Heshan (Yayao)	色仔
	Dongguan	色仔
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	色仔
Gan	Nanchang	色子
	Lichuan	色子
	Pingxiang	色子
Hakka	Meixian	骰仔
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	色仔
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	色仔
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	色仔
	Conghua (Lütian)	色仔
	Yudu	色子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	骰仔, 猴仔, 寶斗仁
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	骰仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	骰仔, 猴仔, 寶斗仁
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	十八啦
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	輾豆
Huizhou	Jixi	寶子
Jin	Taiyuan	色兒
	Xinzhou	色兒
Min Bei	Jian'ou	骰仔
Min Dong	Fuzhou	骰
Min Nan	Xiamen	骰仔, 豆仔
	Quanzhou	骰仔, 豆仔
	Zhangzhou	骰仔, 豆仔
	Taipei	救十八
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	膏十八仔
	Kaohsiung	撚骰仔
	Yilan	撚骰仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	撚骰仔
	Taichung	十八骰仔
	Tainan	撚寶
	Hsinchu	骰九
	Kinmen	骰仔
	Penghu (Magong)	骰仔
	Manila (Hokkien)	骰仔
	Jieyang	骰
	Leizhou	骰
	Haikou	色囝
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	色囝
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	色子
Wu	Shanghai	骰子
	Shanghai (Chongming)	骰子
	Suzhou	骰子
	Danyang	骰子
	Hangzhou	骰子
	Ningbo	色子
	Wenzhou	骰子
Xiang	Changsha	色子
	Loudi	骰子

Descendants

• → Japanese: 骰(シャイ)子(ツ) (shaitsu)