鉤子

鉤子

See also: 钩子

Chinese

		entice; hook	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 pm-1 am; midnight
trad. (鉤子/鈎子)		鉤/鈎	子
simp. (钩子)		钩	子

Etymology

“(computing) hook”

Semantic loan from English hook.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōuzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄡ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau¹ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōuzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄡ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gouzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: kou¹-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: gōu-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gou.tzy
    • Palladius: гоуцзы (gouczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngau¹ zi²
    • Yale: ngāu jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngau¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngeo¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

鉤子

1. hook (Classifier: 個／个 m)
2. hook-like object
3. (regional, card games) jack (J)
4. (programming) hook (part of a system's operation that can be intercepted to change or augment its behaviour)

   鍵盤鉤子／键盘钩子  ―  jiànpán gōuzi  ―  keyboard hook

Synonyms

• (hook): (Min Nan) 鉤仔／钩仔

Dialectal synonyms of 鉤兒 (“jack (playing cards)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Mandarin	Beijing	鉤兒
	Luoyang	鉤, 十一
	Zhengzhou	鉤, 十一
	Xi'an	丁子
	Ürümqi	丁鉤兒
	Wuhan	鉤子, 鉤, 鉤鉤, 孫子
	Guiyang	鉤鉤, 鉤, 夾鉤
	Liuzhou	歐
	Xuzhou	丁鉤兒, 甲鉤兒
	Yangzhou	茄鉤, 傑鉤
	Nanjing	丁鉤
Cantonese	Guangzhou	積
	Hong Kong	積
	Taishan	積
	Wuzhou	積
	Yulin	鉤
Gan	Lichuan	鉤子
	Pingxiang	鉤子, 鉤
Hakka	Yudu	鉤子
Huizhou	Jixi	丁鉤
Jin	Taiyuan	鉤子
Min Nan	Xiamen	丁
	Shantou	丁
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	斜鉤
	Suzhou	茄杠