養子

養子

See also: 养子

Chinese

		give birth; keep (pets); to support give birth; keep (pets); to support; to bring sb. up; to raise (pig, etc.)	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 pm-1 am; midnight
trad. (養子)		養	子
simp. (养子)		养	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎngzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˇ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁵ zi²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yông-chṳ́
• Min Nan (POJ): iáng-chú / ióng-chú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yǎngzǐ [Phonetic: yángzǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˇ ㄗˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeangtzyy
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: joeng⁵ zi²
    • Yale: yéuhng jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁵ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁵ ji²
    • IPA ^(key): /jœ̽ːŋ¹³ t͡siː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yông-chṳ́
    • Hakka Romanization System: iong´ zii`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yong<sup>1</sup> zi<sup>3</sup>
    • IPA: /i̯oŋ²⁴ t͡sɨ³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yông-chṳ́
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iong´ zii`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yong¹ zi³
    • IPA: /(j)i̯oŋ²⁴ t͡sɨ³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iáng-chú / ióng-chú
    • Tâi-lô: iáng-tsú / ióng-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iafngzuo, iofngzuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁵³/, /iɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iaŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡su⁵⁵⁴/, /iɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡su⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁵³/, /iɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁵³/, /iɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iaŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁴¹/, /iɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁴¹/

Noun

養子

1. adopted child; foster child

Synonyms

• 螟蛉子 (mínglíngzǐ)
• 螟蛉 (mínglíng)
• (Min Nan) 螟蛉仔囝

See also

• 被收養人／被收养人 (bèishōuyǎngrén)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
養	子
よう Grade: 4	し Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

養子 (hiragana ようし, rōmaji yōshi)

1. foster child
2. A person who was adopted as a child.