嗣子

Chinese

		to connect, inherit; descendants, heirs	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
simp. and trad. (嗣子)		嗣	子
anagram		子嗣

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sìzǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄗˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ zi²
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zy-tsy

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sìzǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄗˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sìhzǐh
  - Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴-tzŭ³
  - Yale: sz̀-dž
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhtzyy
  - Palladius: сыцзы (syczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi⁶ zi²
  - Yale: jih jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² t͡siː³⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zy-tsy
  - MiniDict: zy^去 tsy
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zr-tsr
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zz̩²² t͡sz̩⁴⁴/

Noun

嗣子

(historical) son of a wife (as opposed to son of a concubine); heir
adopted child; foster child

Synonyms

(adopted child): 養子／养子 (yǎngzǐ), 螟蛉子 (mínglíngzǐ), 螟蛉 (mínglíng); (Sichuan) 抱子; (Hokkien) 螟蛉仔囝

Japanese

Kanji in this term
嗣	子
し Grade: S	し Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しし [shíꜜshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [ɕiɕi]

Noun

嗣(し)子(し) • (shishi)

heir