堂子
Chinese
| (main) hall; large room | 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. (堂子) |
堂 | 子 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: tángzi
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄤˊ ˙ㄗ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tángzi̊h
- Wade–Giles: tʻang2-tzŭ5
- Yale: táng-dz
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tarng.tzy
- Palladius: танцзы (tanczy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰɑŋ³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tong4 zi2
- Yale: tòhng jí
- Cantonese Pinyin: tong4 dzi2
- Guangdong Romanization: tong4 ji2
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰɔːŋ²¹ t͡siː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Wu
Noun
堂子
- (historical) imperial sacrificial temple (in the Qing Dynasty)
- public bathhouse
- (Buddhism) Buddhist shrine
- (Jianghuai Mandarin, Wu, dated) brothel
Synonyms
- (public bathhouse):
Dialectal synonyms of 澡堂 (“public bathhouse”) [map]
- (Buddhist shrine): 佛堂 (fótáng)
- (brothel):
Dialectal synonyms of 妓院 (“brothel”) [map]
Derived terms
- 澡堂子 (zǎotángzi)
- 相公堂子