塞子
Chinese
to stuff; to stop up; to squeeze in to stuff; to stop up; to squeeze in; strategic pass; piston; unenlightened; Serb (abbrev.); Serbian |
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. (塞子) |
塞 | 子 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: sāizi
- Zhuyin: ㄙㄞ ˙ㄗ
- Tongyong Pinyin: saizi̊h
- Wade–Giles: sai1-tzŭ5
- Yale: sāi-dz
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sai.tzy
- Palladius: сайцзы (sajczy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /saɪ̯⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: sak1 zi2
- Yale: sāk jí
- Cantonese Pinyin: sak7 dzi2
- Guangdong Romanization: seg1 ji2
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɐk̚⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
塞子
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 塞子 (“cork; plug”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 塞子 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 塞子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 塞子 |
| Wanrong | 塞兒 | |
| Xi'an | 塞塞兒 | |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 塞塞子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 久子, 築子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 築子 |
| Yangzhou | 塞子 | |
| Gan | Lichuan | 塞子, 塞兒 |
| Pingxiang | 塞子 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 塞仔 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 塞仔 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 塞仔 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 塞仔 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 塞仔 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 塞子 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 窒仔 |
| Quanzhou | 窒仔 | |
| Zhangzhou | 窒仔 | |
| Tainan | 栓仔 GT, 窒仔 GT | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 𡎺子 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | |