揚子

Chinese

		hurl; to raise; to scatter	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (揚子)		揚	子
simp. (扬子)		扬	子

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Yángzǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˊ ㄗˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁴ zi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Yángzǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊ ㄗˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Yángzǐh
  - Wade–Giles: Yang²-tzŭ³
  - Yale: Yáng-dž
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yangtzyy
  - Palladius: Янцзы (Janczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: joeng⁴ zi²
  - Yale: yèuhng jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁴ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁴ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ²¹ t͡siː³⁵/

Proper noun

揚子

(～津) (historical) Yangzi (a ferry crossing in the south of modern Hanjiang district, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China)
(～縣, formerly ～鎮) (historical) Yangzi (a county in the south of modern Hanjiang district, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China)
(～縣, formerly ～軍) (historical) Yangzi (a county in modern Yizheng, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China)
(～社區) Yangzi (a community in Yiyuan, Jiang'an district, Wuhan, Hubei, China)

Derived terms

揚子毛茛 / 扬子毛茛 (Yángzǐ máogèn)
揚子江 / 扬子江 (Yángzǐ Jiāng)
揚子津 / 扬子津
揚子鱷 / 扬子鳄 (yángzǐ'è)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
揚	子
よう Grade: S	し Grade: 1
kan'on

Proper noun

揚(よう)子(し) • (Yōshi)

Honorific for Yang Xiong (揚雄), an ancient Chinese poet and philosopher

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
揚	子
よう Grade: S	す > ず Grade: 1
kan'on	tōon

Noun

揚(よう)子(ず) • (yōzu)

(dialectal, around Hiroshima) kite

Synonyms

(Standard Japanese): 凧(たこ) (tako)