盒子

Chinese

small box; case
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.
(盒子) 		盒 子
alternative forms 合子

Pronunciation

Note: 5hhaq tsr - see 匣子, orthographically mapped to 盒子 through sound and meaning similarity.

Noun

盒子

  1. (countable) box; case (generally small, with a lid) (Classifier: 個／个 m)
  2. hezi, a savory turnover-like fried pie with meat or vegetable filling, common in Northern Chinese cuisine
    韭菜盒子  ―  jiǔcàihézǐ  ―  chives/leek hezi
  3. Alternative name for 盒子槍／盒子枪 (héziqiāng, “Mauser pistol”).

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 盒子 (“box; case (with lid, generally smaller)”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 盒子
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 盒子
Singapore 盒子
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 盒子
Xining 盒兒
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 盒盒子, 盒盒兒
Lanyin Mandarin Ürümqi 盒兒
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 盒盒兒, 盒盒
Cantonese Guangzhou 盒
Hong Kong 盒
Dongguan 盒
Singapore (Guangfu) 盒
Gan Nanchang 盒子
Hakka Meixian 盒仔
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 盒仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 盒仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 盒仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 盒
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 盒仔
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 盒
Huizhou Jixi 盒
Jin Taiyuan 盒子
Eastern Min Fuzhou 盒盒
Southern Min Xiamen 盒仔, 盒, 篋仔
Quanzhou 盒仔, 盒, 篋仔
Zhangzhou 盒仔, 盒, 篋仔
Tainan 盒仔, 篋仔
Penang (Hokkien) 盒, 箱
Singapore (Hokkien) 盒
Manila (Hokkien) 盒仔
Medan (Hokkien) 盒
Singapore (Teochew) 盒
Leizhou 盒
Haikou 盒
Singapore (Hainanese) 盒
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 盒
Wu Shanghai 盒子
Danyang 盒盒
Wenzhou 盒兒
Jinhua 盒兒
Xiang Loudi 盒

Derived terms

See also

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