膊子
Chinese
| shoulder; upper arm | child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (膊子) | 膊 | 子 | |
| simp. #(膊子) | 膊 | 子 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: bózi
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ˙ㄗ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bózi̊h
- Wade–Giles: po2-tzŭ5
- Yale: bwó-dz
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bor.tzy
- Palladius: боцзы (boczy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Noun
膊子
- arm
- 一聲吩咐過了，兩傍走過幾個如狼似虎的公人，把那童生叉著膊子，一路跟頭，叉到大門外。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
- From: Wu Jingzi, The Scholars, 1750 CE
- Yī shēng fēnfù guò le, liǎngpáng zǒu guò jǐ ge rúlángsìhǔ de gōngrén, bǎ nà tóngshēng chā zhe bózi, yī lù gēntóu, chā dào dàmén wài. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
一声吩咐过了，两傍走过几个如狼似虎的公人，把那童生叉着膊子，一路跟头，叉到大门外。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 胳膊 (“arm”) [map]