車厘子

Chinese

		phonetic	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (車厘子)		車厘	子
simp. (车厘子)		车厘	子

Etymology

From English cherry + 子 (noun suffix).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chēlízi, chēlízǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄜㄌㄧˊ ˙ㄗ, ㄔㄜㄌㄧˊ ㄗˇ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ce¹ lei⁴ zi²

(Taishan, Wiktionary): cie¹ lei³ du²
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tsho-li-tsy

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chēlízi
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄜㄌㄧˊ ˙ㄗ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chelízi̊h
  - Wade–Giles: chʻê¹-li²-tzŭ⁵
  - Yale: chē-lí-dz
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheli.tzy
  - Palladius: чэлицзы (čɛliczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵ li³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
- (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chēlízǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄜㄌㄧˊ ㄗˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chelízǐh
  - Wade–Giles: chʻê¹-li²-tzŭ³
  - Yale: chē-lí-dž
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chelitzyy
  - Palladius: чэлицзы (čɛliczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵ li³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ce¹ lei⁴ zi²
  - Yale: chē lèih jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tse¹ lei⁴ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: cé¹ léi⁴ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵ lei̯²¹ t͡siː³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: cie¹ lei³ du²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiɛ³³ lei²² tu⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹tsho-li-tsy
  - MiniDict: tsho^平 li tsy
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tsho-li-tsr
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰo⁵⁵ li³³ t͡sz̩²¹/

Noun

車厘子

(originally Cantonese) cherry (plant and fruit) (Classifier: 粒 c)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 櫻桃 (“cherry”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		含桃, 櫻桃
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		櫻桃
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	櫻桃
	Taiwan	櫻桃
	Chengde	櫻桃
	Tongliao	櫻桃
	Chifeng	櫻桃
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	櫻桃
	Heihe	櫻桃
	Qiqihar	櫻桃兒
	Harbin	櫻桃
	Jiamusi	櫻桃
	Baicheng	櫻桃兒
	Changchun	櫻桃兒
	Tonghua	櫻桃兒
	Shenyang	櫻桃兒
	Jinzhou	櫻桃兒
	Singapore	櫻桃
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	櫻桃
	Tangshan	櫻桃
	Cangzhou	櫻桃
	Baoding	櫻桃
	Shijiazhuang	櫻桃兒
	Lijin	櫻桃兒
	Jinan	櫻桃
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	櫻桃兒
	Dandong	櫻桃兒
	Yantai	櫻桃兒
	Yantai (Muping)	櫻桃兒
	Qingdao	櫻桃兒
	Zhucheng	櫻桃
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	櫻桃
	Lingbao	櫻桃兒
	Jining	櫻桃
	Wanrong	櫻桃
	Linfen	櫻桃
	Shangqiu	櫻桃
	Yuanyang	櫻桃
	Zhengzhou	櫻桃
	Xinyang	櫻桃兒
	Baihe	櫻桃
	Xi'an	櫻桃
	Baoji	櫻桃
	Tianshui	櫻桃
	Xining	櫻桃
	Xuzhou	櫻桃
	Fuyang	櫻桃
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	櫻桃兒, 櫻桃
	Lanzhou	櫻桃兒
	Dunhuang	櫻桃
	Hami	櫻桃兒
	Ürümqi	櫻桃兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	櫻桃兒
	Nanchong	櫻桃
	Dazhou	櫻桃兒
	Hanyuan	櫻桃兒
	Xichang	櫻桃兒
	Zigong	櫻桃兒
	Chongqing	櫻桃兒
	Wuhan	櫻桃
	Yichang	櫻桃
	Xiangyang	櫻桃
	Tianmen	櫻桃
	Guiyang	櫻桃
	Zunyi	櫻桃兒
	Bijie	櫻桃
	Liping	櫻桃
	Zhaotong	櫻桃
	Dali	櫻桃
	Kunming	櫻桃
	Mengzi	櫻桃
	Guilin	櫻桃
	Liuzhou	櫻桃
	Jishou	櫻桃
	Changde	櫻桃
	Hanzhong	櫻桃
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	櫻桃
	Yangzhou	櫻桃
	Lianyungang	櫻桃
	Lianshui	櫻桃
	Nantong	櫻桃
	Anqing	櫻桃
	Wuhu	櫻桃
	Hefei	櫻桃
	Hong'an	櫻桃兒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	櫻桃, 車厘子
	Hong Kong	車厘子
	Taishan	車厘子
	Dongguan	車厘子
	Yangjiang	櫻桃
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	車厘
Gan	Nanchang	櫻桃
Gan	Lichuan	櫻桃
Hakka	Meixian	櫻桃
Huizhou	Jixi	櫻桃
Huizhou	Shexian	櫻桃
Jin	Taiyuan	櫻桃
	Yangyuan	櫻桃
	Datong	櫻桃
	Xinzhou	櫻桃
	Lüliang (Lishi)	櫻桃
	Changzhi	櫻桃兒
	Linhe	櫻桃
	Jining	櫻桃
	Hohhot	櫻桃
	Baotou	櫻桃
	Erenhot	櫻桃
	Pingshan	櫻桃兒
	Zhangjiakou	櫻桃兒
	Handan	櫻桃
	Linzhou	櫻桃
	Suide	櫻桃, 櫻桃兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	櫻桃
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	櫻桃, 朱櫻
Southern Min	Xiamen	櫻桃
	Tainan	櫻桃
	Chaozhou	櫻桃
	Puning	車厘子, 櫻桃
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	櫻桃
Wu	Shanghai	櫻桃
	Suzhou	櫻桃
	Hangzhou	櫻桃
	Ningbo	櫻桃
	Wenzhou	櫻桃
Xiang	Changsha	櫻桃
Xiang	Shuangfeng	櫻桃

Related terms

車厘茄／车厘茄