辮子
See also: 辫子
Chinese
| a braid or queue; to plait | child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (辮子) | 辮 | 子 | |
| simp. (辫子) | 辫 | 子 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): bin1 zi2
- Gan (Wiktionary): pien5 zi
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): piān-chú / piǎn-chír
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6bi-tsy
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: biànzi
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ ˙ㄗ
- Tongyong Pinyin: biànzi̊h
- Wade–Giles: pien4-tzŭ5
- Yale: byàn-dz
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biann.tzy
- Palladius: бяньцзы (bjanʹczy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pi̯ɛn⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: bin1 zi2
- Yale: bīn jí
- Cantonese Pinyin: bin1 dzi2
- Guangdong Romanization: bin1 ji2
- Sinological IPA (key): /piːn⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
- Homophones:
辮子 / 辫子
鞭子
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Gan
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piān-chú
- Tâi-lô: piān-tsú
- Phofsit Daibuun: piexnzuo
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /piɛn²²⁻²¹ t͡su⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piǎn-chír
- Tâi-lô: piǎn-tsír
- IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛn²² t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Wu
Noun
辮子
- pigtail; plaits; braids
- queue (a plait of hair worn at the back)
- a mistake or weakness that may be exploited by an opponent; an Achilles heel
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 辮子 (“queue; plaits; pigtail”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 辮子 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 辮子 |
| Harbin | 辮子 | |
| Singapore | 辮子 | |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 辮子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 辮子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 辮子 |
| Wanrong | 辮子, 頭辮子 | |
| Xi'an | 帽蓋子, 辮子 | |
| Xining | 辮子, 辮辮 | |
| Xuzhou | 辮子 | |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 辮子 |
| Ürümqi | 辮子 | |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 辮子 |
| Guiyang | 辮子 | |
| Liuzhou | 辮子 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 辮子 |
| Yangzhou | 辮子 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 辮 |
| Hong Kong | 辮 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 辮子 |
| Lichuan | 辮子 | |
| Pingxiang | 辮子 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 毛辮仔 |
| Yudu | 辮子 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 辮子 |
| Xinzhou | 辮子 | |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 辮辮 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 頭鬃尾, 髻仔 |
| Quanzhou | 髻尾, 髻仔尾, 髻仔 | |
| Yongchun | 髻囝尾 | |
| Zhangzhou | 頭鬃尾, 頭鬃尾仔, 頭鬃仔尾 | |
| Zhao'an | 鬃仔 | |
| New Taipei (Tamsui) | 頭鬃尾仔, 頭鬃尾 | |
| Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 毛尾仔 | |
| Changhua (Yongjing) | 囟鬃仔 | |
| Tainan (Anping) | 毛尾仔 | |
| Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng) | 頭毛尾仔 | |
| Penghu (Xiyu) | 鬃尾仔 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 頭鬃 | |
| Shantou | 辮 | |
| Jieyang | 辮 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 辮子 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 辮子 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 辮子 | |
| Suzhou | 辮子 | |
| Danyang | 辮子 | |
| Hangzhou | 辮兒 | |
| Ningbo | 辮子 | |
| Wenzhou | 辮兒 | |
| Jinhua | 辮兒 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 辮韃子 |
| Loudi | 辮子 | |