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次子

次子

Chinese

		nth; number (of times); order nth; number (of times); order; sequence; next; second(ary); (measure word)	child; son; (noun suff.) child; son; (noun suff.); small thing; midnight; 11 p.m.-1 a.m.; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch
simp. and trad. (次子)		次	子

Noun

次子

(literary) the second son

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): cìzǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄘˋ ㄗˇ
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhṳ-chṳ́
Min Nan (POJ): chhù-chú / chhìr-chír

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: cìzǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄘˋ ㄗˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyhtzyy
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ-chṳ́
  - Hakka Romanization System: cii zii`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ci⁴ zi³
  - IPA: /t͡sʰɨ⁵⁵ t͡sɨ³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhù-chú
  - Tâi-lô: tshù-tsú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhuozuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰu²¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰu⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡su⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰu²¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰu¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰu²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡su⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhìr-chír
  - Tâi-lô: tshìr-tsír
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɯ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/