白子

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	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. (白子)		白	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báizǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ zi²
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): pag⁶ zi³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-chí / pe̍h-lí / pe̍eh-jí
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸baq-tsy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báizǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báizǐh
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-tzŭ³
    • Yale: bái-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairtzyy
    • Palladius: байцзы (bajczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (白子兒 / 白子儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báizǐr
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄗˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báizǐhr
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-tzŭ³-ʼrh
    • Yale: bái-dzǐr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairtzeel
    • Palladius: байцзыр (bajczyr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ t͡sz̩ɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Note: Erhua-ed for "white stone" sense only.

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ zi²
    • Yale: baahk jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² t͡siː³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 白子 白紙 / 白纸 白芷

• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: pag⁶ zi³
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰak̚⁵ t͡sz̩³¹/

Note: white stone.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-chí
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-tsí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peqcie
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² t͡si⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-lí
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peqlie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ li⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍eh-jí
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍eh-jí
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɛ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ d͡zi⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁸baq-tsy
    • MiniDict: bah^入 tsy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵baq-tsr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /baʔ¹¹ t͡sz̩²³/

Noun

白子

1. (go) white stone
2. bee pupa
3. (chiefly Taiwan) albino
4. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) white keys (of a piano)

Synonyms

• (stone, white keys): (Hokkien) 白子仔

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
白	子
しろ Grade: 1	こ Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Noun

白(しろ)子(こ) • (shiroko) 

1. albino

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
白	子
しら Grade: 1	こ Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Noun

白(しら)子(こ) • (shirako) 

1. milt, soft roe
2. albino

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
白	子
しら Grade: 1	す Grade: 1
yutōyomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しらす [shìrású] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕiɾa̠sɨ]

Noun

白(しら)子(す) or 白子(シラス) • (shirasu) 

1. whitebait (young fish of certain species), especially the young of sardines

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

Derived terms

• 白子干(しらすぼ)し (shirasuboshi)

See also

• 鮎(アユ) (ayu)
• 玉筋魚(イカナゴ) (ikanago)
• 鰻(ウナギ) (unagi)
• 潤目鰯(ウルメイワシ) (urumeiwashi)
• 片口鰯(カタクチイワシ) (katakuchīwashi)
• 鰊(ニシン) (nishin)
• 真鰯(マイワシ) (maiwashi)
• 縮緬雑魚(ちりめんじゃこ) (chirimenjako)