義子

Chinese

		justice; righteousness; meaning	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (義子)		義	子
simp. (义子)		义	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶ zi²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngi-chṳ́
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gī-chú
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶gni-tsy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴-tzŭ³
    • Yale: yì-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihtzyy
    • Palladius: ицзы (iczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁶ zi²
    • Yale: yih jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²² t͡siː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngi-chṳ́
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngi zii^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngi⁴ zi³
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi⁵⁵ t͡sɨ³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gī-chú
    • Tâi-lô: gī-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gixzuo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡi³³⁻²¹ t͡su⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡi³³⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶gni-tsy
    • MiniDict: nyi^去 tsy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyi-tsr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲi²² t͡sz̩⁴⁴/

Noun

義子

1. (formal or dialectal) adoptive son; godson

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 乾兒子 (“godson; (nominally) adopted son”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		義子, 誼子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	乾兒子
	Taiwan	乾兒子
	Harbin	乾兒子
	Singapore	乾兒子
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	乾兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	乾兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	乾兒子
	Lanzhou	乾兒子
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	乾崽
Cantonese	Guangzhou	契仔
	Hong Kong	契仔, 乾仔
	Foshan	契仔
	Foshan (Shunde)	契仔
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	契仔
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	契仔
	Taishan	契仔
	Kaiping (Chikan)	契仔
	Dongguan	契仔
	Yangjiang	契仔
Gan	Lichuan	契崽
Hakka	Meixian	契子, 相認賴仔
	Yudu	契子, 義子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	契子
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	義子
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	契子
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	契子
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	契子
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	契子
Jin	Taiyuan	乾兒子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	老囝
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	義囝
Southern Min	Xiamen	契囝
	Quanzhou	契囝
	Jinjiang	契囝
	Zhangzhou	契囝
	Taipei	契囝
	Kaohsiung	契囝
	Penang (Hokkien)	契囝
	Manila (Hokkien)	契囝
	Shantou	契囝
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	契崽
Wu	Shanghai	過房兒子, 義子 dated
	Shanghai (Chongming)	寄拜兒子
	Hangzhou	乾兒子
	Ningbo	繼拜兒子