呢子

Chinese

		woolen material; (question particle)	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (呢子)		呢	子
simp. #(呢子)		呢	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nízi

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nei⁴ zi²
• Jin (Wiktionary): ni¹ zeh

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nízi
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nízi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: ni²-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: ní-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ni.tzy
    • Palladius: ницзы (niczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nei⁴ zi²
    • Yale: nèih jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nei⁴ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: néi⁴ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nei̯²¹ t͡siː³⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ni¹ zeh
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /ni¹¹ t͡səʔ²/

Noun

呢子

1. woollen fabric

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 呢子 (“woollen fabric”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		呢子, 毛呢
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	呢子
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	呢子
	Xi'an	呢子
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	料子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	呢子
	Yangzhou	呢子
Gan	Nanchang	呢子
	Lichuan	呢子
Huizhou	Jixi	呢
Jin	Taiyuan	呢子
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	呢
Southern Min	Xiamen	呢
Wu	Shanghai	呢
	Ningbo	呢