玉子

Chinese

		jade	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. (玉子)		玉	子

Etymology

“Egg in Japanese cuisine”

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 玉子(たまご) (tamago), which is an alternative spelling of 卵(たまご) (tamago).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yùzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): juk⁶ zi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gio̍k-chí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yùzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yùzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: yü⁴-tzŭ³
    • Yale: yù-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuhtzyy
    • Palladius: юйцзы (jujczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: juk⁶ zi²
    • Yale: yuhk jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yug⁶ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚² t͡siː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gio̍k-chí
    • Tâi-lô: gio̍k-tsí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: giogcie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡiɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡si⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡiɔk̚²⁴⁻² t͡si⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡiɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡si⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡiɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡si⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡiɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡si⁴¹/

Noun

玉子

1. (literary) Synonym of 玉苗 (“precious sapling”)
2. (literary) jade Go stone
3. (in Japanese cuisine) egg

   玉子燒／玉子烧  ―  yùzǐshāo  ―  tamagoyaki

   玉子豆腐  ―  yùzǐdòufǔ  ―  egg tofu

4. (Taiwanese Hokkien) Synonym of 愛玉子／爱玉子 (àiyùzǐ, “the fruit of Ficus pumila var. awkeotsang”)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
玉	子
たま Grade: 1	こ > ご Grade: 1
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 玉子 – see the following entry.

【卵たまご】6 [noun] an egg, including fish roe [noun] the beginning or start of something (compare the uses of English terms kernel and seed) [noun] a beginner or rookie at something

(This term, 玉子, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)