碼子

Chinese

		a weight; number; yard a weight; number; yard; code; pile; stack	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (碼子)		碼	子
simp. (码子)		码	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): mǎzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ˙ㄗ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): мазы (mazɨ, II-I) / мазы (mazɨ, II-0)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁵ zi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bé-chí / bée-chí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǎzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǎzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: ma³-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: mǎ-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maa.tzy
    • Palladius: мацзы (maczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: мазы (mazɨ, II-I) / мазы (mazɨ, II-0)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ma⁵¹ t͡sz̩²⁴/, /ma⁵¹ t͡sz̩⁰/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maa⁵ zi²
    • Yale: máh jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁵ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ma⁵ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː¹³ t͡siː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bé-chí
    • Tâi-lô: bé-tsí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: befcie
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡si⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /be⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡si⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /be⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡si⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bée-chí
    • Tâi-lô: bée-tsí
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɛ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡si⁵³/

Noun

碼子

1. (informal) numeral; number; digit
2. (informal) counter; chip; token
3. (informal) price
4. (informal) money
5. (informal) standard weight (used on a balance scale)

Synonyms

• (numeral): 數字／数字 (shùzì)

Derived terms

• 番仔碼子／番仔码子
• 蘇州碼子／苏州码子 (Sūzhōu mǎzi)