蟶子

Chinese

		mussel; razor clam; Solecurtus constricta	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (蟶子)		蟶	子
simp. (蛏子)		蛏	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chēngzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ zi² / sing³ zi²
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹tshen-tsy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chēngzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chengzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng¹-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: chēng-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheng.tzy
    • Palladius: чэнцзы (čɛnczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cing¹ zi² / sing³ zi²
    • Yale: chīng jí / sing jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ dzi² / sing³ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ ji² / xing³ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/, /sɪŋ³³ t͡siː³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 性子 聖子／圣子 聖旨／圣旨 蟶子／蛏子

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹tshen-tsy
    • MiniDict: tshen^平 tsy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tshen-tsr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰən⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/

Noun

蟶子

1. razor clam; Chinese razor clam (Sinonovacula constricta)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蟶子 (“razor clam”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蟶子, 縊蟶
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	蟶子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	蟶子, 蟶
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	蟶子, 人蟶
Cantonese	Hong Kong	蟶子
	Dongguan	蟶子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	蟶仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	蟶
Southern Min	Xiamen	蟶仔, 蟶
	Quanzhou	蟶仔
	Zhangzhou	蟶仔
	Penghu (Xiyu)	蟶
	Haifeng	蟶仔
Central Min	Yong'an	蟶
Wu	Shanghai	蟶子
	Shanghai (Jiading)	蟶子
	Shanghai (Chongming)	蟶
	Ningbo	蟶子
	Wenzhou	蟶子