西子

Chinese

		west	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. (西子)		西	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xīzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ zi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Se-chú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xīzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sizǐh
    • Wade–Giles: Hsi¹-tzŭ³
    • Yale: Syī-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shitzyy
    • Palladius: Сицзы (Siczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sai¹ zi²
    • Yale: sāi jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 篩子／筛子 西紙／西纸

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Se-chú
    • Tâi-lô: Se-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sezuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /se⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /se³³ t͡su⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /se⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/

Proper noun

西子

1. Xi Shi

Synonyms

• 西施 (Xīshī)