起子

Chinese

		to rise; to raise; to get up	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (起子)		起	子
simp. #(起子)		起	子

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): qǐzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ˙ㄗ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): qi³ zi^3-2

• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): qi³ zr

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi³-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: chǐ-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chii.tzy
    • Palladius: цицзы (ciczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: qi³ zi^3-2
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ki z
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵³⁻²¹/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: qi³ zr
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

Noun

起子

1. bottle opener (device to open bottle)
2. (colloquial) screwdriver
3. (dialectal) baking soda

Synonyms

• (bottle opener): 開瓶器／开瓶器 (kāipíngqì)
• (screwdriver):

Dialectal synonyms of 螺絲刀 (“screwdriver”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	改錐
	Taiwan	螺絲起子, 起子, 螺絲刀
	Langfang	改錐
	Chengde	改錐
	Chifeng	改錐, 螺絲刀
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	螺絲刀
	Heihe	改錐, 螺絲刀
	Qiqihar	螺絲刀
	Harbin	改錐, 起子, 螺絲刀子, 螺絲刀
	Jiamusi	改錐, 螺絲刀
	Baicheng	改錐, 螺絲刀
	Changchun	螺絲刀子
	Tonghua	改錐, 螺絲刀
	Shenyang	改錐, 螺絲刀
	Jinzhou	改錐, 螺絲刀, 螺絲擰子
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	改錐
	Tangshan	改錐, 起子
	Cangzhou	改錐
	Baoding	改錐
	Shijiazhuang	改錐
	Lijin	螺絲刀兒, 起子
	Jinan	螺絲刀, 起子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	螺絲刀
	Dandong	螺絲刀
	Yantai	螺絲刀子
	Qingdao	螺絲刀兒
	Zhucheng	改錐, 螺絲刀兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Jining	螺絲刀兒, 起子
	Daming	改錐
	Wanrong	起子
	Linfen	改錐
	Shangqiu	起子, 螺絲刀
	Yuanyang	螺絲刀
	Zhengzhou	改錐, 螺絲刀
	Lingbao	螺絲刀, 起子
	Xinyang	起子, 螺絲刀
	Baihe	起子
	Xi'an	改錐, 起子, 螺絲刀
	Baoji	改錐, 起子, 螺絲刀
	Tianshui	改錐, 起子
	Xining	改錐, 起子, 螺絲刀
	Xuzhou	螺絲刀, 起子
	Fuyang	起子, 螺絲刀
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	螺絲刀, 改錐
	Lanzhou	改錐, 起子, 螺絲刀
	Dunhuang	改錐, 起子
	Hami	起子
	Ürümqi	起子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	起子, 螺絲刀, 改刀
	Nanchong	起子, 改刀
	Dazhou	起子
	Hanyuan	改刀, 改針
	Xichang	改錐, 改刀
	Zigong	起子, 改刀
	Chongqing	起子, 螺絲刀
	Wuhan	起子, 螺絲刀
	Yichang	起子, 螺絲刀
	Tianmen	起子
	Guiyang	起子
	Zunyi	起子
	Bijie	起子
	Liping	起子
	Zhaotong	起子
	Dali	起子, 絞煞
	Kunming	起子
	Mengzi	起子
	Guilin	起子
	Liuzhou	起子, 螺絲刀, 螺絲批
	Nanning (Wuming)	螺絲批
	Jishou	起子
	Changde	起子
	Hanzhong	改錐, 起子, 螺絲刀
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	起子, 螺絲刀
	Yangzhou	起子
	Lianyungang	螺絲起子, 起子
	Lianshui	起子
	Nantong	起子
	Anqing	起子
	Wuhu	起子, 螺絲刀
	Hefei	改錐, 起子
	Hong'an	改錐, 起子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	螺絲批
	Hong Kong	螺絲批, 批
	Taishan	螺絲批
	Dongguan	螺絲批
	Ipoh (Guangfu)	螺絲批
Gan	Nanchang	螺絲刀
	Lichuan	起子
	Pingxiang	起子
Hakka	Meixian	螺絲批
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	螺絲批
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鑽仔, 扁鑽, 多拉把
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鑽仔, 多拉把
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	扁鑽, 多拉把
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	撙笓, 扁鑽, 多拉把
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	扁鑽, 多拉把
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	十字, 多拉把
Huizhou	Jixi	螺絲刀, 螺絲起
	Shexian	螺絲批, 螺絲刀
Jin	Taiyuan	改錐
	Yangyuan	改錐
	Datong	改錐
	Xinzhou	改錐
	Lüliang (Lishi)	改錐兒
	Changzhi	改錐
	Linhe	改錐
	Jining	改錐
	Hohhot	改錐
	Erenhot	改錐
	Pingshan	改錐
	Zhangjiakou	改錐
	Handan	改錐, 起子, 螺絲刀
	Linzhou	改錐
	Suide	改錐, 起子
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	螺絲絞
Southern Min	Xiamen	螺絲絞
	Quanzhou	螺絲絞
	Jinjiang	十八仔
	Zhangzhou	螺絲絞
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	螺絲絞, 螺賴把
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	螺絲絞, 螺賴把
	Kaohsiung	螺絲桮, 螺賴把
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	螺絲桮仔, 螺賴把
	Yilan (Toucheng)	螺賴把
	Tainan	螺絲絞, 螺賴把
	Tainan (Anping)	螺絲絞, 螺賴把
	Penghu (Xiyu)	螺絲絞, 螺賴把
	Singapore (Hokkien)	十扳仔
	Shantou	螺絲批
	Shantou (Chenghai)	螺絲批
	Jieyang	螺絲批
	Wenchang	螺絲改, 司古杜
	Haikou	螺絲改
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	螺絲批
Wu	Shanghai	捻鑿, 螺絲批, 旋鑿
	Suzhou	捻鑿
	Hangzhou	起子, 螺絲刀
	Wenzhou	螺絲刀
Xiang	Changsha	起子

• (baking soda):

• 泡打粉 (pàodǎfěn) (chiefly Cantonese)
• 焙粉 (bèifěn)
• 發粉／发粉 (fāfěn)
• 發酵粉／发酵粉 (fājiàofěn)

 

Derived terms

• 螺絲起子／螺丝起子 (luósī qǐzi)

 

Classifier

起子

1. Classifier for people: group; crowd

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄗˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐzǐ [Phonetic: qízǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi³-tzŭ³
    • Yale: chǐ-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiitzyy
    • Palladius: цицзы (ciczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Verb

起子

1. (literary) to nurture one's child
2. (chess, etc.) to make the first move