拍子

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Chinese

		to clap; to pat; to beat to clap; to pat; to beat; to hit; to slap; to take (a picture)	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. (拍子)		拍	子

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pāizi

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄞ ˙ㄗ
Cantonese (Jyutping): paak^3-2 zi² / paak³ zi²
Jin (Wiktionary): pai¹ zeh
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phah-chí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pāizi
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄞ ˙ㄗ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: paizi̊h
  - Wade–Giles: pʻai¹-tzŭ⁵
  - Yale: pāi-dz
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pai.tzy
  - Palladius: пайцзы (pajczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: paak^3-2 zi² / paak³ zi²
  - Yale: páak jí / paak jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: paak^8-2 dzi² / paak⁸ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: pag^3-2 ji² / pag³ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːk̚³⁻³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/, /pʰaːk̚³ t͡siː³⁵/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: pai¹ zeh
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /pʰai¹¹ t͡səʔ²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phah-chí
  - Tâi-lô: phah-tsí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phahcie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡si⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰa(ʔ)⁵ t͡si⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡si⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡si⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ t͡si⁴¹/

Noun

拍子

small bat such as a fly swatter, tennis racket, ping-pong paddle, etc.
(music) beat; time
(Jin) flour pieces mixed with water (when making noodles)

Derived terms

拍子機 / 拍子机 (pāizijī)
複拍子 / 复拍子 (fùpāizi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
拍	子
ひょう Grade: S	し Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ひょーし (Odaka – )^[1]
(Tokyo) ひょーし (Heiban – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

拍(ひょう)子(し) • (hyōshi)

a beat
三(さん)拍子(びょうし)
sanbyōshi
three beats (per measure, i.e. 3/4 meter)

4(し)拍子(びょうし)（4(よん)拍子(びょうし)）のリズム
shibyōshi (yonbyōshi) no rizumu
4/4 rhythm
rhythm
moment
- 1908, Natsume Sōseki, Yume Jūya [Ten Nights of Dreaming]‎:
  
  自分(じぶん)が百合(ゆり)から顔(かお)を離(はな)す拍子(ひょうし)
  jibun ga yuri kara kao o hanasu hyōshi
  the moment I removed my face from the lily

Derived terms

拍子木(びょしぎ) (byoshigi)
拍子抜(ひょうしぬ)け (hyōshinuke)
大拍子(おおびょうし) (ōbyōshi)
三拍子(さんびょうし), 3拍子(さんびょうし) (sanbyōshi)
四拍子(しびょうし), 4拍子(しびょうし) (shibyōshi), 四拍子(よんびょうし), 4拍子(よんびょうし) (yonbyōshi)
白拍子(しらびょし) (shirabyoshi)
手拍子(てびょうし) (tebyōshi)
変拍子(へんびょうし) (henbyōshi)

References

^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō

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