梆子
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Chinese
| watchman's rattle | child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight | ||
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| trad. (梆子) | 梆 | 子 | |
| simp. #(梆子) | 梆 | 子 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄤ ˙ㄗ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bangzi̊h
- Wade–Giles: pang1-tzŭ5
- Yale: bāng-dz
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bang.tzy
- Palladius: банцзы (banczy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɑŋ⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
- Homophones:
幫子 / 帮子
梆子
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: bong1 zi2
- Yale: bōng jí
- Cantonese Pinyin: bong1 dzi2
- Guangdong Romanization: bong1 ji2
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
- Homophones:
幫子 / 帮子
梆子
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Noun
梆子
- watchman's clapper
- (music) wooden clappers (small, rectangular, high-pitched wood block used in Chinese folk music and opera)
- one of a number of varieties of traditional folk opera performed in northern China, using bangzi clappers as an accompanying instrument
Synonyms
- (watchman's clapper): (Hokkien) 更嘓／更啯
- (wooden clappers): (Jin) 木頭／木头, 骨鹿子; (Hokkien) 嘓／啯 (guō)
- (variety of folk opera): 梆子腔 (bāngziqiāng)