燕子

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Chinese

Etymology 1

swallow (bird) (noun suffix)
trad. (燕子)
simp. #(燕子)
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Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Initial () (34) (13)
Final () (85) (19)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV III
Fanqie
Baxter 'enH tsiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔenH/ /t͡sɨX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔenH/ /t͡sɨX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔɛnH/ /t͡sieX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔɛnH/ /t͡sɨX/
Li
Rong
/ʔenH/ /t͡siəX/
Wang
Li
/ienH/ /t͡sĭəX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ʔienH/ /t͡siX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jin3 zi2

Noun

燕子

  1. swallow (bird)
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Proper noun

燕子

  1. (, formerly ) Yanzi (a town and former township in Hefeng, Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China)

Etymology 2

shuttlecock used in jianzi (noun suffix)
trad. (燕子)
simp. #(燕子)
alternative forms 毽子

Pronunciation


Noun

燕子

  1. (dialectal) shuttlecock used in jianzi
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