白子

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Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	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. (白子)		白	子

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): báizǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄗˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ zi²
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): pag⁶ zi³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-chí / pe̍h-lí / pe̍eh-jí
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁸baq-tsy

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: báizǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄗˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: báizǐh
  - Wade–Giles: pai²-tzŭ³
  - Yale: bái-dž
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairtzyy
  - Palladius: байцзы (bajczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (白子兒／白子儿)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: báizǐr
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄗˇㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: báizǐhr
  - Wade–Giles: pai²-tzŭ³-ʼrh
  - Yale: bái-dzǐr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairtzeel
  - Palladius: байцзыр (bajczyr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ t͡sz̩ɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Note: Erhua-ed for "white stone" sense only.

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: baak⁶ zi²
  - Yale: baahk jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² t͡siː³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    白子
    白紙／白纸
    白芷
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: pag⁶ zi³
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰak̚⁵ t͡sz̩³¹/

Note: white stone.

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-chí
  - Tâi-lô: pe̍h-tsí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: peqcie
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² t͡si⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-lí
  - Tâi-lô: pe̍h-lí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: peqlie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ li⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍eh-jí
  - Tâi-lô: pe̍eh-jí
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɛ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ d͡zi⁵³/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁸baq-tsy
  - MiniDict: bah^入 tsy
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵baq-tsr
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /baʔ¹¹ t͡sz̩²³/

Noun

白子

(go) white stone
bee pupa
(chiefly Taiwan) albino
(Zhangzhou Hokkien) white keys (of a piano)

Synonyms

(stone, white keys): (Hokkien) 白子仔

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
白	子
しろ Grade: 1	こ Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Noun

白(しろ)子(こ) • (shiroko)

albino

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
白	子
しら Grade: 1	こ Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Noun

白(しら)子(こ) • (shirako)

milt, soft roe
albino

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
白	子
しら Grade: 1	す Grade: 1
yutōyomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 白子 – see the following entry.

【しらすシラス】

whitebait (young fish of certain species), especially the young of sardines

(This term, 白子, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

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