筒子

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Chinese

tube; cylinder
child; son; (noun suffix)
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
 
trad. (筒子) 筒 子
simp. #(筒子) 筒 子

Pronunciation

Noun

筒子

  1. tube; tubular object; pipe
  2. (mahjong) circle tile; dot tile
  3. (neologism, slang) Alternative form of 同志 (tóngzhì, “comrade; friend”)

Synonyms

  • (circle tile):
Dialectal synonyms of 餅子 (“circle tile (mahjong)”)
Variety Location Words
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 筒子
Taiwan 筒子
Langfang 餅子
Chifeng 餅子, 筒子
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 餅
Harbin 餅子
Shenyang 餅子
Singapore 筒子
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 餅子, 筒子
Tangshan 餅子
Cangzhou 餅子
Baoding 餅, 筒子
Shijiazhuang 餅子, 餅, 筒子
Jinan 餅子
Jiaoliao Mandarin Qingdao 餅子
Central Plains Mandarin Daming 筒子
Zhengzhou 餅, 筒
Xi'an 餅, 筒子
Xining 餅子
Xuzhou 餅, 筒
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 餅子
Lanzhou 餅子, 筒子
Ürümqi 筒子, 餅子
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 餅子, 筒子
Chongqing 筒子
Wuhan 筒子
Guiyang 筒子
Kunming 餅子, 筒子
Guilin 筒子
Liuzhou 筒子
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 餅子, 筒子
Yangzhou 餅子, 筒子
Nantong 餅
Hefei 筒子
Cantonese Hong Kong 筒子
Gan Nanchang 筒子, 餅子
Lichuan 餅子
Huizhou Shexian 餅, 筒, 果
Jin Taiyuan 餅子
Xinzhou 餅子
Linhe 筒子
Jining 筒子
Hohhot 筒子
Zhangjiakou 餅子, 筒子
Handan 餅兒, 餅子, 筒兒
Wu Shanghai 筒子, 筒
Ningbo 筒子

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Japanese: 筒(トン)子(ズ) (tonzu)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
筒 子
ピン
Grade: S 		ズ
Grade: 1
irregular
Alternative spelling
餅子

Borrowed from Mandarin 餅子／饼子 (bǐngzi). The kanji form is an orthographic borrowing from Chinese 筒子 (tǒngzi). The two Chinese words are synonyms.

Pronunciation

Noun

筒(ピン)子(ズ) • (pinzu) 

  1. (mahjong) dot tile

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
筒 子
トン
Grade: S 		ズ
Grade: 1
irregular

Borrowed from Mandarin 筒子 (tǒngzi).

Pronunciation

Noun

筒(トン)子(ズ) • (tonzu) 

  1. (mahjong, archaic) dot tile

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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