糜子

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Chinese

		dissolved; rice-gruel; wasted	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (糜子)		糜	子
simp. ^#(糜子)		糜	子

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): méizǐ, méizi

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ ㄗˇ, ㄇㄟˊ ˙ㄗ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴ zi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: méizǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄗˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: méizǐh
  - Wade–Giles: mei²-tzŭ³
  - Yale: méi-dž
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meitzyy
  - Palladius: мэйцзы (mɛjczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: méizi
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ˙ㄗ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: méizi̊h
  - Wade–Giles: mei²-tzŭ⁵
  - Yale: méi-dz
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mei.tzy
  - Palladius: мэйцзы (mɛjczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁴ zi²
  - Yale: mèih jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁴ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

糜子

proso millet, broomcorn millet (Panicum miliaceum),^[1] especially non-sticky varieties
Synonyms: 黍 (shǔ), 穄子

References

^ Francesca Bray, "Millet cultivation in China: a historical survey," Journal d'agriculture traditionnelle et de botanique appliquée, 28(3): 291-307, 1981.

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