號子

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See also: 号子

Chinese

number; call; name
number; call; name; roar; cry
 
child; son; (noun suffix)
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
 
trad. (號子) 號 子
simp. (号子) 号 子

Pronunciation

Noun

號子

  1. labour chant
  2. (Mainland China Mandarin, classifier) sort; kind (of people or thing)
  3. (Mainland China Mandarin, Xiang, regional) prison cell; jail cell; prison; jail
    蹲號子／蹲号子  ―  dūn hàozi  ―  to be stuck in prison/jail
  4. (Taiwan, colloquial) brokerage firm
  5. (Xiang) number; code; digit

Synonyms

  • (prison cell): 牢房 (láofáng), 囚室 (qiúshì)
  • (number):
Dialectal synonyms of 號碼 (“number”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 號碼
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 號碼兒, 號頭兒
Taiwan 號碼
Malaysia 號碼
Singapore 號碼
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 號碼兒
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 號頭
Cantonese Guangzhou 號碼, 冧巴
Hong Kong 號碼, 冧巴
Taishan 號碼, 冧巴
Singapore (Guangfu) 號碼
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 號碼, 號頭
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 號碼, 號頭
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 號碼, 號頭
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 號碼, 號頭
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 號碼, 號頭
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 號頭
Huizhou Jixi 號頭
Southern Min Xiamen 號碼, 號頭
Quanzhou 號碼, 號頭
Zhangzhou 號碼
Tainan 號碼, 番號
Penang (Hokkien) 號碼, 號頭
Singapore (Hokkien) 號碼
Manila (Hokkien) 號碼, 號頭, 號數
Singapore (Teochew) 號碼
Wu Shanghai 號頭
Ningbo 號頭
Xiang Changsha 號子
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