遊子

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See also: 游子

Chinese

		to roam; travel	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (遊子/游子^*)		遊/游	子
simp. (游子^*)		游	子

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yóuzǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ ㄗˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴ zi²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): iû-chú / iû-chír

(Teochew, Peng'im): iu⁵ ze²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yóuzǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ ㄗˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yóuzǐh
  - Wade–Giles: yu²-tzŭ³
  - Yale: yóu-dž
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: youtzyy
  - Palladius: юцзы (juczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jau⁴ zi²
  - Yale: yàuh jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁴ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹ t͡siː³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iû-chú
  - Tâi-lô: iû-tsú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iuzuo
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu¹³⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iu²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iû-chír
  - Tâi-lô: iû-tsír
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iu²⁴⁻²² t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: iu⁵ ze²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iû tsṳ́
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sɯ⁵²/

Middle Chinese: yuw tsiX

Rime
Character	遊	子
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	以周切	即里切
Baxter	yuw	tsiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨu/	/t͡sɨ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/jiu/	/t͡sɨ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/iəu/	/t͡sie^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/juw/	/t͡sɨ^X/
Li Rong	/iu/	/t͡siə^X/
Wang Li	/jĭəu/	/t͡sĭə^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯ə̯u/	/t͡si^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yóu	zǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jau⁴	zi²

Noun

遊子

(literary, poetic) person traveling or residing faraway from home
- 慈母手中線，遊子身上衣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  慈母手中线，游子身上衣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Meng Jiao (孟郊), c. 801, A Traveller's Song (《遊子吟》), translated by Witter Bynner.
  Címǔ shǒuzhōng xiàn, yóuzǐ shēnshàng yī.
  The thread in the hands of a fond-hearted mother
  Makes clothes for the body of her wayward boy.

Derived terms

浮雲遊子／浮云游子

Japanese

Kanji in this term
遊	子
ゆう Grade: 3	し Grade: 1

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Noun

遊(ゆう)子(し) • (yūshi)

traveller
- 1936, Ichiuji Yoshinaga, Sekai bijutsu kanshō [Appreciating world art]‎, page 285:
  
  外(とつ)國(くに)の遊(いう)子(し)は、やるせない心(こころ)持(もち)になつて、河岸(かはぎし)をとぼ〲(とぼ)と、人(ひと)のゐないかなたへと步(ある)くうちに、ふと、なつかしい偉大(いだい)なものに突(つ)きあたつた。
  Totsukuni no yūshi wa, yarusenai kokoromochi ni natte, kawagishi o tobotobo to, hito no inai kanata e to aruku uchi ni, futo, natsukashii idai na mono ni tsukiatatta.
  The traveller outside their country, feeling uneasy, trudged along the riverbank into the deserted distance, when he suddenly came upon something great and familiar.

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