銅子

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Chinese

		copper	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (銅子)		銅	子
simp. (铜子)		铜	子

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tóngzǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄗˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tung⁴ zi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tóngzǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄗˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tóngzǐh
  - Wade–Giles: tʻung²-tzŭ³
  - Yale: túng-dž
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torngtzyy
  - Palladius: тунцзы (tunczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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    桐梓
    瞳子
    童子
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: tung⁴ zi²
  - Yale: tùhng jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tung⁴ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: tung⁴ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ²¹ t͡siː³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    瞳子
    童子
    筒子

Noun

銅子

copper coin

Descendants

Tibetan: དོང་ཙེ (dong tse)
→? Common Turkic: *tūč^[1]

References

^ Doerfer, Gerhard (1975) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 21)‎ (in German), volume IV, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, § 2007, pages 276-277

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