長子

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See also: 长子

Chinese

Etymology 1

eldest; firstborn son; child
trad. (長子) 長 子
simp. (长子) 长 子
anagram 子長／子长
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Pronunciation

Rime
Character 長 子
Reading # 2/3 1/1
Initial (聲) 知 (9) 精 (13)
Final (韻) 陽 (105) 之 (19)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 知丈切 即里切
Baxter trjangX tsiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʈɨɐŋX/ /t͡sɨX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʈiɐŋX/ /t͡sɨX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ȶiɑŋX/ /t͡sieX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʈɨaŋX/ /t͡sɨX/
Li
Rong 		/ȶiaŋX/ /t͡siəX/
Wang
Li 		/ȶĭaŋX/ /t͡sĭəX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ȶi̯aŋX/ /t͡siX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		zhǎng zǐ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zoeng2 zi2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 長 子
Reading # 2/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		zhǎng zǐ
Middle
Chinese 		‹ trjangX › ‹ tsiX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*traŋʔ/ /*tsəʔ/
English grow; elder child; gentleman, master

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 長 子
Reading # 1/3 1/1
No. 1263 17857
Phonetic
component 		長 子
Rime
group 		陽 之
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		長 子
Old
Chinese 		/*taŋʔ/ /*ʔslɯʔ/

Noun

長子

  1. eldest son
  2. (rare) eldest child
Synonyms
  • (eldest son):
Dialectal synonyms of 長子 (“eldest son”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 長子, 長男, 家督
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 長子, 長男
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 大兒子
Harbin 大兒子
Singapore 大兒子
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 大兒, 大兒子
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 大兒郎
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 大兒子
Wanrong 大娃
Xi'an 大兒
Xining 大尕娃
Xuzhou 大兒子, 大兒
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 大兒子
Lanzhou 大兒子
Ürümqi 大兒子
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 大兒子, 大兒
Wuhan 大兒子
Guiyang 大兒子
Liuzhou 大崽
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 大兒子
Yangzhou 大兒子
Cantonese Guangzhou 大仔, 頭長仔
Hong Kong 大仔
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 大仔
Macau 大仔
Guangzhou (Panyu) 大仔
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 大仔
Guangzhou (Conghua) 大仔
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 大仔
Foshan 大仔
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 大仔
Foshan (Shunde) 大仔
Foshan (Sanshui) 大仔
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 大仔
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 大仔
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 大仔
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 大仔
Zhuhai (Doumen) 大仔
Jiangmen (Baisha) 大仔
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 大仔
Taishan 大仔
Kaiping (Chikan) 大仔
Enping (Niujiang) 大仔
Heshan (Yayao) 大仔
Dongguan 大仔
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 大仔
Singapore (Guangfu) 大仔
Gan Nanchang 大崽
Lichuan 大崽
Pingxiang 大崽, 大倈, 大倈牯
Hakka Meixian 大倈仔
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 長頭仔
Dongguan (Qingxi) 大倈
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 大倈子
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 大倈子
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 大仔
Yudu 大子
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 大倈仔, 大漢個, 大貨仔, 長子
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 長子
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 大倈仔, 大漢個, 大貨仔, 長子
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 長子
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 長子
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 大後生
Huizhou Jixi 大兒子, 長子
Jin Taiyuan 大小子
Xinzhou 大兒, 大小子
Northern Min Jian'ou 大囝
Eastern Min Fuzhou 大囝
Southern Min Xiamen 大囝, 大後生, 大漢囝, 大漢後生
Quanzhou 大囝, 大後生, 大漢囝, 大漢後生
Zhangzhou 大囝, 大後生, 大漢囝, 大漢後生
Tainan 大囝, 大漢囝, 大漢後生
Penang (Hokkien) 序大後生
Singapore (Hokkien) 大囝, 大漢囝
Manila (Hokkien) 大漢囝, 序大後生
Shantou 大囝
Leizhou 大囝
Haikou 大囝
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 大囝
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 大崽
Wu Shanghai 大兒子
Shanghai (Chongming) 大兒子
Suzhou 大兒子
Danyang 大兒子, 大鬼
Hangzhou 大兒子, 當大兒
Ningbo 大兒子, 當大兒子
Wenzhou 當大兒
Jinhua 大兒
Xiang Changsha 大崽
Loudi 大崽
Derived terms
Descendants
Sino-Xenic (長子):

Etymology 2

long; length; forever
long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
 
child; son; (noun suffix)
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
 
trad. (長子) 長 子
simp. (长子) 长 子
anagram 子長／子长

Pronunciation

Proper noun

長子

  1. (～縣) Zhangzi (a county of Changzhi, Shanxi, China)
Descendants

Etymology 3

long; tall diminutive suffix
trad. (長子) 長 子
simp. (长子) 长 子
anagram 子長／子长

Pronunciation

Noun

長子

  1. tall person
Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
長 子
ちょう
Grade: 2 		し
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 長 (“long; elder”) +‎ 子 (“child”).

Pronunciation

Noun

長(ちょう)子(し) • (chōshi) 

  1. eldest son; firstborn son
  2. (rare) eldest child

See also

son daughter child (rare)
one's first 長(ちょう)男(なん) (chōnan), 一(いち)男(なん) (ichinan), 長(ちょう)子(し) (chōshi) 長(ちょう)女(じょ) (chōjo), 一(いち)女(じょ) (ichijo) 長(ちょう)子(し) (chōshi)
one's second 次(じ)男(なん) (jinan), 二(じ)男(なん) (jinan), 次(じ)子(し) (jishi) 次(じ)女(じょ) (jijo), 二(じ)女(じょ) (jijo) 次(じ)子(し) (jishi)
one's third 三(さん)男(なん) (sannan) 三(さん)女(じょ) (sanjo) -

Korean

Hanja in this term
長子

Noun

長子 • (jangja) (hangeul 장자)

  1. hanja form? of 장자 (“eldest son”)
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