驕子

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Chinese

proud; arrogant
child; son; (noun suffix)
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
 
trad. (驕子)
simp. (骄子)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (28) (13)
Final () (92) (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter kjew tsiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠiᴇu/ /t͡sɨX/
Pan
Wuyun
/kᵚiɛu/ /t͡sɨX/
Shao
Rongfen
/kiæu/ /t͡sieX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kiaw/ /t͡sɨX/
Li
Rong
/kjɛu/ /t͡siəX/
Wang
Li
/kĭɛu/ /t͡sĭəX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ki̯ɛu/ /t͡siX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiāo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
giu1 zi2
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ tsiX › ‹ tsiX ›
Old
Chinese
/*əʔ/ /*tsəʔ/
English 1st earthly branch 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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 10326 17857
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*krew/ /*ʔslɯʔ/

Noun

驕子

  1. favored son