梅子
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Chinese
| plum flower | child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight | ||
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| simp. and trad. (梅子) |
梅 | 子 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ˙ㄗ
- Tongyong Pinyin: méizi̊h
- Wade–Giles: mei2-tzŭ5
- Yale: méi-dz
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mei.tzy
- Palladius: мэйцзы (mɛjczy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /meɪ̯³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: mui4 zi2
- Yale: mùih jí
- Cantonese Pinyin: mui4 dzi2
- Guangdong Romanization: mui4 ji2
- Sinological IPA (key): /muːi̯²¹ t͡siː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Wu
Noun
梅子
- Asian plum (the fruit of Prunus mume)
- (Wuhan Mandarin, Xinzhou Jin) club (♣)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 梅花 (“club (playing cards)”)
Derived terms
Related terms
- 李子 (lǐzi)