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探子

探子

Chinese

		to explore; to search out; to scout to explore; to search out; to scout; to visit	child; son; (noun suff.) child; son; (noun suff.); small thing; midnight; 11 p.m.-1 a.m.; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch
simp. and trad. (探子)		探	子

Noun

探子

(literary) a scout; a runner; someone (in the military) who is sent out to find information

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): tànzi

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˋ ㄗ˙
Min Nan (POJ): thàm-chú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: tànzi
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˋ ㄗ˙
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tann.tzy
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰa̠n⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thàm-chú
  - Tâi-lô: thàm-tsú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tarmzuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰam²¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰam⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡su⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰam²¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰam¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰam²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡su⁴¹/