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腰子

腰子

Chinese

		waist; lower back; pocket waist; lower back; pocket; middle	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. (腰子)		腰	子

Noun

腰子

kidney

Synonyms

腎／肾 (shèn)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yāozi

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄠㄗ˙
Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu¹ zi²
Min Nan (POJ): io-chí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: yāozi
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄠㄗ˙
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iau.tzy
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jiu¹ zi²
  - Yale: yīu jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jiu¹ dzi²
  - IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: io-chí
  - Tâi-lô: io-tsí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ioicie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iɤ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕi⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iɤ³³ t͡ɕi⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɤ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕi⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /io⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕi⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕi⁴¹/