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遊子

遊子

See also: 游子

Chinese

		to roam; travel	child; son; (noun suff.) child; son; (noun suff.); small thing; midnight; 11 p.m.-1 a.m.; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch
trad. (遊子)		遊	子
simp. (游子)		游	子

Noun

遊子

(literary) a man traveling or residing far away from home

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yóuzǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ ㄗˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴ zi²
Min Nan (POJ): iû-chí / iû-chú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: yóuzǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ ㄗˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: youtzyy
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯oʊ̯³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jau⁴ zi²
  - Yale: yàuh jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴ dzi²
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹ t͡siː³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iû-chí
  - Tâi-lô: iû-tsí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iucie
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iu²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕi⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iû-chú
  - Tâi-lô: iû-tsú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iuzuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iu²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu¹³⁻²² t͡su⁵³/