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卵子

卵子

Chinese

		ovum	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. (卵子)		卵	子

Noun

卵子

ovum; egg

Pronunciation

Noun

卵子

(colloquial) testicles; balls

Japanese

Kanji in this term
卵	子
らん Grade: 6	し Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

卵子 ‎(hiragana らんし, romaji ranshi)

(cytology) ovum

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): luǎnzǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄢˇ ㄗˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): leon^5-2 zi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: luǎnzǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄢˇ ㄗˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: loantzyy
  - IPA ^(key): /lu̯a̠n²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: leon^5-2 zi²
  - Yale: léun jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loen^5-2 dzi²
  - IPA ^(key): /lɵn¹³⁻³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Mandarin

(Pinyin): luǎnzi, luǎnzǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄢˇ ㄗ˙, ㄌㄨㄢˇ ㄗˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: luǎnzi
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄢˇ ㄗ˙
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: loan.tzy
  - IPA ^(key): /lu̯a̠n²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
  - Pinyin: luǎnzǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄢˇ ㄗˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: loantzyy
  - IPA ^(key): /lu̯a̠n²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/