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孝子

孝子

Chinese

		filial	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. (孝子)		孝	子
anagram		子孝

Noun

孝子

filial son
son in mourning

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xiàozǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄗˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haau³ zi²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hau-chṳ́
Min Nan (POJ): hàu-chír / hàu-chú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiàozǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄗˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiawtzyy
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: haau³ zi²
  - Yale: haau jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haau³ dzi²
  - IPA ^(key): /hɑːu̯³³ t͡siː³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hau-chṳ́
  - Hakka Romanization System: hau zii`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hau⁴ zi³
  - IPA: /ha̯u⁵⁵ t͡sɨ³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hàu-chír
  - Tâi-lô: hàu-tsír
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /haʊ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hàu-chú
  - Tâi-lô: hàu-tsú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: haozuo
  - IPA (Taipei): /haʊ¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /haʊ²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡su⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /haʊ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁵³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /haʊ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁵³/