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蝨子

蝨子

See also: 虱子

Chinese

		louse	child; son; (noun suff.) child; son; (noun suff.); small thing; midnight; 11 p.m.-1 a.m.; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch
trad. (蝨子/虱子)		蝨/虱	子
simp. (虱子)		虱	子

Noun

蝨子

louse (Classifier: 隻／只)
tick (Classifier: 隻／只)

Synonyms

(tick): 壁蝨／壁虱 (bìshī), 蜱 (pí)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): shīzi

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄗ˙
Cantonese (Jyutping): sat¹ zi²
Wu (Wiktionary): seq tsr (T4)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: shīzi
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄗ˙
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shy.tzy
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
  - Homophones:
    
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    獅子／狮子
    蝨子／虱子
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sat¹ zi²
  - Yale: sāt jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sat⁷ dzi²
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐt̚⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: seq tsr (T4)
  - IPA ^(key): /səʔ³³ t͡sz̩⁴⁴/