口子

Chinese

		mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
simp. and trad. (口子)		口	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǒuzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄡˇ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau² zi²
• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁵kheu-tsy₅ / ³khe-tsy₃

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǒuzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˇ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǒuzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: kʻou³-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: kǒu-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koou.tzy
    • Palladius: коуцзы (kouczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau² zi²
    • Yale: háu jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau² dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo² ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵kheu-tsy₅
    • MiniDict: kheu^去 tsy^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²kheu-tsr₂
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰɤ³³ t͡sz̩⁴⁴/
  • (Northern: Jiaxing)
    • Wugniu: ³khe-tsy₃
    • MiniDict: khe^上 tsy^上
    • Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /kʰe²² t͡sz̩¹³/

Noun

口子

1. hole; opening (in an object)
2. cut; cleft (in the human body)
3. (figurative, colloquial) instance of rule violation (which may be regarded as a precedent for future actions); exception
4. (colloquial) spouse; husband or wife

Derived terms

• 兩口子／两口子 (liǎngkǒuzi)
• 剌口子
• 拉口子要見血／拉口子要见血
• 血口子
• 開口子／开口子

 

Classifier

口子

1. Classifier for families or members of a family: people ⇒ all nouns using this classifier