白子

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	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. (白子)		白	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báizǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ zi²
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): pag⁶ zi³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-chí / pe̍h-lí / pe̍eh-jí
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸baq-tsy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báizǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báizǐh
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-tzŭ³
    • Yale: bái-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairtzyy
    • Palladius: байцзы (bajczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (白子兒／白子儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báizǐr
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄗˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báizǐhr
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-tzŭ³-ʼrh
    • Yale: bái-dzǐr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairtzeel
    • Palladius: байцзыр (bajczyr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ t͡sz̩ɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Note: Erhua-ed for "white stone" sense only.

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ zi²
    • Yale: baahk jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² t͡siː³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 白子 白紙／白纸 白芷

• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: pag⁶ zi³
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰak̚⁵ t͡sz̩³¹/

Note: white stone.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-chí
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-tsí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peqcie
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² t͡si⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-lí
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peqlie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ li⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍eh-jí
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍eh-jí
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɛ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ d͡zi⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁸baq-tsy
    • MiniDict: bah^入 tsy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵baq-tsr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /baʔ¹¹ t͡sz̩²³/

Noun

白子

1. (go) white stone
2. bee pupa
3. (chiefly Taiwan) albino
4. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) white keys (of a piano)

Synonyms

• (stone, white keys): (Hokkien) 白子仔

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
白	子
しろ Grade: 1	こ Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Noun

白(しろ)子(こ) • (shiroko) 

1. albino

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
白	子
しら Grade: 1	こ Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Noun

白(しら)子(こ) • (shirako) 

1. milt, soft roe
2. albino

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
白	子
しら Grade: 1	す Grade: 1
yutōyomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 白子 – see the following entry.

【しらすシラス】 [noun] whitebait (young fish of certain species), especially the young of sardines

(This term, 白子, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)