娘子

Chinese

mother; young lady
 
child; son; (noun suffix)
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (娘子)
simp. #(娘子)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (12) (13)
Final () (105) (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter nrjang tsiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɳɨɐŋ/ /t͡sɨX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɳiɐŋ/ /t͡sɨX/
Shao
Rongfen
/niɑŋ/ /t͡sieX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɳɨaŋ/ /t͡sɨX/
Li
Rong
/niaŋ/ /t͡siəX/
Wang
Li
/nĭaŋ/ /t͡sĭəX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ni̯aŋ/ /t͡siX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
niáng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
noeng4 zi2

Noun

娘子

  1. (archaic) wife
  2. woman; lady
  3. (literary) palace concubine; palace maid

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • 二娘子
  • 大娘子
  • 娘子軍娘子军 (niángzǐjūn)
  • 娘子關娘子关
  • 婆娘子
  • 小娘子
  • 新娘子 (xīnniángzi)
  • 板橋三娘子板桥三娘子
  • 正頭娘子正头娘子
  • 白娘子
  • 百花娘子
  • 管家娘子
  • 花魁娘子
  • 豆娘子
  • 賣油娘子水梳頭卖油娘子水梳头
  • 酒娘子
  • 醋娘子要食楊梅醋娘子要食杨梅
  • 鐵娘子铁娘子 (tiěniángzǐ)
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