盒子

Chinese
small box; case
 
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.
(盒子)		 盒 子
alternative forms 合子

Pronunciation

Note: 5hhaq tsr - see 匣子, orthographically mapped to 盒子 through sound and meaning similarity.

Noun

盒子

  1. (countable) box; case (generally small, with a lid) (Classifier: 個／个 m)
  2. a kind of fried pie with meat or vegetable filling, common in Northern Chinese cuisine
  3. Alternative name for 盒子槍／盒子枪 (héziqiāng, “Mauser pistol”).

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 盒子 (“box; case (with lid, generally smaller)”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 盒子
Mandarin Taiwan 盒子
Luoyang 盒子
Xining 盒兒
Ürümqi 盒兒
Chengdu 盒盒兒, 盒盒
Singapore 盒子
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 盒盒子, 盒盒兒
Cantonese Guangzhou 盒
Hong Kong 盒
Dongguan 盒
Singapore (Guangfu) 盒
Gan Nanchang 盒子
Hakka Meixian 盒仔
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 盒仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 盒仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 盒仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 盒
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 盒仔
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 盒
Huizhou Jixi 盒
Jin Taiyuan 盒子
Eastern Min Fuzhou 盒盒
Southern Min Xiamen 盒仔, 盒, 篋仔
Quanzhou 盒仔, 盒, 篋仔
Zhangzhou 盒仔, 盒, 篋仔
Tainan 盒仔, 篋仔
Penang (Hokkien) 盒, 箱
Singapore (Hokkien) 盒
Manila (Hokkien) 盒仔
Medan (Hokkien) 盒
Singapore (Teochew) 盒
Leizhou 盒
Haikou 盒
Singapore (Hainanese) 盒
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 盒
Wu Shanghai 盒子
Danyang 盒盒
Wenzhou 盒兒
Jinhua 盒兒
Xiang Loudi 盒

Derived terms

See also
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