西子

Chinese

		west	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. (西子)		西	子

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Xīzǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄗˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ zi²
Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): Se-chú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Xīzǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄗˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Sizǐh
  - Wade–Giles: Hsi¹-tzŭ³
  - Yale: Syī-dž
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shitzyy
  - Palladius: Сицзы (Siczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: sai¹ zi²
  - Yale: sāi jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    篩子／筛子
    西紙／西纸
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Se-chú
  - Tâi-lô: Se-tsú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sezuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /se⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /se³³ t͡su⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /se⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/

Proper noun

西子

Xi Shi

Synonyms

西施 (Xīshī)

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