墊子

See also: 垫子

Chinese

		pad; cushion; mat	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (墊子)		墊	子
simp. (垫子)		垫	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diànzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˋ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zin³ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diànzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˋ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diànzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: tien⁴-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: dyàn-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diann.tzy
    • Palladius: дяньцзы (djanʹczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zin³ zi²
    • Yale: jin jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzin³ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: jin³ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːn³³ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

墊子

1. mat; rug; pad

   運動墊子／运动垫子  ―  yùndòng diànzi  ―  exercise mat

2. cushion; floor cushion
3. (dialectal Mandarin) mattress

Synonyms

• (mat): 墊／垫 (diàn)
• (mattress):

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		床墊, 褥子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	褥子, 鋪頭兒
	Taiwan	床墊
	Singapore	床褥
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	褥子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	墊子
	Wuhan	墊子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	褥子, 墊被
	Hefei	墊被, 褥子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	墊褥, 薦褥, 床褥, 褥
	Hong Kong	床褥
	Yangjiang	褥子
	Singapore (Guangfu)	tilam, 薦褥
Gan	Nanchang	褥子, 墊被
Hakka	Meixian	褥仔, 冇被
	Senai (Huiyang)	睡褥
Jin	Taiyuan	褥子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	褥仔, 托被
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	褥
Southern Min	Xiamen	褥仔
	Quanzhou	褥仔
	Zhangzhou	褥仔
	Penang (Hokkien)	tilam, 褥仔
	Singapore (Hokkien)	tilam
	Datian	褥
	Chaozhou	褥
	Jieyang	褥
	Haikou	褥
Wu	Shanghai	褥子, 被褥, 墊被 cotton-padded
	Suzhou	褥子, 墊被
	Wenzhou	褥
Xiang	Changsha	墊被
	Shuangfeng	墊被

Dialectal synonyms of 床墊 (“mattress”) [map]

Derived terms

• 餐桌墊子 / 餐桌垫子 (cānzhuō diànzi)