瘤子

Chinese

		tumour	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. (瘤子)		瘤	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liúzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liúzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lióuzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: liu²-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: lyóu-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liou.tzy
    • Palladius: люцзы (ljuczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lau⁴ zi²
    • Yale: làuh jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: leo⁴ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹ t͡siː³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 瘤子 蔞子 / 蒌子

Noun

瘤子

1. (chiefly Mandarin, colloquial) tumour

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		腫瘤
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	瘤子
	Harbin	瘤子
	Singapore	腫瘤
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	瘤子
	Wanrong	瘤子
	Xi'an	瘤子
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	瘤子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	瘤
Cantonese	Guangzhou	瘤
	Hong Kong	瘤, 腫瘤
	Taishan	瘤
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	瘤
Southern Min	Xiamen	瘤

Dialectal synonyms of 腫瘤 (“tumour”) [map]