瘦子

Chinese

		tight; thin; lean	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (瘦子)		瘦	子
simp. #(瘦子)		瘦	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): shòuzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˋ ˙ㄗ

  (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): sōuzi

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau³ zi²
• Gan (Wiktionary): seu⁴ zi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shòuzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˋ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shòuzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: shou⁴-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: shòu-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: show.tzy
    • Palladius: шоуцзы (šouczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
  • (Nanjing)
    • Nanjing Pinyin: sōuzi
    • Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): sou⁴ zi⁰
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /səɯ⁴⁴ t͡si/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau³ zi²
    • Yale: sau jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau³ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo³ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³³ t͡siː³⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: seu⁴ zi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛu³⁵ t͡sz̩²/

Noun

瘦子

1. thin person

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		瘦子
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	瘦桿
	Xuzhou	瘦猴兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	瘦子, 瘦鬼
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	瘦巴欠, 瘦殼子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	瘦子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	瘦骨仙
Gan	Nanchang	瘦子
	Lichuan	瘦子
Huizhou	Jixi	瘦鬼精
Southern Min	Xiamen	㾪的
	Quanzhou	㾪的
	Zhangzhou	㾪的
	Leizhou	妃瘦
	Haikou	瘦囝 young person
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	瘦鬼
Wu	Danyang	瘦剝皮
	Ningbo	瘦骨材

Dialectal synonyms of 瘦子 (“thin person”) [map]

Antonyms

• 胖子 (pàngzi)