石子

Chinese

		rock; stone; 10 pecks	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. (石子)		石	子

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	石	子
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	常 (25)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	昔 (123)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	常隻切	即里切
Baxter	dzyek	tsiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑiᴇk̚/	/t͡sɨX/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑiɛk̚/	/t͡sɨX/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑiæk̚/	/t͡sieX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑiajk̚/	/t͡sɨX/
Li Rong	/ʑiɛk̚/	/t͡siəX/
Wang Li	/ʑĭɛk̚/	/t͡sĭəX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʑi̯ɛk̚/	/t͡siX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shí	zǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sik6	zi2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shízǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sek⁶ zi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chio̍h-jí / chio̍h-chí / chio̍h-lí
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸zaq-tsy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shízǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-tzŭ³
    • Yale: shŕ-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrtzyy
    • Palladius: шицзы (šiczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (石子兒／石子儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shízǐr
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄗˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhzǐhr
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-tzŭ³-ʼrh
    • Yale: shŕ-dzǐr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrtzeel
    • Palladius: шицзыр (šiczyr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ t͡sz̩ɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sek⁶ zi²
    • Yale: sehk jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sek⁹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ség⁶ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛːk̚² t͡siː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chio̍h-jí
    • Tâi-lô: tsio̍h-jí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cioiqjie
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ zi⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chio̍h-chí
    • Tâi-lô: tsio̍h-tsí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cioiqcie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sio(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡si⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sio(ʔ)²⁴⁻² t͡si⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sio(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡si⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chio̍h-lí
    • Tâi-lô: tsio̍h-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cioiqlie
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sio(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ li⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁸zaq-tsy
    • MiniDict: zah^入 tsy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵zaq-tsr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zaʔ¹¹ t͡sz̩²³/

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• Middle Chinese: dzyek tsiX

Noun

石子

1. pebble; rock
2. (literary) uncut jade

Synonyms

• (pebble):

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• 小石塊／小石块 (xiǎo shíkuài)
• 小石頭／小石头 (xiǎo shítou)
• 石仔 (sek⁶ zai²) (Cantonese, Hokkien)
• 石囝 (Teochew)
• 石子仔 (Singapore Hokkien)
• 石屎 (Hakka)
• 石春 (sek⁶ ceon¹) (Cantonese)
• 石杮 (Jinjiang Hokkien)
• 石牯囝 (Puxian Min)
• 石頭仔／石头仔 (Hokkien)
• 石頭仔囝／石头仔囝 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 石頭兒／石头儿 (si² tour^2-1) (Sichuanese)
• 石頭囝／石头囝 (Puxian Min)
• 石頭塊塊／石头块块 (Jin)
• 石頭子／石头子 (shítouzǐ) (colloquial)
• 石頭牯囝／石头牯囝 (Puxian Min)
• 石頭骨／石头骨 (shr⁶ dou gu) (Xiang)
• 礓 (jiāng) (literary or dialectal)
• 細石／细石 (Hakka)

 

Derived terms

• 碎石子 (suìshízi)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
石	子
いし Grade: 1	こ Grade: 1
kun'yomi	kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [iɕiko̞]

Proper noun

石(いし)子(こ) • (Ishiko) 

1. a female given name

Noun

石(いし)子(こ) • (ishiko) 

1. (uncommon) pebble

   Synonym: 小石