玉子

Chinese

		jade	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 pm-1 am; midnight
simp. and trad. (玉子)		玉	子

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yùzǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄗˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): juk⁶ zi²
Min Nan (POJ): gio̍k-chí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yùzǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄗˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yùzǐh
  - Wade–Giles: yü⁴-tzŭ³
  - Yale: yù-dž
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuhtzyy
  - Palladius: юйцзы (jujczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: juk⁶ zi²
  - Yale: yuhk jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yug⁶ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚² t͡siː³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gio̍k-chí
  - Tâi-lô: gio̍k-tsí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: giogcie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡiɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡ɕi⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡiɔk̚²⁴⁻² t͡ɕi⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡiɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡiɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡ɕi⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡiɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡ɕi⁴¹/

Noun

玉子

(literary) Synonym of 玉苗 (“precious sapling”).
(literary) jade Go stone
(in Japanese cuisine) egg
(Taiwanese Hokkien) Synonym of 愛玉子／爱玉子 (àiyùzǐ, “the fruit of Ficus pumila var. awkeotsang”).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
玉	子
たま Grade: 1	こ > ご Grade: 1
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 玉子 – see the following entry.

【卵たまご】6

[noun] an egg, including fish roe

[noun] the beginning or start of something (compare the uses of English terms kernel and seed)

[noun] a beginner or rookie at something

(This term, 玉子, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

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