傀儡子

Chinese

		puppet; marionette; puppet puppet; marionette; puppet; someone who is manipulated by another; pawn; minion	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (傀儡子)		傀儡	子
simp. #(傀儡子)		傀儡	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuǐlěizi

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟˇ ㄌㄟˇ ˙ㄗ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuǐlěizi [Phonetic: kuílěizi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄟˇ ㄌㄟˇ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuěilěizi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuei³-lei³-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: kwěi-lěi-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koeileei.tzy
    • Palladius: куйлэйцзы (kujlɛjczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ leɪ̯²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/

Noun

傀儡子

1. puppet show

Japanese

Kanji in this term
傀	儡	子
くぐつ		し Grade: 1
Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji
jukujikun		on’yomi

Alternative spelling
傀儡師

Etymology

From 傀儡 (kugutsu, “puppet”, jukujikun (熟字訓)) +‎ 子 (-shi, “master”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) くぐつ​し [kùgútsúꜜshì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ᵝɡɯ̟ᵝt͡sɨᵝɕi]

Noun

傀儡(くぐつ)子(し) • (kugutsushi) 

1. (historical) a wandering street puppeteer

   Synonym: 傀儡 (kugutsu)