磅子

Chinese

		a measure word; pound (unit of measurement); scale a measure word; pound (unit of measurement); scale; weigh	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. (磅子)		磅	子

Pronunciation

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pòng-chṳ́
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pōng-chí / pǒng-chí

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pòng-chṳ́
    • Hakka Romanization System: bongˇ zii`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bong² zi³
    • Sinological IPA: /poŋ¹¹ t͡sɨ³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Hsinchu, Sanxia, Yilan, Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pōng-chí
    • Tâi-lô: pōng-tsí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poxngcie
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pɔŋ²²⁻²¹ t͡si⁵³/
    • IPA (Yilan): /pɔŋ³³⁻²¹ t͡si⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Tainan): /pɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ t͡si⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔŋ³³⁻²¹ t͡si⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pǒng-chí
    • Tâi-lô: pǒng-tsí
    • IPA (Lukang): /pɔŋ³³⁻²² t͡si⁵⁵/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔŋ²² t͡si⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

磅子

1. (Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) standard weight (used on a balance scale)
2. (Taiwanese Hokkien) explosive

Synonyms

• (standard weight):

Dialectal synonyms of 砝碼 (“standard weight”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		砝碼
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	砝碼
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	磅子
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	磅子
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	磅錘, 磅子
Southern Min	Xiamen	磅子
	Quanzhou	磅子
	Zhangzhou	磅子
	Zhao'an	磅子, 砝碼
	Taipei	磅子
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	磅子
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	磅子
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	磅子
	Kaohsiung	磅子
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	磅子
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	磅子
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	磅子
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	磅子
	Yilan (Toucheng)	磅仔子
	Tainan	磅子
	Tainan (Anping)	磅子
	Kinmen	磅子
	Penghu (Magong)	磅子
	Penghu (Xiyu)	磅子
	Leizhou	磅錘

• (explosive): 炸藥／炸药 (zhàyào)