牌子

Chinese

		cards; game pieces; signboard cards; game pieces; signboard; plate; tablet	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (牌子)		牌	子
simp. #(牌子)		牌	子

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): páizi

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄞˊ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paai⁴ zi²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pâi-chí / pâi-chú

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bai⁵ ze²

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶ba-tsy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: páizi
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄞˊ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: páizi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: pʻai²-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: pái-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pair.tzy
    • Palladius: пайцзы (pajczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaɪ̯³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: paai⁴ zi²
    • Yale: pàaih jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paai⁴ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: pai⁴ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːi̯²¹ t͡siː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pâi-chí
    • Tâi-lô: pâi-tsí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: paicie
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pai²⁴⁻²² t͡si⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pai¹³⁻²² t͡si⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pâi-chú
    • Tâi-lô: pâi-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: paizuo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pai²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pai²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bai⁵ ze²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pâi tsṳ́
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pai⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sɯ⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶ba-tsy
    • MiniDict: ba^去 tsy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ba-tsr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ba²² t͡sz̩⁴⁴/

Noun

牌子

1. brand (specific product, service, etc.); trademark
2. brand (name, symbol, logo, etc.)
3. sign; signboard
4. (Shanghainese) trustworthiness and reputation

   • 大家再勿注意質量，阿拉公司個牌子也要敲脫了。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
     大家再勿注意质量，阿拉公司个牌子也要敲脱了。 [Shanghainese, simp.]

     From: 2007, Qian Nairong, 上海话大词典, page 23

     ⁶da-ka ¹tse ⁸veq-tsy-i ⁷tseq-lian ⁷aq-la ¹kon-sy ⁸geq ⁶ba-tsy ⁶gha ⁵iau ¹khau-theq-leq [Wugniu]

     If we don't pay attention to the quality, our company's reputation will also deteriorate.

Synonyms

• (brand): 品牌 (pǐnpái), 嘜頭／唛头 (màitóu)
• (signboard): 招牌 (zhāopái), 嘜頭／唛头 (màitóu)

See also

• 標牌／标牌 (biāopái)

Pronunciation 2

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pî-jí

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pî-jí
    • Tâi-lô: pî-jí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pijie
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi²³⁻³³ zi⁴¹/

Noun

牌子

1. (Southern Min, gambling) counter, chip (alternative form of money)

Synonyms

• 籌碼／筹码 (chóumǎ)