番子

Chinese

		(measure word for acts); deeds; foreign (measure word for acts); deeds; foreign; surname; place name	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (番子)		番	子
simp. #(番子)		番	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fānzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan¹ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fānzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fanzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: fan¹-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: fān-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fan.tzy
    • Palladius: фаньцзы (fanʹczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faan¹ zi²
    • Yale: fāan jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

番子

1. (derogatory) barbarian; foreigner
2. (Cantonese, mahjong) honor tile; wind tile or dragon tile
3. (Pingxiang Gan) side of a coin without written characters; heads

Synonyms

• (barbarian):

• 自然人 (zìránrén)
• 蠻人／蛮人 (mánrén) (derogatory)
• 野人 (yěrén)
• 野蠻人／野蛮人 (yěmánrén)

 

• (honor tile): 字牌 (zìpái)
• (side of a coin with written characters):

Dialectal synonyms of 鏝 (“side of a coin without written characters”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Mandarin	Beijing	鏝兒
	Luoyang	鏝兒
	Wanrong	鏝兒
	Xi'an	鏝兒
	Xining	鏝兒
	Wuhan	鏝
	Xuzhou	鏝兒
	Yangzhou	幕
Cantonese	Hong Kong	公
Gan	Nanchang	鏝
	Lichuan	鏝兒
	Pingxiang	鏝子, 番子
Jin	Taiyuan	幕兒, 鏝兒
	Pingyao	眼兒
	Shenmu	鏝兒
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	覆
Southern Min	Xiamen	合
	Leizhou	背
Wu	Ningbo	烏
	Wenzhou	鏝
Xiang	Changsha	杠子

Derived terms

• 小番子
• 番子手

 

Descendants

• → Manchu: ᡶᠠᠨᡯ (fandz)