吊膀子

Chinese

		to hang; to suspend	to flirt; puffed (swollen); bladder to flirt; puffed (swollen); bladder; upper arm; wing	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (吊膀子)		吊	膀	子
simp. #(吊膀子)		吊	膀	子
alternative forms		弔膀子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diào bàngzi, diào bǎngzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄅㄤˋ ˙ㄗ, ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄅㄤˇ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): diu³ bong² zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diào bàngzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄅㄤˋ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diào bàngzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: tiao⁴ pang⁴-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: dyàu bàng-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diaw banq.tzy
    • Palladius: дяо банцзы (djao banczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pɑŋ⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diào bǎngzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄅㄤˇ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diào bǎngzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: tiao⁴ pang³-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: dyàu bǎng-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diaw baang.tzy
    • Palladius: дяо банцзы (djao banczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ pɑŋ²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: diu³ bong² zi²
    • Yale: diu bóng jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: diu³ bong² dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: diu³ bong² ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːu̯³³ pɔːŋ³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Verb

吊膀子

1. (regional) to flirt

Synonyms

• 調情／调情 (tiáoqíng)