梯子

Chinese

		ladder	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. (梯子)		梯	子

梯子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tīzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tai¹ zi²
• Jin (Wiktionary): ti¹ zeh
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ti¹ zr

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tīzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tizi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: tʻi¹-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: tī-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ti.tzy
    • Palladius: тицзы (ticzy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tai¹ zi²
    • Yale: tāi jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tai¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: tei¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ti¹ zeh
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /tʰxi¹¹ t͡səʔ²/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: ti¹ zr
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi³³ t͡sz̩³/

Noun

梯子

1. ladder (Classifier: 架 m)
2. (Internet slang) tools used to circumvent internet censorship

   掛梯子／挂梯子  ―  guà tīzǐ  ―  to set up a tool that circumvents the GFW (lit. "to hang a ladder")

   • 杜羅夫不光有個性，還很有錢，他一直為運行VPN的管理員捐比特幣，官方搭梯子來幫助俄羅斯境內的用戶翻牆使用Telegram。 [MSC, trad.]
     杜罗夫不光有个性，还很有钱，他一直为运行VPN的管理员捐比特币，官方搭梯子来帮助俄罗斯境内的用户翻墙使用Telegram。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 战斗民族聊天软件硬刚俄罗斯政府，竟然还赢了

     Dùluófū bùguāng yǒu gèxìng, hái hěn yǒuqián, tā yīzhí wèi yùnxíng VPN de guǎnlǐyuán juān bǐtèbì, guānfāng dā tīzi lái bāngzhù Éluósī jìngnèi de yònghù fānqiáng shǐyòng Telegram. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 鄰近大閱兵，中共當局更進一步加強網絡信息封鎖，網民平時用來翻越當局設置的信息柏林牆的梯子即虛擬專用網絡VPN紛紛宣告失靈或失效。 [MSC, trad.]
     邻近大阅兵，中共当局更进一步加强网络信息封锁，网民平时用来翻越当局设置的信息柏林墙的梯子即虚拟专用网络VPN纷纷宣告失灵或失效。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 《內幕》第45期: 江澤民老神在在 習近平固定裝置

     Línjìn dà yuèbīng, Zhōnggòng dāngjú gèng jìnyībù jiāqiáng wǎngluò xìnxī fēngsuǒ, wǎngmín píngshí yònglái fānyuè dāngjú shèzhì de xìnxī Bólínqiáng de tīzi jí xūnǐ zhuānyòng wǎngluò VPN fēnfēn xuāngào shīlíng huò shīxiào. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 臨近大月餅，梯子開始卡了，換了幾個VPN都不能用了。 [MSC, trad.]
     临近大月饼，梯子开始卡了，换了几个VPN都不能用了。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 《習近平軍變》

     Línjìn dà yuèbǐng, tīzi kāishǐ kǎ le, huàn le jǐ ge VPN dōu bùnéng yòng le. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• (ladder):

Dialectal synonyms of 梯子 (“ladder”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		梯子
Mandarin	Beijing	梯子
	Taiwan	梯子
	Harbin	梯子
	Yantai (Muping)	梯子
	Jinan	梯子
	Luoyang	梯子
	Wanrong	梯子
	Xi'an	梯子
	Yinchuan	梯子
	Lanzhou	梯架
	Xining	梯子
	Ürümqi	梯架
	Wuhan	梯子, 樓梯
	Chengdu	梯子
	Guiyang	樓梯
	Liuzhou	梯子
	Xuzhou	梯子
	Yangzhou	梯子
	Nanjing	梯子
	Hefei	梯子
	Nantong	扶梯
	Malaysia	樓梯
	Singapore	樓梯
Cantonese	Guangzhou	梯, 梯橫
	Hong Kong	梯
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	梯
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	梯
	Macau	梯
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	梯橫
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	梯
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	梯
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	梯
	Foshan	梯橫
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	梯
	Foshan (Shunde)	梯
	Foshan (Sanshui)	梯
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	梯
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	梯橫
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	梯
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	梯
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	梯
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	梯
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	梯
	Taishan	憑企
	Kaiping (Chikan)	憑企
	Enping (Niujiang)	憑企
	Heshan (Yayao)	梯
	Dongguan	梯
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	梯
	Yangjiang	梯
	Wuzhou	梯
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	梯
	Hepu (Shatian)	梯
	Qinzhou	梯
	Qinzhou (Xiniujiao)	梯
	Beihai	梯
	Beihai (Nankang)	梯
	Beihai (Yingpan)	梯
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	梯
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	梯
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	爬梯
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	梯
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	梯
	Móng Cái	腳梯
Gan	Nanchang	樓梯
	Lichuan	樓批
	Pingxiang	樓梯
Hakka	Meixian	梯
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	梯
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	梯
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	梯
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	梯
	Conghua (Lütian)	梯
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	梯仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	梯仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	梯仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	梯
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	梯仔, 梯
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	梯
	Hong Kong	陡梯
	Senai (Huiyang)	梯
	Kuching (Hepo)	樓梯
Huizhou	Jixi	梯
Jin	Taiyuan	梯子
	Xinzhou	梯子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	樓階
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	梯, 樓梯
Southern Min	Xiamen	梯, 樓梯
	Manila (Hokkien)	樓梯, 梯
	Chaozhou	梯
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	梯
	Haikou	梯
Puxian Min	Putian	樓梯
	Putian (Jiangkou)	樓梯
	Putian (Nanri)	樓梯
	Xianyou	樓梯
	Xianyou (Fengting)	樓梯
	Xianyou (Youyang)	樓梯
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	樓梯
Wu	Shanghai	胡梯
	Shanghai (Chongming)	梯
	Suzhou	梯
	Wuxi	梯子, 竹梯
	Danyang	梯, 梯子
	Hangzhou	梯子
	Ningbo	路梯
	Wenzhou	樓梯
	Jinhua	梯兒
Xiang	Changsha	樓梯, 梯子
	Shuangfeng	樓梯

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (梯子):

• → Japanese: 梯(てい)子(し) (teishi)

See also

• (tools): 牆／墙 (qiáng), 翻牆／翻墙 (fānqiáng)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
梯	子
Jinmeiyō	Grade: 1
irregular

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “橋 + 子?”)

Alternative forms

• 梯

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はしご [hàshígó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠ɕiɡo̞]

Noun

梯子(はしご) • (hashigo) 

1. ladder

   はしごを使(つか)って塀(へい)に登(のぼ)った。

   Hashigo o tsukatte hei ni nobotta.

   (We) used the ladder to climb over the fence.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 梯子(はしご)酒(ざけ) (hashigozake)
• 梯子(はしご)高(だか) (hashigodaka)
• 梯子(はしご)の段(だん) (hashigo no dan, “rung of a ladder”)
• 梯子(はしご)乗(の)り (hashigonori, “ladder-top stunts”)
• 梯子(はしご)段(だん) (hashigodan, “step; stair; staircase”)
• 梯子(はしご)車(しゃ) (hashigosha, “hook-and-ladder truck”)
• 梯子(はしご)を掛(か)ける (hashigo o kakeru, “to set a ladder up against”)
• 梯子(はしご)を外(はず)される (hashigo o hazusareru, “to be left high and dry by one's friends”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
梯	子
てい Jinmeiyō	し Grade: 1
kan’on

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) て​ーし [téꜜèshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [te̞ːɕi]

Noun

梯(てい)子(し) • (teishi) 

1. ladder

See also

• 梯子 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja