位子

Chinese

		position; location; (measure word for persons) position; location; (measure word for persons); place; seat	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. (位子)		位	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèizi

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁶ zi² / wai^6-2 zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wèizi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wèizi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: wei⁴-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: wèi-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wey.tzy
    • Palladius: вэйцзы (vɛjczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wai⁶ zi² / wai^6-2 zi²
    • Yale: waih jí / wái jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁶ dzi² / wai^6-2 dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁶ ji² / wei^6-2 ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²² t͡siː³⁵/, /wɐi̯²²⁻³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 位址 位子

Noun

位子

1. room (to sit); space; seat (Classifier: 個／个)
2. post; position; office (Classifier: 個／个)

Synonyms

• (room to sit):

• 位 (wèi) (literary, or in compounds)
• 坐具 (zuòjù) (as furniture)
• 坐席 (zuòxí)
• 席位 (xíwèi)
• 座位 (zuòwèi)
• 座席 (zuòxí)

 

• (post):

• 位置 (wèizhì)
• 崗位／岗位 (gǎngwèi)
• 職位／职位 (zhíwèi)

 

Related terms

• 地位 (dìwèi)
• 位於／位于 (wèiyú)
• 位置 (wèizhì)