渡子

Chinese

		to cross; to pass through; to ferry	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. (渡子)		渡	子

Pronunciation

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thu-chṳ́

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• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thu-chṳ́
    • Hakka Romanization System: tu zii`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tu⁴ zi³
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰu⁵⁵ t͡sɨ³¹/

Verb

渡子

1. (Hakka) to raise a child; to bring up a child

Synonyms

• 供養／供养
• 保 (bǎo) (literary, or in compounds)
• 奉養／奉养
• 扶養／扶养 (fúyǎng)
• 撫育／抚育 (fǔyù)
• 撫養／抚养 (fǔyǎng)
• 育兒／育儿 (yù'ér) (to raise a child)
• 贍養／赡养 (shànyǎng)
• 邀飼／邀饲 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 鞠養／鞠养 (jūyǎng) (literary)
• 養活／养活 (yǎnghuo) (colloquial)
• 養育／养育 (yǎngyù)