太子

Chinese

		too (much); very; extremely too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest	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. (太子)		太	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tàizǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taai³ zi²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thai-chṳ́
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): thài-chú / thài-chír

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tai³ ze²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tàizǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tàizǐh
    • Wade–Giles: tʻai⁴-tzŭ³
    • Yale: tài-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taytzyy
    • Palladius: тайцзы (tajczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taai³ zi²
    • Yale: taai jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taai³ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: tai³ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːi̯³³ t͡siː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-chṳ́
    • Hakka Romanization System: tai zii`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ zi³
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ t͡sɨ³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thài-chú
    • Tâi-lô: thài-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: taezuo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡su⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thài-chír
    • Tâi-lô: thài-tsír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tai³ ze²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thài tsṳ́
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰai²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sɯ⁵²⁻²¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 太子

1. crown prince

Synonyms

• 國本／国本 (guóběn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (太子):

• → Japanese: 太(たい)子(し) (taishi)
• → Korean: 태자(太子) (taeja)
• → Vietnamese: thái tử (太子)

Others:

• → Classical Mongolian: ᠲᠠᠶᠢᠵᠢ (tayiǰi)
  • → Buryat: тайжа (tajža)
  • → Manchu: ᡨ᠋ᠠᡳ᠌ᠵᡳ (taiji)
    • → Chinese: 台吉 (táijí)
  • Mongolian: тайж (tajž)
  • → Written Oirat: ᡐᠠᠶᡅᠴᡅ (taiji)
    • → Chagatai:
    • Kalmyk: тәәҗ (tääj)
    • → Classical Tibetan: ཐའི་ཇི (tha'i ji)
      • Tibetan: ཐའི་ཇི (tha'i ji)
    • → Tuvan: тайжы (tayjı)

See also

• 官二代 (guān'èrdài)

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 太子

1. (～鎮) Taizi (a town in Yangxin, Huangshi, Hubei, China)

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
太	子
たい Grade: 2	し Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

太(たい)子(し) • (taishi) 

1. a crown prince
2. (shogi) crown prince (promoted drunk elephant, 醉象/酔象)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
太	子

Noun

太子 • (taeja) (hangeul 태자)

1. Hanja form^? of 태자 (“crown prince”).

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
太	子

Noun

太子

1. chữ Hán form of thái tử (“crown prince”).