姑子

Chinese

		paternal aunt	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (姑子)		姑	子
simp. #(姑子)		姑	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gūzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu¹ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gūzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: ku¹-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: gū-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gu.tzy
    • Palladius: гуцзы (guczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu¹ zi²
    • Yale: gū jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 姑子

1. husband's sister
2. (Mainland China, colloquial) Buddhist nun

Synonyms

• (Buddhist nun): 尼姑 (nígū), 比丘尼 (bǐqiūní); (Min Nan) 菜姑, 齋姨／斋姨

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