子彈

See also: 子弹

Chinese

	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight	bullet; shot; ball bullet; shot; ball; to play (a stringed instrument); to pluck a string; impeach
trad. (子彈)	子	彈
simp. (子弹)	子	弹
anagram	彈子／弹子

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zǐdàn

(Zhuyin): ㄗˇ ㄉㄢˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zi² daan^6-2

(Taishan, Wiktionary): du² an^5*
Gan (Wiktionary): 'zi³ tan⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ́-thàn
Eastern Min (BUC): cṳ̄-dàng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chí-tôaⁿ / chú-tân / chí-tân

(Teochew, Peng'im): ze² tang⁵
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁵tsy-de₆ / ³tsy-dae₆

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zǐdàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄉㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zǐhdàn
  - Wade–Giles: tzŭ³-tan⁴
  - Yale: dž-dàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyydann
  - Palladius: цзыдань (czydanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɹ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ tän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi² daan^6-2
  - Yale: jí dáan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² daan^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji² dan^6-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ taːn²²⁻³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: du² an^5*
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu⁵⁵ an³²⁻³²⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: 'zi³ tan⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈt͡sɹ̩²¹³⁻²⁴ tʰan¹¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ́-thàn
  - Hakka Romanization System: zii^ˋ tan^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zi³ tan²
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ³¹ tʰan¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: cṳ̄-dàng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sy³³⁻²¹ ^(t-)laŋ⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-tôaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tsí-tuânn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cy'dvoaa
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tuã²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tuã²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tuã²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú-tân
  - Tâi-lô: tsú-tân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zw'daan
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tan²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tan²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tan¹³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-tân
  - Tâi-lô: tsí-tân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cy'daan
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tan²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ze² tang⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsṳ́ thâng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɯ⁵²⁻³⁵ tʰaŋ⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵tsy-de₆
  - MiniDict: tsy^去 de^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tsr-de₃
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sɹ̩³³ de⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Jiaxing)
  - Wugniu: ³tsy-dae₆
  - MiniDict: tsy^上 dae^去
  - Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /t͡sɹ̩⁴⁴ dɛ²¹/

Noun

子彈

(countable) bullet (Classifier: 粒 m c; 顆／颗 m; 發／发 m; 枚 m)
子彈打穿了耳朵，但我還能聽到黨的聲音。 [MSC, trad.]
子弹打穿了耳朵，但我还能听到党的声音。 [MSC, simp.]
Zǐdàn dǎ chuān le ěrduǒ, dàn wǒ hái néng tīng dào Dǎng de shēngyīn. [Pinyin]
The bullet pierced my ear, but I can still hear the voice of the Party.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 子彈 (“bullet”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		子彈, 槍彈
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	槍子兒, 鉛子兒
	Taiwan	子彈
	Harbin	槍子兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	槍子兒, 炮子兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	碼子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	槍子子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	槍子子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	子彈, 碼子
	Hong Kong	子彈
	Taishan	碼子, 子彈
	Dongguan	碼子, 子碼
Gan	Nanchang	子彈, 炮子
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	子彈, 銃子
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	子彈, 銃子
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	子彈, 銃子
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	子彈, 銃子
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	子彈, 銃子
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	子彈, 銃子
Jin	Taiyuan	槍子子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	炮子
Southern Min	Xiamen	銃子, 銃彈
	Quanzhou	銃子, 銃彈
	Zhangzhou	銃子, 銃彈
	Tainan	銃子
	Jieyang	銃子
	Leizhou	碼子
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	子彈
Wu	Hangzhou	子彈
Xiang	Changsha	炮子子

Derived terms

子彈列車 / 子弹列车 (zǐdàn lièchē)
子彈火車 / 子弹火车 (zǐdàn huǒchē)
子彈肌 / 子弹肌