子息

Chinese

		child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight	rest; news; interest rest; news; interest; breath
simp. and trad. (子息)		子	息
anagram		息子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǐxī, zǐxí

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˇ ㄒㄧ, ㄗˇ ㄒㄧˊ

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chṳ́-si̍t

  (Hailu, HRS): zii^ˊ sid

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǐxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǐhsi
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ³-hsi¹
    • Yale: dž-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyyshi
    • Palladius: цзыси (czysi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǐxí
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄒㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǐhsí
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ³-hsi²
    • Yale: dž-syí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyyshyi
    • Palladius: цзыси (czysi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ́-si̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: zii^ˋ xid
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zi³ xid⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ³¹ sit̚⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: zii^ˊ sid
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ²⁴⁻³³ sit⁵/

Noun

子息

1. son; the next generation
2. interest (sum of money)
3. (Taiwanese Hakka) sons and daughters; children

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 兒女 (“sons and daughters; children”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		兒女, 子女, 孩兒, 孩子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	兒女, 孩子
	Taiwan	兒女, 孩子
	Harbin	子女
	Malaysia	孩子
	Singapore	孩子
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	兒女, 子女, 孩子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	兒和女
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	兒女, 孩子
	Wanrong	兒女
	Xi'an	兒女, 娃
	Xining	子女, 娃娃們
	Xuzhou	子女
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	兒女
	Lanzhou	兒女
	Ürümqi	兒女, 子女
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	兒女, 子女, 娃娃些
	Wuhan	兒女, 兒子姑娘, 伢, 伢們
	Guiyang	娃娃, 娃兒
	Guilin	崽女
	Liuzhou	崽女
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	子女, 孩子
	Yangzhou	兒女, 子女, 霞子
	Nantong	侯啊丫頭
	Hefei	兒女
Cantonese	Guangzhou	仔女
	Hong Kong	仔女
	Dongguan	仔女
	Yangjiang	仔女, 仔妹
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	仔女
	Singapore (Guangfu)	仔女
Gan	Nanchang	崽女, 兒女
	Lichuan	崽女
	Pingxiang	崽女
Hakka	Meixian	子女, 細人仔
	Yudu	子女, 小鬼
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	子女, 子兒, 子息
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	子女
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	子女, 子兒, 子息
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	子女, 子兒, 倈妹, 子息
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	子女, 子兒, 子息
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	子兒, 子女
	Hong Kong	細佬哥
Huizhou	Jixi	兒子女
Jin	Taiyuan	兒女, 娃娃
	Pingyao	孩兒, 孩兒們
	Xinzhou	子女, 子弟, 子孫, 子顆 derogatory, 子秧 derogatory
Northern Min	Jian'ou	囝仔, 囝姩
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	囝兒, 男女囝, 囝, 兒囝, 兒囝哥
	Matsu	囝
Southern Min	Xiamen	囝兒
	Quanzhou	囝兒
	Zhangzhou	囝兒
	Taipei	囝兒
	Kaohsiung	囝兒
	Singapore (Hokkien)	囝, 囝兒
	Manila (Hokkien)	囝兒
	Chaozhou	囝兒
	Shantou	囝兒, 兒女, 子女, 孥囝
	Jieyang	囝, 囝兒, 孥囝
	Leizhou	囝
	Haikou	囝兒, 囝
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	男女, 崽女
Wu	Shanghai	子女, 大細, 囡大細 dated
	Shanghai (Chongming)	男女
	Suzhou	兒子囡兒, 小人, 大細
	Wuxi	佬小
	Danyang	子女, 兒女
	Hangzhou	兒女
	Ningbo	兒囡, 兒子囡, 子女
	Wenzhou	男女, 男兒女兒, 男兼女, 子女, 細兒
	Jinhua	兒囡
Xiang	Changsha	崽女
	Loudi	崽女
	Shuangfeng	崽女, 崽

Japanese

Kanji in this term
子	息
し Grade: 1	そく Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しそく [shìsóꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [2])
• (Tokyo) しそく [shíꜜsòkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕiso̞kɯ̟]

Noun

子(し)息(そく) • (shisoku) 

1. (honorific) son

Korean

Hanja in this term
子	息

Noun

子息 • (jasik) (hangeul 자식)

1. hanja form^? of 자식 (“child”)