幌子

Chinese

		advertising sign	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. (幌子)		幌	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huǎngzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˇ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fong² zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huǎngzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˇ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huǎngzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: huang³-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: hwǎng-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hoang.tzy
    • Palladius: хуанцзы (xuanczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fong² zi²
    • Yale: fóng jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong² dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fong² ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 幌子

1. shop sign
2. (figurative) pretense; excuse