拉子

Chinese

		to pull; to play (string instruments); to drag to pull; to play (string instruments); to drag; to draw	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. (拉子)		拉	子

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English lesbian.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lāzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄚ ㄗˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lāzǐ → lāzi (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄚ ㄗˇ → ㄌㄚ ˙ㄗ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lazi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: la¹-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: lā-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lha.tzyy
    • Palladius: лацзы (laczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lä⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /lä⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 拉子

1. (slang) lesbian

See also

• 拉拉 (lālā)