拍子

Chinese

		to clap; to pat; to beat to clap; to pat; to beat; to hit; to slap; to take (a picture)	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. (拍子)		拍	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pāizi

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄞ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paak^3-2 zi² / paak³ zi²
• Jin (Wiktionary): pai¹ zeh
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phah-chí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pāizi
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄞ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: paizi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: pʻai¹-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: pāi-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pai.tzy
    • Palladius: пайцзы (pajczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: paak^3-2 zi² / paak³ zi²
    • Yale: páak jí / paak jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paak^8-2 dzi² / paak⁸ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: pag^3-2 ji² / pag³ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːk̚³⁻³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/, /pʰaːk̚³ t͡siː³⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: pai¹ zeh
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /pʰai¹¹ t͡səʔ²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phah-chí
    • Tâi-lô: phah-tsí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phahcie
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /pʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡si⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰa(ʔ)⁵ t͡si⁵⁵⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡si⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /pʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡si⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ t͡si⁴¹/

Noun

拍子

1. small bat such as a fly swatter, tennis racket, ping-pong paddle, etc.
2. (music) beat; time
3. (Jin) flour pieces mixed with water (when making noodles)

Derived terms

• 拍子機 / 拍子机 (pāizijī)
• 複拍子 / 复拍子 (fùpāizi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
拍	子
ひょう Grade: S	し Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ひょーし [hyòóshíꜜ] (Odaka – [3])
• (Tokyo) ひょーし [hyòóshí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ço̞ːɕi]

Noun

拍(ひょう)子(し) • (hyōshi) 

1. a beat

   三(さん)拍子(びょうし)

   sanbyōshi

   three beats (per measure, i.e. 3/4 meter)

   4(し)拍子(びょうし)（4(よん)拍子(びょうし)）のリズム

   shibyōshi (yonbyōshi) no rizumu

   4/4 rhythm

2. rhythm
3. moment
   • 1908, Natsume Sōseki, Yume Jūya [Ten Nights of Dreaming]‎^[1]:

     自分(じぶん)が百合(ゆり)から顔(かお)を離(はな)す拍子(ひょうし)

     jibun ga yuri kara kao o hanasu hyōshi

     the moment I removed my face from the lily

Derived terms

• 拍子木(びょしぎ) (byoshigi)
• 拍子抜(ひょうしぬ)け (hyōshinuke)
• 大拍子(おおびょうし) (ōbyōshi)
• 三拍子(さんびょうし), 3拍子(さんびょうし) (sanbyōshi)
• 四拍子(しびょうし), 4拍子(しびょうし) (shibyōshi), 四拍子(よんびょうし), 4拍子(よんびょうし) (yonbyōshi)
• 白拍子(しらびょし) (shirabyoshi)
• 手拍子(てびょうし) (tebyōshi)
• 変拍子(へんびょうし) (henbyōshi)

References

• “拍子”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026