揚子

Chinese

		hurl; to raise; to scatter	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (揚子)		揚	子
simp. (扬子)		扬	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yángzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˊ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁴ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yángzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yángzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: Yang²-tzŭ³
    • Yale: Yáng-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yangtzyy
    • Palladius: Янцзы (Janczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: joeng⁴ zi²
    • Yale: yèuhng jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁴ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁴ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ²¹ t͡siː³⁵/

Proper noun

揚子

1. (～津) (historical) Yangzi (a ferry crossing in the south of modern Hanjiang district, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China)
2. (～縣, formerly ～鎮) (historical) Yangzi (a county in the south of modern Hanjiang district, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China)
3. (～縣, formerly ～軍) (historical) Yangzi (a county in modern Yizheng, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China)
4. (～社區) Yangzi (a community in Yiyuan, Jiang'an district, Wuhan, Hubei, China)

Derived terms

• 揚子毛茛／扬子毛茛 (Yángzǐ máogèn)
• 揚子江／扬子江 (Yángzǐ Jiāng)
• 揚子津／扬子津
• 揚子鱷／扬子鳄 (yángzǐ'è)

 

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
揚	子
よう Grade: S	し Grade: 1
kan’on

Proper noun

揚(よう)子(し) • (Yōshi) 

1. Honorific for Yang Xiong (揚雄), an ancient Chinese poet and philosopher

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
揚	子
よう Grade: S	す > ず Grade: 1
kan’on	tōon

Noun

揚(よう)子(ず) • (yōzu) 

1. (dialectal, around Hiroshima) kite

Synonyms

• (Standard Japanese): 凧(たこ) (tako)