早生貴子

Chinese

		early; morning	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	your son
trad. (早生貴子)		早	生	貴子
simp. (早生贵子)		早	生	贵子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǎoshēngguìzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄠˇ ㄕㄥ ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou² sang¹ gwai³ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǎoshēngguìzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˇ ㄕㄥ ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǎoshengguèizǐh
    • Wade–Giles: tsao³-shêng¹-kuei⁴-tzŭ³
    • Yale: dzǎu-shēng-gwèi-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaoshenggueytzyy
    • Palladius: цзаошэнгуйцзы (czaošɛngujczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zou² sang¹ gwai³ zi²
    • Yale: jóu sāng gwai jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou² sang¹ gwai³ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou² seng¹ guei³ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯³⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵ kʷɐi̯³³ t͡siː³⁵/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 早生貴子

1. to give birth to a son soon; wish you early birth of a healthy baby (propitiatory compliment to the newly-weds)