樂子

See also: 乐子

Chinese

		music; happy; laugh music; happy; laugh; cheerful	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (樂子)		樂	子
simp. (乐子)		乐	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lèzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄜˋ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lok⁶ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lèzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄜˋ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lèzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: lê⁴-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: lè-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leh.tzy
    • Palladius: лэцзы (lɛczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɤ⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lok⁶ zi²
    • Yale: lohk jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lok⁹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: log⁶ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːk̚² t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

樂子

1. (colloquial) a little fun; a good time; something fun to do
2. (colloquial) something amusing or hilarious

Derived terms

• 找樂子／找乐子 (zhǎo lèzi)