檁子

Chinese

		cross-beam; ridge-pole	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (檁子)		檁	子
simp. (檩子)		檩	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǐnzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˇ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lam⁵ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǐnzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˇ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǐnzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: lin³-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: lǐn-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liin.tzy
    • Palladius: линьцзы (linʹczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lam⁵ zi²
    • Yale: láhm jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lam⁵ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lem⁵ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐm¹³ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

檁子

1. (architecture) purlin

Synonyms

• 檁條／檩条 (lǐntiáo), 檁條兒／檩条儿 (lǐntiáor)