猛子

Chinese

		ferocious; suddenly; fierce ferocious; suddenly; fierce; violent; abrupt	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. (猛子)		猛	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): měngzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˇ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maang⁵ zi²
• Gan (Wiktionary): mang³ zi
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): mong³ zr

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: měngzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˇ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: měngzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: mêng³-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: měng-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeng.tzy
    • Palladius: мэнцзы (mɛnczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maang⁵ zi²
    • Yale: máahng jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maang⁵ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: mang⁵ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːŋ¹³ t͡siː³⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: mang³ zi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maŋ²¹³⁻²¹ t͡sz̩¹/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: mong³ zr
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /mʊŋ⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /mən⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

Noun

猛子

1. (chiefly Mandarin) dive (Classifier: 個／个 m)
2. (Nanchang Gan) tall person (Classifier: 個／个 g)
3. (Xiang, Yichun Gan) impetuous person
4. (Xiang) courageous person

Derived terms

• 扎猛子 (zhāměngzi)
• 打猛子 (dǎměngzi)
• 猛子蟲／猛子虫
• 猛子鬼
• 踏猛子