質子

Chinese

		hostage; substance; nature hostage; substance; nature; quality	child; son; (noun suff.) child; son; (noun suff.); small thing; midnight; 11 p.m.-1 a.m.; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch
trad. (質子)		質	子
simp. (质子)		质	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhìzǐ, zhízǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˋ ㄗˇ, ㄓˊ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zat¹ zi²
• Min Nan (POJ): chit-chú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhìzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˋ ㄗˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyhtzyy
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhízǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˊ ㄗˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyrtzyy
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zat¹ zi²
    • Yale: jāt jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzat⁷ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zed¹ ji²
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐt̚⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chit-chú
    • Tâi-lô: tsit-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: citzuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕit̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡su⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕit̚³²⁻⁵ t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡su⁴¹/

Noun

質子

1. (physics, chemistry) proton
2. (historical) prince sent to be held as a hostage in a neighbouring state in exchange for trust
3. (Judaism) sephirah

Synonyms

• (proton): 陽子／阳子