質子

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhìzǐ, zhízǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˋ ㄗˇ, ㄓˊ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zat¹ zi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chit-chú / chit-chír

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhìzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˋ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhìhzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: chih⁴-tzŭ³
    • Yale: jr̀-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyhtzyy
    • Palladius: чжицзы (čžiczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhízǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˊ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhíhzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: chih²-tzŭ³
    • Yale: jŕ-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyrtzyy
    • Palladius: чжицзы (čžiczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zat¹ zi²
    • Yale: jāt jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzat⁷ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zed¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐt̚⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chit-chú
    • Tâi-lô: tsit-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: citzuo
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /t͡sit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sit̚³²⁻⁵ t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡su⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chit-chír
    • Tâi-lô: tsit-tsír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sit̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 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