鐵子

Chinese

		iron	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (鐵子)		鐵	子
simp. (铁子)		铁	子

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiězi

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄝˇ ˙ㄗ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiězi
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄝˇ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiězi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: tʻieh³-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: tyě-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiee.tzy
    • Palladius: тецзы (teczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/

Noun

鐵子 (Northeastern Mandarin, endearing)

1. good friend; buddy
2. (dated) sweetheart

Pronunciation 2

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thih-chí

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thih-chí
    • Tâi-lô: thih-tsí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tihcie
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡si⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰi(ʔ)⁵ t͡si⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

鐵子

1. (Hokkien) iron pellet (used for hunting gun shells)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鐵	子
てつ Hyōgaiji	こ Grade: 1
jūbakoyomi

Proper noun

鐵(てつ)子(こ) • (Tetsuko) 

1. a female given name