驕子

Chinese

		proud; arrogant	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (驕子)		驕	子
simp. (骄子)		骄	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāozǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠ ㄗˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāozǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiaozǐh
    • Wade–Giles: chiao¹-tzŭ³
    • Yale: jyāu-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiautzyy
    • Palladius: цзяоцзы (czjaoczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

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• Middle Chinese: kjew tsiX

Rime
Character	驕	子
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	宵 (92)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	舉喬切	即里切
Baxter	kjew	tsiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiᴇu/	/t͡sɨX/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚiɛu/	/t͡sɨX/
Shao Rongfen	/kiæu/	/t͡sieX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kiaw/	/t͡sɨX/
Li Rong	/kjɛu/	/t͡siəX/
Wang Li	/kĭɛu/	/t͡sĭəX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯ɛu/	/t͡siX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiāo	zǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	giu1	zi2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*krew  ʔslɯʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	子	子
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zǐ	zǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ tsiX ›	‹ tsiX ›
Old Chinese	/*[ts]əʔ/	/*tsəʔ/
English	1st earthly branch	child; gentleman, master
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	驕	子
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	10326	17857
Phonetic component	喬	子
Rime group	宵	之
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	驕	子
Old Chinese	/*krew/	/*ʔslɯʔ/

Noun

驕子

1. favored son

   • 南有大漢，北有強胡。胡者，天之驕子也，不為小禮以自煩。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     南有大汉，北有强胡。胡者，天之骄子也，不为小礼以自烦。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE

     Nán yǒu dà Hàn, běi yǒu qiáng Hú. Hú zhě, tiān zhī jiāozǐ yě, bù wéi xiǎo lǐ yǐ zì fán. [Pinyin]

     To the south, there is the Great Han; to the north, there are the Strong Hu. [We] Hu are the favored sons of Heaven, and we do not weigh ourselves down with petty ceremonial.