骰子

Chinese

		cuboid bone; dice	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (骰子)		骰	子
simp. #(骰子)		骰	子
alternative forms		投子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóuzi, shǎizi

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ ˙ㄗ, ㄕㄞˇ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tau⁴ zi² / sik¹ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóuzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóuzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: tʻou²-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: tóu-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tour.tzy
    • Palladius: тоуцзы (touczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 頭子／头子 骰子

      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǎizi
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄞˇ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǎizi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: shai³-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: shǎi-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shae.tzy
    • Palladius: шайцзы (šajczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂaɪ̯²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/

Note: shǎizi - reading it as 色子.

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: tau⁴ zi² / sik¹ zi²
    • Yale: tàuh jí / sīk jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tau⁴ dzi² / sik⁷ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: teo⁴ ji² / xig¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ t͡siː³⁵/, /sɪk̚⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 釋子／释子 骰子

Note: sik1 zi2 - reading it as 色子.

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 骰子

1. die (polyhedron used in games of chance) (Classifier: 顆／颗 m)

   擲骰子／掷骰子  ―  zhì tóuzi  ―  to throw dice

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 骰子 (“die (used in games of chance)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		骰子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	色子
	Taiwan	色子
	Harbin	色子
	Singapore	骰子
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	色子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	色子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	色子, 色兒
	Wanrong	色子
	Xi'an	色子
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	色子
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	色子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	色子
	Lanzhou	色子
	Ürümqi	色子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	色子
	Wuhan	色子
	Guiyang	色子
	Liuzhou	色子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	猴兒, 猴子
	Yangzhou	猴子
	Nantong	色兒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	色仔
	Hong Kong	色仔, 色
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	色仔
	Macau	色仔
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	色仔
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	色仔
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	色仔
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	色
	Foshan	色仔
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	色仔
	Foshan (Shunde)	色仔
	Foshan (Sanshui)	色仔
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	色子
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	色仔
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	色仔
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	色仔
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	色仔
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	色仔
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	色仔
	Taishan	色仔
	Kaiping (Chikan)	色仔
	Enping (Niujiang)	色仔
	Heshan (Yayao)	色仔
	Dongguan	色仔
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	色仔
Gan	Nanchang	色子
	Lichuan	色子
	Pingxiang	色子
Hakka	Meixian	骰仔
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	色仔
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	色仔
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	色仔
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	色仔
	Yudu	色子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	骰仔, 猴仔, 寶斗仁
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	骰仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	骰仔, 猴仔, 寶斗仁
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	十八啦
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	輾豆
Huizhou	Jixi	寶子
Jin	Taiyuan	色兒
	Xinzhou	色兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	骰仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	骰
Southern Min	Xiamen	骰仔, 豆仔
	Quanzhou	骰仔, 豆仔
	Zhangzhou	骰仔, 豆仔
	Taipei	救十八
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	膏十八仔
	Kaohsiung	撚骰仔
	Yilan	撚骰仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	撚骰仔
	Taichung	十八骰仔
	Tainan	撚寶
	Hsinchu	骰九
	Kinmen	骰仔
	Penghu (Magong)	骰仔
	Manila (Hokkien)	骰仔
	Jieyang	骰
	Leizhou	骰
	Haikou	色囝
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	色囝
	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	色囝
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	色子
Wu	Shanghai	骰子
	Shanghai (Chongming)	骰子
	Suzhou	骰子
	Danyang	骰子
	Hangzhou	骰子
	Ningbo	色子
	Wenzhou	骰子
Xiang	Changsha	色子
	Loudi	骰子

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
骰	子
Hyōgai	Grade: 1
irregular

Etymology

The kanji is jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 骰子.

Noun

骰子(さいころ) or 骰子(サイコロ) • (saikoro) 

1. Alternative spelling of 賽子 (“die”) (polyhedron used in games of chance)