盒子

Chinese

		small box; case	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
simp. and trad. (盒子)		盒	子
alternative forms		合子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): hézi

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ˙ㄗ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): хәзы (həzɨ, I-II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hap⁶ zi²

• Jin (Wiktionary): hah⁵ zeh
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸ghaq-tsy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hézi
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hézi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: ho²-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: hé-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: her.tzy
    • Palladius: хэцзы (xɛczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 合子 盒子

  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: хәзы (həzɨ, I-II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xə²⁴ t͡sz̩⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hap⁶ zi²
    • Yale: hahp jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hap⁹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: heb⁶ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐp̚² t͡siː³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 合子 盒子

• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: hah⁵ zeh
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /xaʔ⁵⁴ t͡səʔ¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁸ghaq-tsy
    • MiniDict: ghah^入 tsy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵hhaq-tsr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦaʔ¹¹ t͡sz̩²³/

Note: 5hhaq tsr - see 匣子, orthographically mapped to 盒子 through sound and meaning similarity.

Noun

盒子

1. (countable) box; case (generally small, with a lid) (Classifier: 個／个 m)
2. hezi, a savory turnover-like fried pie with meat or vegetable filling, common in Northern Chinese cuisine

   韭菜盒子  ―  jiǔcàihézǐ  ―  chives/leek hezi

3. Alternative name for 盒子槍／盒子枪 (héziqiāng, “Mauser pistol”).

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 盒子 (“box; case (with lid, generally smaller)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		盒子
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	盒子
	Singapore	盒子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	盒子
	Xining	盒兒
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	盒盒子, 盒盒兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	盒兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	盒盒兒, 盒盒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	盒
	Hong Kong	盒
	Dongguan	盒
	Singapore (Guangfu)	盒
Gan	Nanchang	盒子
Hakka	Meixian	盒仔
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	盒仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	盒仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	盒仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	盒
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	盒仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	盒
Huizhou	Jixi	盒
Jin	Taiyuan	盒子
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	盒盒
Southern Min	Xiamen	盒仔, 盒, 篋仔
	Quanzhou	盒仔, 盒, 篋仔
	Zhangzhou	盒仔, 盒, 篋仔
	Tainan	盒仔, 篋仔
	Penang (Hokkien)	盒, 箱
	Singapore (Hokkien)	盒
	Manila (Hokkien)	盒仔
	Medan (Hokkien)	盒
	Singapore (Teochew)	盒
	Leizhou	盒
	Haikou	盒
	Singapore (Hainanese)	盒
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	盒
Wu	Shanghai	盒子
	Danyang	盒盒
	Wenzhou	盒兒
	Jinhua	盒兒
Xiang	Loudi	盒

Derived terms

• 盒子槍／盒子枪 (héziqiāng)
• 盒子炮 (hézipào)
• 韭菜盒子 (jiǔcài hézi)
• 黑盒子 (hēihézi)

 

See also

• 箱子 (xiāngzi)