幌子

Chinese

		advertising sign	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. (幌子)		幌	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huǎngzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˇ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fong² zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huǎngzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˇ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huǎngzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: huang³-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: hwǎng-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hoang.tzy
    • Palladius: хуанцзы (xuanczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fong² zi²
    • Yale: fóng jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong² dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fong² ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 幌子

1. shop sign
   1. (specifically, literary) shop sign for a liquor-selling establishment
2. (figurative) pretense; excuse

Synonyms

• (shop sign for a liquor-selling establishment):

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• 招子 (zhāozi)
• 望子 (wàngzi)
• 酒幌 (jiǔhuǎng)
• 酒旗 (jiǔqí)
• 酒望 (jiǔwàng)
• 酒望子 (jiǔwàngzi)
• 酒簾／酒帘 (jiǔlián)
• 酒簾子／酒帘子 (jiǔliánzi)

 

• (pretense):

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• 事由 (shìyóu)
• 口實／口实 (kǒushí)
• 推頭／推头 (¹the-deu) (Wu)
• 擋箭牌／挡箭牌 (dǎngjiànpái) (figurative)
• 由子 (yóuzi)
• 由頭／由头
• 盾牌 (dùnpái) (figurative)
• 藉口／借口 (jièkǒu)
• 託詞／托词 (tuōcí)
• 頭由／头由 (tóuyóu) (dialectal)
• 題目／题目 (tímù) (Classical Chinese)