養子

See also: 养子

Chinese

		give birth; keep (pets); to support give birth; keep (pets); to support; to bring sb. up; to raise (pig, etc.)	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (養子)		養	子
simp. (养子)		养	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): yǎngzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˇ ㄗˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): yang³ zi³

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁵ zi²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yông-chṳ́
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ióng-chú / iáng-chú / iúⁿ-chú
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶yan-tsy
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ian³ zi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎngzǐ [Phonetic: yángzǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˇ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎngzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: yang³-tzŭ³
    • Yale: yǎng-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeangtzyy
    • Palladius: янцзы (janczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: yang³ zi³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: iangz
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iaŋ⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: joeng⁵ zi²
    • Yale: yéuhng jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁵ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁵ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ¹³ t͡siː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yông-chṳ́
    • Hakka Romanization System: iong´ zii`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yong<sup>1</sup> zi<sup>3</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯oŋ²⁴ t͡sɨ³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yông-chṳ́
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iong´ zii`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yong¹ zi³
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯oŋ²⁴ t͡sɨ³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ióng-chú
    • Tâi-lô: ióng-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iofngzuo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iáng-chú
    • Tâi-lô: iáng-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iafngzuo
    • IPA (Taipei): /iaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iaŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iúⁿ-chú
    • Tâi-lô: iúnn-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: viwzuo
    • IPA (Taipei): /iũ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iũ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁴¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶yan-tsy
    • MiniDict: yan^去 tsy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhian-tsr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦiã²² t͡sz̩⁴⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: ian³ zi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /i̯æn⁴¹ t͡si⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /i̯æn⁴¹ t͡ɕi⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: yangX tsiX

Rime
Character	養	子
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	餘兩切	即里切
Baxter	yangX	tsiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨɐŋX/	/t͡sɨX/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɐŋX/	/t͡sɨX/
Shao Rongfen	/iɑŋX/	/t͡sieX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jɨaŋX/	/t͡sɨX/
Li Rong	/iaŋX/	/t͡siəX/
Wang Li	/jĭaŋX/	/t͡sĭəX/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯aŋX/	/t͡siX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǎng	zǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	joeng5	zi2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]aŋʔ  tsəʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*laŋʔ  ʔslɯʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	養	子
Reading #	2/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yǎng	zǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ yangX ›	‹ tsiX ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]aŋʔ/	/*tsəʔ/
English	nourish, raise	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	養	子
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	14613	17857
Phonetic component	養	子
Rime group	陽	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	養	子
Old Chinese	/*laŋʔ/	/*ʔslɯʔ/
Notes	說文羊聲

Noun

養子

1. adopted child; foster child

Synonyms

• 螟蛉子 (mínglíngzǐ)
• 螟蛉 (mínglíng)
• (Sichuan) 抱子
• (Hokkien) 螟蛉仔囝
• (Wu) 領來兒子／领来儿子, 嗣子
• (Xiang) 抱者個／抱者个, 帶者個／带者个

See also

• 被收養人／被收养人 (bèishōuyǎngrén)

Verb

養子

1. (literary or Hakka) to rear a child

Japanese

Kanji in this term
養	子
よう Grade: 4	し Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

養(よう)子(し) • (yōshi) 

1. foster child
2. A person who was adopted as a child.