叉子

Chinese

		to cross; be stuck; to diverge to cross; be stuck; to diverge; to open (as legs); fork; pitchfork; prong; pick; cross; intersect	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. (叉子)		叉	子

叉子 (fork)

叉子 (cross)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chāzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caa¹ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chāzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chazi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: chʻa¹-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: chā-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cha.tzy
    • Palladius: чацзы (čaczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caa¹ zi²
    • Yale: chā jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaa¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ca¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaː⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

叉子

1. fork
2. cross

Synonyms

• (fork):

Dialectal synonyms of 叉子 (“fork (for eating)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		叉子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	叉兒, 叉子
	Taiwan	叉子
	Malaysia	叉
	Singapore	叉
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	叉叉子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	叉子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	叉
	Hong Kong	叉
	Singapore (Guangfu)	叉
Gan	Pingxiang	叉子
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	叉仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	攕仔
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	刺仔
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	插仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	插仔, 叉仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	插
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	插仔, 叉仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	攕子, 插子
Huizhou	Jixi	叉
Southern Min	Xiamen	攕仔
	Zhangzhou	攕仔
	Taipei	攕仔
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	攕仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	攕仔, 叉仔
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	攕仔
	Kaohsiung	攕仔
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	攕仔
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	攕仔, 鑿仔
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	攕仔
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	攕仔
	Yilan (Toucheng)	攕仔
	Tainan	攕仔
	Tainan (Anping)	攕仔
	Kinmen	攕仔
	Penghu (Magong)	攕仔
	Penghu (Xiyu)	攕仔
	Penang (Hokkien)	攕仔
	Singapore (Hokkien)	攕
	Manila (Hokkien)	攕仔
	Medan (Hokkien)	攕仔
	Chaozhou	叉
	Singapore (Teochew)	叉
	Leizhou	叉
	Singapore (Hainanese)	戳
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	叉
Wu	Shanghai	叉
	Hangzhou	叉

• (cross):

Dialectal synonyms of 叉 (“cross (for marking as wrong or deletion)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		叉
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	叉兒, 叉子
	Taiwan	叉
	Malaysia	叉
	Singapore	叉
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	叉叉兒, 錯號兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	叉叉子
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	叉
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	叉
	Yangzhou	叉子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	交叉
	Hong Kong	交叉
Huizhou	Jixi	叉
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	叉
Southern Min	Xiamen	叉
	Quanzhou	叉
	Zhangzhou	叉
	Tainan	叉仔
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	叉