傀儡子

Chinese

		puppet; marionette; puppet puppet; marionette; puppet; someone who is manipulated by another; pawn; minion	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (傀儡子)		傀儡	子
simp. ^#(傀儡子)		傀儡	子

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kuǐlěizi

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟˇ ㄌㄟˇ ˙ㄗ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kuǐlěizi [Phonetic: kuílěizi]
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄟˇ ㄌㄟˇ ˙ㄗ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kuěilěizi̊h
  - Wade–Giles: kʻuei³-lei³-tzŭ⁵
  - Yale: kwěi-lěi-dz
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koeileei.tzy
  - Palladius: куйлэйцзы (kujlɛjczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ leɪ̯²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/

Noun

傀儡子

puppet show

Japanese

Kanji in this term
傀	儡	子
くぐつ		し Grade: 1
Hyōgai	Hyōgai	し Grade: 1
jukujikun		on'yomi

Alternative spelling
傀儡師

Etymology

From 傀儡 (kugutsu, “puppet”, jukujikun (熟字訓)) +‎ 子 (-shi, “master”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) くぐつし [kùgútsúꜜshì] (Nakadaka – [3])
IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ɡɯ̟t͡sɨɕi]

Noun

傀儡(くぐつ)子(し) • (kugutsushi)

(historical) a wandering street puppeteer
Synonym: 傀儡 (kugutsu)