水鱉子
Chinese
| water; river | turtle | child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (水鱉子/水鼈子) | 水 | 鱉/鼈 | 子 | |
| simp. (水鳖子) | 水 | 鳖 | 子 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐbiēzi
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄧㄝ ˙ㄗ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shuěibiezi̊h
- Wade–Giles: shui3-pieh1-tzŭ5
- Yale: shwěi-byē-dz
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeibie.tzy
- Palladius: шуйбецзы (šujbeczy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pi̯ɛ⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: seoi2 bit3 zi2
- Yale: séui bit jí
- Cantonese Pinyin: soey2 bit8 dzi2
- Guangdong Romanization: sêu2 bid3 ji2
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɵy̯³⁵ piːt̚³ t͡siː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
水鱉子
- Triops (a genus of tadpole shrimps found in fresh water)
- (Muping Mandarin) hot water bottle
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 湯壺 (“hot water bottle”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 湯壺, 暖壺 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 水鱉 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 熨壺, 燙壺 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 水鱉子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 湯壺, 暖壺 |
| Xi'an | 暖壺 | |
| Xining | 湯婆子, 湯瓶 | |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 湯婆子, 燙壺 |
| Wuhan | 熱水壺 | |
| Guiyang | 湯婆子 | |
| Liuzhou | 湯婆子, 湯壺 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 湯壺 |
| Yangzhou | 湯壺, 湯捂子 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 暖婆 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 湯婆子 |
| Lichuan | 湯婆 | |
| Pingxiang | 暖壺 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 暖壺 |
| Yudu | 暖壺 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 熱水焐 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 水鱉兒 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 湯壺 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 湯壺 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 燒水壺, 水鱉, 水龜 |
| Quanzhou | 水龜 | |
| Zhangzhou | 水龜 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 湯婆子 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 湯婆子 | |
| Suzhou | 湯婆子 | |
| Danyang | 湯婆子, 燙婆子 | |
| Hangzhou | 湯婆子 | |
| Wenzhou | 湯壺 | |
| Jinhua | 湯壺 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 湯壺人 |
| Loudi | 湯婆子, 燙壺 | |