溜子
Chinese
| slip away; to skate | child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight | ||
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| simp. and trad. (溜子) |
溜 | 子 | |
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: liùzi
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˋ ˙ㄗ
- Tongyong Pinyin: liòuzi̊h
- Wade–Giles: liu4-tzŭ5
- Yale: lyòu-dz
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liow.tzy
- Palladius: люцзы (ljuczy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /li̯oʊ̯⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Xiang
Noun
溜子
- (mining) transport equipment
- (regional) faction; gang
- (regional) rapid water flow
- (Xiang) funnel (utensil used to guide poured liquids)