玉子

Chinese

		jade	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. (玉子)		玉	子

Etymology

“Egg in Japanese cuisine”: Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 玉子(たまご) (tamago), which is an alternative spelling of 卵(たまご) (tamago).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yùzǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄗˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): juk⁶ zi²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gio̍k-chí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yùzǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄗˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yùzǐh
  - Wade–Giles: yü⁴-tzŭ³
  - Yale: yù-dž
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuhtzyy
  - Palladius: юйцзы (jujczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: juk⁶ zi²
  - Yale: yuhk jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yug⁶ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚² t͡siː³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gio̍k-chí
  - Tâi-lô: gio̍k-tsí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: giogcie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡiɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡si⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡiɔk̚²⁴⁻² t͡si⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡiɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡si⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡiɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡si⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡiɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡si⁴¹/

Noun

玉子

(literary) synonym of 玉苗 (“precious sapling”)
(literary) jade Go stone
(in Japanese cuisine) egg
玉子燒／玉子烧 ― yùzǐshāo ― tamagoyaki

玉子豆腐 ― yùzǐdòufǔ ― egg tofu
(Taiwanese Hokkien) synonym of 愛玉子 / 爱玉子 (àiyùzǐ, “the fruit of Ficus pumila var. awkeotsang”)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
玉	子
たま Grade: 1	こ > ご Grade: 1
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 玉子 – see the following entry.

【卵たまご】6

[noun] an egg, including fish roe

[noun] the beginning or start of something (compare the uses of English terms kernel and seed)

[noun] a beginner or rookie at something

(This term, 玉子, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)