鉛子
Chinese
| lead (metal) | child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (鉛子) | 鉛 | 子 | |
| simp. (铅子) | 铅 | 子 | |
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): ing5 zi2
- Southern Min
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: ing5 zi2
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: îng tsí
- Sinological IPA (key): /iŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡si⁵²/
- (Teochew)
Noun
鉛子
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 子彈 (“bullet”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 子彈, 槍彈 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 子彈 |
| Harbin | 槍子兒 | |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 槍子兒, 炮子兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 碼子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 槍子子 |
| Yangzhou | 槍子子 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 子彈, 碼子 |
| Hong Kong | 子彈 | |
| Taishan | 碼子, 子彈 | |
| Dongguan | 碼子, 子碼 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 子彈, 炮子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 子彈, 銃子 |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 子彈, 銃子 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 子彈, 銃子 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 子彈, 銃子 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 子彈, 銃子 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 子彈, 銃子 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 槍子子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 炮子 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 銃子, 銃彈 |
| Quanzhou | 銃子, 銃彈 | |
| Zhangzhou | 銃子, 銃彈 | |
| Tainan | 銃子 | |
| Jieyang | 銃子 | |
| Leizhou | 碼子 | |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 子彈 |
| Hangzhou | 子彈 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 炮子子 |
References
Lim Hiong Seng (1886) “A Dictionary of some of the more important words in the Swatow dialect”, in Handbook of the Swatow Vernacular, Singapore: Koh Yew Hean Press