鉤子

See also: 钩子

Chinese

		entice; hook	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (鉤子/鈎子)		鉤/鈎	子
simp. (钩子)		钩	子

Etymology

“(computing) hook”: Semantic loan from English hook.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gōuzi

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄡ ˙ㄗ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau¹ zi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gōuzi
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄡ ˙ㄗ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gouzi̊h
  - Wade–Giles: kou¹-tzŭ⁵
  - Yale: gōu-dz
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gou.tzy
  - Palladius: гоуцзы (gouczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngau¹ zi²
  - Yale: ngāu jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngau¹ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngeo¹ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

鉤子

hook (Classifier: 個／个 m)
hook-like object
(regional, card games) jack (J)
(programming) hook (part of a system's operation that can be intercepted to change or augment its behaviour)
鍵盤鉤子／键盘钩子 ― jiànpán gōuzi ― keyboard hook

Synonyms

(hook): (Hokkien) 鉤／钩, 鉤仔／钩仔
(jack):

Dialectal synonyms of 鉤兒 (“jack (playing cards)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	鉤兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	鉤, 十一
	Zhengzhou	鉤, 十一
	Xi'an	丁子
	Xuzhou	丁鉤兒, 甲鉤兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	丁鉤兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	鉤子, 鉤, 鉤鉤, 孫子
	Guiyang	鉤鉤, 鉤, 夾鉤
	Liuzhou	歐
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	丁鉤
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	茄鉤, 傑鉤
Cantonese	Guangzhou	積
	Hong Kong	積
	Taishan	積
	Wuzhou	積
	Yulin	鉤
Gan	Nanchang	鉤
	Lichuan	鉤子
	Pingxiang	鉤子, 鉤
Hakka	Yudu	鉤子
Huizhou	Jixi	丁鉤
Jin	Taiyuan	鉤子
Southern Min	Xiamen	丁
	Shantou	丁
	Puning	丁
Wu	Shanghai	茄勾
	Shanghai (Chongming)	斜鉤
	Suzhou	茄杠