銃子

Chinese

	a gun; a pistol	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (銃子)	銃	子
simp. (铳子)	铳	子
alternative forms	慶記／庆记 Taiwan slang

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chòngzi

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄥˋ ˙ㄗ
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chhung-chṳ́

(Hailu, HRS): chung^ˇ zii^ˊ
Eastern Min (BUC): ché̤ṳng-cī
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): coeng⁵ zi³ / cyoeng⁵ zi³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chhèng-chí / chhòng-chí

(Teochew, Peng'im): cêng³ zi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chòngzi
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄥˋ ˙ㄗ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chòngzi̊h
  - Wade–Giles: chʻung⁴-tzŭ⁵
  - Yale: chùng-dz
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chonq.tzy
  - Palladius: чунцзы (čunczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhung-chṳ́
  - Hakka Romanization System: cung zii^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cung⁴ zi³
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰuŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɨ³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: chung^ˇ zii^ˊ
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃʰuŋ¹¹ t͡sɨ²⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ché̤ṳng-cī
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyŋ²¹³⁻⁵³ ^(t͡s-)ʒi³³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: coeng⁵ zi³ [Phonetic: coeng⁵ ni³]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: chē̤ng-cî
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰœŋ¹¹ ^(t͡s-)ni⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: cyoeng⁵ zi³ [Phonetic: cyoeng⁵ ni³]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyøŋ²¹ ^(t͡s-)ni³³²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhèng-chí
  - Tâi-lô: tshìng-tsí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zheangcie
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡si⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡si⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡si⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡si⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Longyan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhòng-chí
  - Tâi-lô: tshòng-tsí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhorngcie
  - IPA (Longyan): /t͡sʰoŋ²¹³ t͡si²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cêng³ zi²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshèng tsí
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰeŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡si⁵²⁻²¹/

Noun

銃子

(mechanics) drill
(Hakka, Min) bullet

Synonyms

(drill): 沖子／冲子 (chòngzi)
(bullet):

Dialectal synonyms of 子彈 (“bullet”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		子彈, 槍彈
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	子彈
Northeastern Mandarin	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
Jianghuai Mandarin	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
Wu	Hangzhou	子彈
Xiang	Changsha	炮子子

References

郭启熹 [Guo, Qixi], editor (2016), “铳子”, in 龙岩方言词典 LONGYAN FANGYAN CIDIAN [Dictionary of Longyan dialect] (overall work in Min Nan and Mandarin), Xiamen: 鷺江出版社 [Lujiang Publishing House], →ISBN, page 484.
莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “铳子”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 85.