麻雀子

Chinese

sparrow, especially the tree sparrow
child; son; (noun suffix)
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
 
trad. (麻雀子) 麻雀
simp. #(麻雀子) 麻雀

Pronunciation


  • Gan
    • (Nanchang)
      • Wiktionary: ma4 jioh zi
      • Sinological IPA (key): /ma³⁵ t͡ɕiɔʔ² t͡sz̩¹/
  • Puxian Min
    • (Putian)
      • Pouseng Ping'ing: ma2 cyorh6 zi3 [Phonetic: ma5 cyorh7 zi3]
      • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: má-chio̤h-cî
      • Sinological IPA (key): /ma¹³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰyɒʔ²¹⁻⁴⁵ t͡si⁴⁵³/
    • (Xianyou)
      • Pouseng Ping'ing: ma2 cyoeh6 zi3 [Phonetic: ma5 cyoeh7 zi3]
      • Sinological IPA (key): /ma²⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰyøʔ²⁻⁴ t͡si³³²/
  • Southern Min
  • Xiang
    • (Changsha)
      • Wiktionary: ma2 cio6 zr
      • Sinological IPA (key) (old-style): /ma̠¹³ t͡sʰi̯o²⁴ t͡sz̩³/
      • Sinological IPA (key) (new-style): /ma̠¹³ t͡ɕʰi̯o²⁴ t͡sz̩³/
    • (Hengyang)
      • Wiktionary: ma2 qio6 zr
      • Sinological IPA (key): /mä¹¹ t͡ɕʰi̯o²² t͡sz̩³/

Noun

麻雀子

  1. (dialectal Mandarin, Gan, dialectal Wu, Waxiang, Xiang) sparrow (any member of the Passer genus)
  2. (Puxian Min) mahjong tile; mahjong piece

Synonyms

  • (sparrow):

References

  • 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “麻雀”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎[1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
  • 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), “麻雀子”, 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 375.