燕子

Chinese

Etymology 1

		swallow (bird)	(noun suffix)
trad. (燕子)		燕	子
simp. ^#(燕子)		燕	子

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yànzi

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ ˙ㄗ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jin³ zi²

(Taishan, Wiktionary): yen⁴ du²
Gan (Wiktionary): ien³ zi
Jin (Wiktionary): ie³ zeh
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁵i-tsy
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ienn⁴ zr

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yànzi
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ ˙ㄗ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yànzi̊h
  - Wade–Giles: yen⁴-tzŭ⁵
  - Yale: yàn-dz
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yann.tzy
  - Palladius: яньцзы (janʹczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jin³ zi²
  - Yale: yin jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jin³ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yin³ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn³³ t͡siː³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: yen⁴ du²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jen²¹ tu⁵⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: ien³ zi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iɛn²¹³⁻²¹ t͡sz̩¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: ie³ zeh
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /ie⁴⁵ t͡səʔ⁴/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁵i-tsy
  - MiniDict: i^去 tsyi
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²i-tsr
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /i³³ t͡sz̩⁴⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: ienn⁴ zr
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i̯ẽ⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

Middle Chinese: 'enH tsiX

Rime
Character	燕	子
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	先 (85)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	於甸切	即里切
Baxter	'enH	tsiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔen^H/	/t͡sɨ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔen^H/	/t͡sɨ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɛn^H/	/t͡sie^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔɛn^H/	/t͡sɨ^X/
Li Rong	/ʔen^H/	/t͡siə^X/
Wang Li	/ien^H/	/t͡sĭə^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔien^H/	/t͡si^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yàn	zǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jin³	zi²

Noun

燕子

swallow (bird)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 燕子 (“swallow (bird)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		燕, 玄鳥
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		燕子
Mandarin	Beijing	小燕兒, 燕子
	Taiwan	燕子
	Harbin	燕子
	Yantai (Muping)	燕兒
	Jinan	燕子
	Luoyang	燕子, 小燕兒
	Wanrong	燕兒
	Xi'an	燕子, 小燕子, 燕兒, 小燕兒
	Yinchuan	燕嘰子
	Ürümqi	燕雞子
	Wuhan	燕子
	Chengdu	燕子
	Guiyang	燕子
	Liuzhou	燕子, 燕子鳥
	Xuzhou	小燕兒, 小燕子, 燕子
	Yangzhou	燕子
	Nanjing	燕子, 小燕子
	Hefei	燕子, 小燕子
	Singapore	燕子
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	燕雞子, 燕雞兒, 燕雞雞
Cantonese	Guangzhou	燕子
	Hong Kong	燕子
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	燕子
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	燕子
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	燕仔
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	燕子
	Macau	燕
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	燕子
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	燕子
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	燕子仔
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	燕子
	Foshan	燕子
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	燕
	Foshan (Shunde)	燕
	Foshan (Sanshui)	燕子
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	燕
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	燕
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	燕子
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	燕子
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	燕子
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	燕子
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	燕子
	Taishan	燕子
	Kaiping (Chikan)	燕子
	Enping (Niujiang)	燕子
	Heshan (Yayao)	燕子
	Dongguan	燕仔
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	燕仔
	Yangjiang	燕子, 燕雀
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	燕子
Gan	Nanchang	燕子
	Lichuan	燕兒
	Pingxiang	燕子
Hakka	Meixian	燕仔
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	燕
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	燕仔
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	燕仔
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	燕仔
	Conghua (Lütian)	燕仔
	Yudu	燕子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	燕仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	燕仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	燕仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	燕
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	燕仔, 燕
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	燕
	Hong Kong	燕仔
	Senai (Huiyang)	燕仔
Huizhou	Jixi	燕
Jin	Taiyuan	燕子, 小燕兒, 燕兒
Jin	Xinzhou	燕兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	燕仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	燕, 燕鳥
Southern Min	Xiamen	燕仔
	Quanzhou	燕仔
	Jinjiang	燕仔
	Zhangzhou	燕仔
	Zhao'an	燕仔
	Taipei	燕仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	燕仔
	Kaohsiung	燕仔
	Yilan	燕仔鳥
	Changhua (Lukang)	燕仔
	Taichung	燕仔
	Tainan	燕仔
	Hsinchu	燕仔
	Kinmen	烏燕仔
	Penghu (Magong)	燕仔
	Chaozhou	燕鳥
	Jieyang	燕鳥, 燕
	Bangkok (Teochew)	燕子
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	燕鳥
	Leizhou	燕鳥
	Haikou	燕鳥
Puxian Min	Putian	燕鳥
	Putian (Donghai)	燕鳥
	Putian (Jiangkou)	燕鳥
	Putian (Nanri)	燕鳥
	Xianyou	燕鳥
	Xianyou (Fengting)	燕鳥
	Xianyou (Youyang)	燕鳥
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	燕鳥
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	燕子
Wu	Shanghai	燕子
	Shanghai (Chongming)	燕子
	Suzhou	燕子
	Danyang	燕子
	Hangzhou	燕子
	Ningbo	燕子
	Wenzhou	燕兒
	Jinhua	燕, 子燕
Xiang	Changsha	燕子
	Loudi	燕子
	Shuangfeng	燕子

Derived terms

燕子尾 (yànziwěi)
燕子磯／燕子矶
燕子窠
燕子話／燕子话
燕子辮／燕子辫
燕子領／燕子领
燕子鳥／燕子鸟

Proper noun

燕子

(～鎮, formerly ～鄉) Yanzi (a town and former township in Hefeng, Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China)

Etymology 2

	shuttlecock used in jianzi	(noun suffix)
trad. (燕子)	燕	子
simp. ^#(燕子)	燕	子
alternative forms	毽子

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): jin^3-2 zi²
Gan (Wiktionary): ien³ zi
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ienn⁴ zr

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jin^3-2 zi²
  - Yale: yín jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jin^3-2 dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yin^3-2 ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn³³⁻³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: ien³ zi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iɛn²¹³⁻²¹ t͡sz̩¹/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: ienn⁴ zr
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i̯ẽ⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

Noun

燕子

(dialectal) shuttlecock used in jianzi

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 毽子 (“shuttlecock used in jianzi”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		毽子
Mandarin	Beijing	毽子, 毽兒
	Taiwan	毽子
	Tianjin	翹兒
	Chengde	毽子, 毽兒
	Tangshan	毽兒
	Cangzhou	毽子, 毽兒
	Baoding	毽兒
	Shijiazhuang	毽兒
	Chifeng	毽子, 毽兒
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	毽兒
	Heihe	毽子
	Qiqihar	毽子
	Harbin	毽子
	Jiamusi	毽兒
	Baicheng	毽子, 毽兒
	Changchun	毽兒
	Tonghua	毽子
	Shenyang	毽子, 毽球兒
	Dandong	毽子, 毽兒
	Jinzhou	毽子, 毽兒
	Dalian	毽兒
	Yantai	毽兒
	Yantai (Muping)	毽兒
	Qingdao	毽兒
	Zhucheng	毽子
	Jinan	毽子
	Jining	毽子
	Luoyang	毽兒
	Wanrong	毽子
	Shangqiu	毽子, 毽兒
	Yuanyang	毽兒
	Zhengzhou	毽兒
	Lingbao	毽子
	Xinyang	毽子
	Baihe	毽兒
	Hanzhong	毽子, 毽
	Xi'an	毽子
	Baoji	毽子
	Yinchuan	毽子
	Tianshui	毽子
	Lanzhou	毽子
	Dunhuang	毽子
	Xining	毽子
	Hami	毽子
	Ürümqi	毽子
	Wuhan	毽垛, 毽兜
	Yichang	毽子, 毽兜
	Xiangyang	毽, 毽兜兒
	Tianmen	毽子
	Hong'an	毽
	Chengdu	毽兒, 雞毛毽兒
	Nanchong	毽子
	Dazhou	毽兒
	Hanyuan	毽子
	Xichang	毽兒
	Zigong	毽兒
	Chongqing	毽兒
	Guiyang	毽, 毽子
	Zunyi	毽子, 毽兒
	Bijie	毽子
	Liping	毽子
	Zhaotong	毽子
	Dali	毽子
	Kunming	毽子
Mengzi	雞毛毽兒
Guilin	燕子
Liuzhou	毽子
Jishou	燕兒
Changde	毽兒
Anqing	毽子
Xuzhou	毛毽兒, 毽子
Fuyang	毽子
Wuhu	毽子
Yangzhou	毽子
Lianyungang	毽子
Lianshui	毽子
Nanjing	毽子, 毽兒
Hefei	毽子
Nantong	毽子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	燕
	Hong Kong	燕
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	燕
	Macau	燕
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	燕
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	燕
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	燕
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	燕
	Foshan	燕
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	燕
	Foshan (Shunde)	燕
	Foshan (Sanshui)	燕
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	燕子
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	燕
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	燕
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	燕
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	燕子
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	皮燕
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	燕子
	Taishan	雞毛燕
	Kaiping (Chikan)	雞毛燕
	Enping (Niujiang)	雞毛燕
	Heshan (Yayao)	燕子
	Dongguan	燕
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	燕
Gan	Nanchang	燕子
	Lichuan	燕兒
	Pingxiang	燕坨
Hakka	Meixian	燕仔
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	燕
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	燕仔
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	燕仔
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	燕
	Conghua (Lütian)	雞毛燕
	Yudu	燕子
Huizhou	Jixi	毽
Huizhou	Shexian	毽
Jin	Taiyuan	毽子
	Yangyuan	毽子, 毽兒
	Datong	毛兒
	Xinzhou	毛兒
	Lishi	毽毽
	Linfen	雞毛毽子
	Changzhi	毽子
	Linhe	毛兒毽子
	Jining	毽子
	Hohhot	毽子
	Erenhot	毽子
	Pingshan	毽子, 毽兒
	Zhangjiakou	毽子
	Handan	毽子
	Linzhou	毽兒
	Suide	毽子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	球
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	毽
Southern Min	Xiamen	毽
	Tainan	毽子
	Shantou	毽
	Haikou	毽子
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	燕
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	燕子
Wu	Shanghai	毽子
	Shanghai (Chongming)	毽子
	Suzhou	毽子
	Danyang	毽子
	Hangzhou	毽子
	Ningbo	燕子
	Wenzhou	毽子
	Jinhua	毽兒, 球
Xiang	Changsha	燕子, 毽子

Derived terms

打燕子
踢燕子

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