次子

Chinese

		number of times; order; sequence number of times; order; sequence; next; second(ary); (measure word)	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (次子)		次	子
simp. #(次子)		次	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cìzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄘˋ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci³ zi²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhṳ-chṳ́
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhù-chú / chhìr-chír

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cìzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄘˋ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cìhzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ⁴-tzŭ³
    • Yale: tsz̀-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyhtzyy
    • Palladius: цыцзы (cyczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ci³ zi²
    • Yale: chi jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi³ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi³ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³³ t͡siː³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 廁紙／厕纸 次子

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ-chṳ́
    • Hakka Romanization System: cii zii^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ci⁴ zi³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨ⁵⁵ t͡sɨ³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhù-chú
    • Tâi-lô: tshù-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhuozuo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰu²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡su⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰu¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰu²¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhìr-chír
    • Tâi-lô: tshìr-tsír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɯ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

次子

1. (literary) second son

Japanese

Kanji in this term
次	子
じ Grade: 3	し Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 次 (“next”) +‎ 子 (“child”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑiɕi]

Noun

次(じ)子(し) • (jishi) 

1. one's second son
2. (rare) one's second child

Related terms

	son	daughter	child (rare)
one's first	長(ちょう)男(なん) (chōnan), 一(いち)男(なん) (ichinan), 長(ちょう)子(し) (chōshi)	長(ちょう)女(じょ) (chōjo), 一(いち)女(じょ) (ichijo)	長(ちょう)子(し) (chōshi)
one's second	次(じ)男(なん) (jinan), 二(じ)男(なん) (jinan), 次(じ)子(し) (jishi)	次(じ)女(じょ) (jijo), 二(じ)女(じょ) (jijo)	次(じ)子(し) (jishi)
one's third	三(さん)男(なん) (sannan)	三(さん)女(じょ) (sanjo)	-