封子

Chinese

		to confer; to grant; to seal to confer; to grant; to seal; (a measure word)	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
simp. and trad. (封子)		封	子

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hong-chí

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong-chí
    • Tâi-lô: hong-tsí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hongcie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡si⁵³/

Noun

封子

1. (Xiamen Hokkien, dated) wooden block used by a magistrate to strike the table in calling for attention or order

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 驚堂木 (“wooden block used by a magistrate to strike the table in calling for attention or order”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		驚堂木
Mandarin	Jinan	驚堂木
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	驚堂木
Southern Min	Xiamen	封子
Wu	Shanghai	驚堂木
	Danyang	驚堂木
Xiang	Changsha	戒方
	Loudi	戒尺