二三子

Chinese

		two	three	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. (二三子)		二	三	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): èrsānzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄦˋ ㄙㄢ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶ saam¹ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: èrsānzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˋ ㄙㄢ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: èrsanzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: êrh⁴-san¹-tzŭ³
    • Yale: èr-sān-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ellsantzyy
    • Palladius: эрсаньцзы (ersanʹczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ⁵¹ sän⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁶ saam¹ zi²
    • Yale: yih sāam jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶ saam¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶ sam¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²² saːm⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: nyijH sam tsiX

Rime
Character	二	三	子
Reading #	1/1	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)	心 (16)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)	談 (143)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I	III
Fanqie	而至切	蘇甘切	即里切
Baxter	nyijH	sam	tsiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiɪH/	/sɑm/	/t͡sɨX/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵiH/	/sɑm/	/t͡sɨX/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑjɪH/	/sɑm/	/t͡sieX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵiH/	/sam/	/t͡sɨX/
Li Rong	/ȵiH/	/sɑm/	/t͡siəX/
Wang Li	/ȵʑiH/	/sɑm/	/t͡sĭəX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑiH/	/sɑm/	/t͡siX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	èr	sān	zǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji6	saam1	zi2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ni[j]-s  s.rum  tsəʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*njis  suːm  ʔslɯʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	二	三	子
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	èr	sān	zǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ nyijH ›	‹ sam ›	‹ tsiX ›
Old Chinese	/*ni[j]-s/	/*s.rum/ (*s.r- > s-; infl. by 四 *s-?)	/*tsəʔ/
English	two	three	child; gentleman, master
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	二	三	子
Reading #	1/1	1/2	1/1
No.	2824	10963	17857
Phonetic component	二	三	子
Rime group	脂	侵	之
Rime subdivision	2	3	0
Corresponding MC rime	二	三	子
Old Chinese	/*njis/	/*suːm/	/*ʔslɯʔ/

Pronoun

二三子

1. (Classical, polite) you all; all of you

Synonyms

• 諸位／诸位 (zhūwèi)
• 諸君／诸君 (zhūjūn)