二流子

Chinese

		two	to flow; to spread; to circulate to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (二流子)		二	流	子
simp. #(二流子)		二	流	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): èrliúzi, èrliūzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄦˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ˙ㄗ, ㄦˋ ㄌㄧㄡ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶ lau⁴ zi²
• Jin (Wiktionary): er³ liou¹ zeh
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lī-liû-chír / lī-liû-chú / jī-liû-chú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: èrliúzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: èrlióuzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: êrh⁴-liu²-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: èr-lyóu-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ellliou.tzy
    • Palladius: эрлюцзы (erljuczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ⁵¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant, colloquial)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: èrliūzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˋ ㄌㄧㄡ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: èrliouzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: êrh⁴-liu¹-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: èr-lyōu-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: elllhiou.tzy
    • Palladius: эрлюцзы (erljuczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ⁵¹ li̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁶ lau⁴ zi²
    • Yale: yih làuh jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶ lau⁴ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶ leo⁴ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²² lɐu̯²¹ t͡siː³⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: er³ liou¹ zeh
    • Sinological IPA (old-style, no sandhi): /əɻ⁴⁵ liəu¹¹ t͡səʔ²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī-liû-chír
    • Tâi-lô: lī-liû-tsír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁴¹⁻²² liu²⁴⁻²² t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī-liû-chú
    • Tâi-lô: lī-liû-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lixliuzuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /li²²⁻²¹ liu²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jī-liû-chú
    • Tâi-lô: jī-liû-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jixliuzuo
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zi²²⁻²¹ liu¹³⁻²² t͡su⁵³/

Noun

二流子

1. loafer; idler; bum

Synonyms

• 混子 (hùnzi)
• 阿混
• 二賴子／二赖子
• 浪蕩公子／浪荡公子
• (Hakka) 爛仔／烂仔

Dialectal synonyms of 二流子 (“loafer; idler; bum”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		閒漢
Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	二流子
	Xi'an	二流子
	Yinchuan	二流子
	Chengdu	二流子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	爛仔
	Dongguan	爛仔
Gan	Lichuan	二流子
Jin	Taiyuan	二流子, 遊兒鬼
Southern Min	Xiamen	鱸鰻囝, 散仙
	Quanzhou	鱸鰻囝, 散仙
	Zhangzhou	鱸鰻囝, 散仙
	Leizhou	大郎
Wu	Danyang	二流子
Xiang	Changsha	流子
	Loudi	二流子

Derived terms

• 二流子米湯／二流子米汤