子薑

Chinese

		child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight	ginger
trad. (子薑)		子	薑
simp. (子姜)		子	姜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǐjiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˇ ㄐㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² goeng¹
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): zi³ giong¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chíⁿ-kiuⁿ
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zi² jian¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǐjiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄐㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǐhjiang
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ³-chiang¹
    • Yale: dž-jyāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyyjiang
    • Palladius: цзыцзян (czyczjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi² goeng¹
    • Yale: jí gēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² goeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji² gêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ kœːŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: zi³ giong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sz̩³¹ kiɔŋ⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chíⁿ-kiuⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsínn-kiunn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cvy'kviw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiũ⁴⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: zi² jian¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /t͡si¹³ t͡ɕi̯æn³³/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /t͡ɕi¹³ t͡ɕi̯æn³³/

Noun

子薑

1. young ginger

Synonyms

• (Sichuan) 薑包兒／姜包儿
• (Liuzhou Mandarin, Pinghua) 嫩薑／嫩姜
• (Hokkien) 水薑／水姜
• (Xiang) 紫芽薑／紫芽姜