港子

Chinese

		harbour; Hong Kong (abbrev.)	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. (港子)		港	子

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Gǎngzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄤˇ ㄗˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Gǎngzǐ [Phonetic: gángzǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄤˇ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Gǎngzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: Kang³-tzŭ³
    • Yale: Gǎng-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Gaangtzyy
    • Palladius: Ганцзы (Ganczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Proper noun

港子

1. (～村) Gangzih, Gangzi (a rural village in Baisha, Penghu County, Taiwan)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): gan³ zr

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• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: gan³ zr
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kan⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

Noun

港子

1. (Xiang) small tributary river (flowing from a larger river)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǎngzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄤˇ ˙ㄗ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǎngzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄤˇ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǎngzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: kang³-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: gǎng-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaang.tzy
    • Palladius: ганцзы (ganczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑŋ²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/

Noun

港子

1. (Beijing Mandarin, cant) Hong Kong dollar

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 港幣 (“Hong Kong dollar”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		港幣, 港元, 港圓
Mandarin	Beijing	港紙 argot, 港子 argot
	Taiwan	港幣
	Liuzhou	港紙
	Singapore	港幣
Cantonese	Guangzhou	港紙, 香港紙, 鹹龍 dated, 鹹水 dated, 西紙 dated
	Hong Kong	港幣, 港紙, 港銀
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	港紙
	Macau	港紙, 港幣
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	港紙
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	港紙
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	港紙
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	港紙, 鹹龍
	Foshan	港紙
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	港紙
	Foshan (Shunde)	港紙
	Foshan (Sanshui)	港紙
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	港紙
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	港紙
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	港紙
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	港紙
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	港紙
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	港紙, 鹹龍
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	港紙
	Taishan	港紙, 鹹龍, 港幣
	Kaiping (Chikan)	港紙, 鹹龍
	Enping (Niujiang)	港紙, 鹹龍
	Heshan (Yayao)	港紙
	Dongguan	港紙, 鹹龍 dated
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	港紙
Hakka	Meixian	港紙
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	港紙, 鹹龍 dated
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	港紙
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	港幣
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	港紙
	Conghua (Lütian)	港紙
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	港幣
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	港幣
Southern Min	Xiamen	港紙, 港幣
	Quanzhou	港幣
	Zhangzhou	港紙, 港幣
	Tainan	港票
	Singapore (Hokkien)	香港鐳
	Manila (Hokkien)	港幣
	Shantou	港紙
	Haifeng	港紙
	Wenchang	港幣
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	港紙, 港幣