趟子

Chinese

		a time; a trip	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. (趟子)		趟	子

Pronunciation

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵thaon-tsy

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• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵thaon-tsy
    • MiniDict: thaon^去 tsy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²thaan-tsr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰɑ̃³³ t͡sz̩⁴⁴/

Noun

趟子

1. (Northern Wu) time; occasion

   有一趟子 [Shanghainese]  ―  ⁶yeu ⁷iq-thaon-tsy [Wugniu]  ―  Once upon a time (lit. "There was once")

   • 爺爺，上趟子幫儂配個老花眼鏡好用勿啦？ [Shanghainese, trad.]
     爷爷，上趟子帮侬配个老花眼镜好用勿啦？ [Shanghainese, simp.]

     From: 2018, Love in Shanghai, from Flavors of Youth

     ⁶ya-ya ⁶zaon-thaon-tsy ¹paon ⁶non ⁵phe-gheq ⁶lau-ho ⁶nge-cin ⁵hau-ion-veq-la [Wugniu]

     Grampa, are the farsightedness glasses I got for you last time good to use?

Synonyms

• 趟