棒子

Chinese

 
a stick; club or cudgel; smart; capable; strong
 
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 pm-1 am; midnight
simp. and trad.
(棒子)

Etymology

The origin of the sense “Korean person” is a matter of debate. A similar use was attested in the 17–18th century book Liaozuo Travelogue (《遼左見聞錄》), where it referred to the "Koreans born of illegitimate affairs between officials and prostitutes", who were discriminated against by the populace. Hence compare Korean 백정 (白丁, baekjeong, “former outcast group in Korea”). The 1751 book The Picture Album of Subordinate Peoples of the Qing Dynasty (《皇清職貢圖》) noted 高麗棒子高丽棒子 (Gāolí bàngzi, “Goryeo bangzi”) as a colloquial name for Koreans. See the Chinese Wikipedia page 高麗棒子 for more.

Pronunciation


Noun

棒子

  1. club; stick (short and thick)
  2. (dialectal Mandarin) corn; maize
  3. (Taiwan, figuratively) a particular duty or responsibility; baton
  4. (Northeastern Mandarin) bottle
  5. (dialectal Mandarin, derogatory) foreigner or someone of a particular occupation
  6. (slang, derogatory) Korean person; kimchi

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 玉米 (“corn; maize”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 玉米, 玉蜀黍
Taxonomic name 玉米, 玉蜀黍
Mandarin Beijing 老玉米, 玉米, 棒子
Taiwan 玉米
Tianjin 玉米, 棒子
Harbin 玉米, 包米
Shenyang 玉米, 包米
Hailar 包米
Ulan Hot 包米
Tongliao 包米
Chifeng 玉米, 包米, 棒子
Bayanhot 玉米
Jinan 玉米, 棒子
Muping 棒棒兒, 包兒米, 玉米
Luoyang 棒子, 包穀, 玉蜀黍, 蜀黍, 玉蜀黍兒, 老玉米, 玉米
Jiedian 玉䵚秫, 玉米
Xi'an 玉米, 包穀, 玉麥
Qingdao 玉米, 包米兒, 包米
Zhengzhou 玉蜀黍
Xining 包穀, 包穀棒子
Xuzhou 棒子, 玉秫秫, 大秫秫, 玉米棒子
Yinchuan 玉米
Lanzhou 包穀
Ürümqi 包穀, 包米
Wuhan 包穀
Huanggang 玉榴
Chengdu 玉麥, 玉米, 包穀
Guiyang 包穀
Guilin 包穀
Liuzhou 玉米, 包穀
Kunming 包穀, 玉麥
Yangzhou 玉蘆書, 棒頭
Nanjing 包蘆, 包穀, 玉蜀黍, 玉米
Hefei 六穀, 玉米
Nantong 玉米
Malaysia 玉米
Singapore 玉米
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 玉米
Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) 包米
Cantonese Guangzhou 粟米, 包粟
Hong Kong 粟米, 包粟
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 包粟
Foshan 粟米
Shunde 粟米
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 粟米
Doumen (Shangheng Tanka) 粟米
Taishan 粟米
Kaiping (Chikan) 粟米
Dongguan 粟米, 包粟
Shaoguan 包粟
Yunfu 包粟
Yangjiang 珍珠粟
Xinyi 包粟, 飯包粟
Lianjiang 粟米, 包粟
Danzhou 包麥
Kuala Lumpur 包粟, 楂弓
Ho Chi Minh City 粟米, bắp
Gan Nanchang 玉米
Lichuan 包粟, 金豆
Pingxiang 包粟
Hakka Meixian 包粟
Xingning 包粟
Huidong 包粟
Qujiang 包粟
Xiaosanjiang 包麥
Changting 包粟
Pingyu 包粟
Wuping 包粟
Ninghua 包鬚
Yudu 包粟
Ruijin 包粟
Shicheng 包粟
Shangyou 包粟
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 包粟
Liudui (S. Sixian) 包粟
Hsinchu (Hailu) 包粟
Dongshi (Dabu) 包粟
Hsinchu (Raoping) 包粟
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 番麥
Hong Kong 包粟
Sabah 包粟
Senai 包粟
Singkawang 包粟
Huizhou Jixi 包蘿
Shexian 包蘆
Tunxi 包蘿, 包蘿兒
Xiuning 包蘆
Yixian 包蘆, 金蘆
Qimen 包蘆
Wuyuan 包蘿
Fuliang 玉米
Dexing 包粟
Jingde 包蘆
Xianyu (formerly Zhanda) 包蘆
Jin Taiyuan 玉茭子
Pingyao 玉䵚黍, 玉茭子, 玉茭
Xinzhou 玉茭子
Baochang 棒子
Jining 玉茭茭
Hohhot 玉茭子, 玉米
Baotou 玉茭茭
Dongsheng 玉茭子
Linhe 玉茭子
Haibowan 玉茭子
Min Bei Jian'ou 包蘿, 觀音豆, 觀豆
Dikou 包蘿
Songxi 包蘿
Zhenghe 包蘿
Zhenqian 包蘿
Jianyang 番米
Wuyishan 包黍
Shibei 包蘿
Min Dong Fuzhou 油甜苞
Changle 油甜苞
Fuqing 番黍, 玉秫黍, 油甜苞
Yongtai 油甜苞
Gutian 金豆
Fu'an 番豆
Ningde 番豆
Shouning 包蘿
Zhouning 包蘿
Fuding 番豆
Min Nan Xiamen 麥穗, 番麥 dated, 蘆黍 dated
Quanzhou 番大麥, 蘆黍 dated
Zhangzhou 麥穗, 番黍, 番麥 dated, 蘆黍 dated
Taipei 番麥
Kaohsiung 番麥
Tainan 番麥
Taichung 番麥
Wuqi 番麥
Hsinchu 番麥
Taitung 番麥
Lukang 番麥
Sanxia 番麥
Yilan 番麥
Kinmen 包果, 番麥
Magong 番仔蘆黍
Penang 惹穬
Philippines (Manila) 玉米
Chaozhou 薏米仁
Shantou 幼米仁
Johor Bahru 惹穬
Wenchang 包麥,
Haikou 珍珠米
Leizhou
Puxian Min Putian 黍秫
Xianyou 番黍
Pinghua Nanning 玉米
Wu Shanghai 珍珠米, 玉米
Suzhou 御麥, 珍珠米
Wuxi 珍珠米
Hangzhou 六穀, 玉黍, 玉米
Wenzhou 包蘿粟, 糯米粟, 粟麥, 飯糰粟, 珍珠粟
Chongming 大米
Danyang 玉米粟, 珍珠粟
Jinhua 包蘿
Ningbo 六穀
Xiang Changsha 玉米, 包穀
Shuangfeng 包穀, 玉米子
Loudi 玉米子
Dialectal synonyms of 瓶子 (“bottle”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 瓶子
Mandarin Beijing 瓶兒, 瓶子
Taiwan 瓶子
Harbin 瓶子, 棒兒, 棒子
Jinan 瓶子
Xi'an 瓶子
Wuhan 瓶子
Chengdu 瓶瓶兒, 瓶子
Yangzhou 瓶子
Hefei 瓶子
Cantonese Guangzhou
Hong Kong
Foshan
Shunde
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
Doumen (Shangheng Tanka)
Taishan
Kaiping (Chikan)
Dongguan
Yangjiang
Nanning
Gan Nanchang 瓶子
Hakka Meixian 盎仔, 罐仔
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 罐仔, 盎仔
Liudui (S. Sixian) 罐仔, 盎仔
Hsinchu (Hailu) 罐仔, 盎仔
Dongshi (Dabu) ,
Hsinchu (Raoping) 罐仔, 盎仔
Yunlin (Zhao'an) ,
Jin Taiyuan 瓶子
Min Bei Jian'ou 甕仔, 瓶仔
Min Dong Fuzhou 瓶瓶
Min Nan Xiamen 矸仔, 瓶仔
Quanzhou 矸仔
Zhangzhou 矸仔
Taipei 矸仔
Penang 瓿瓵,
Chaozhou
Wu Suzhou
Wenzhou 瓶兒
Xiang Changsha 瓶子
Shuangfeng 瓶子

Derived terms

  • 棒子麵棒子面

Classifier

棒子

  1. (Northeastern Mandarin) bottle of

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of (“classifier for bottles”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
Mandarin Beijing
Taiwan
Harbin 棒兒, 棒子
Jinan
Xi'an
Wuhan
Chengdu
Yangzhou
Hefei
Cantonese Guangzhou
Hong Kong
Taishan
Yangjiang
Gan Nanchang
Hakka Meixian ,
Miaoli (N. Sixian) ,
Liudui (S. Sixian) ,
Hsinchu (Hailu) ,
Dongshi (Dabu) ,
Hsinchu (Raoping) ,
Yunlin (Zhao'an) ,
Jin Taiyuan
Min Bei Jian'ou
Min Dong Fuzhou
Min Nan Xiamen
Quanzhou
Zhangzhou
Taipei ,
Penang 瓿瓵,
Chaozhou
Wu Suzhou
Wenzhou
Xiang Changsha
Shuangfeng
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