童子

Chinese

		boy; child; children	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 pm-1 am; midnight
simp. and trad. (童子)		童	子

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tóngzǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄗˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tung⁴ zi²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thùng-chṳ́
Min Nan (POJ): tông-chú / tông-chír

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: tóngzǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄗˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torngtzyy
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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    桐梓
    瞳子
    童子
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: tung⁴ zi²
  - Yale: tùhng jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tung⁴ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: tung⁴ ji²
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ²¹ t͡siː³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    瞳子
    童子
    筒子
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thùng-chṳ́
  - Hakka Romanization System: tungˇ zii`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tung² zi³
  - IPA: /tʰuŋ¹¹ t͡sɨ³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tông-chú
  - Tâi-lô: tông-tsú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dongzuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ¹³⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tông-chír
  - Tâi-lô: tông-tsír
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

童子

(literary) boy
(obsolete) scholar who has not passed the county level imperial exam

Synonyms

(boy): 男孩 (nánhái), 男孩子 (nánháizi), 少年 (shàonián); (Cantonese) 男仔; (Min Nan) 查埔囡仔; (Wu) 猴子 (hóuzi)
(scholar): 童生 (tóngshēng)

Derived terms

童子崗／童子岗
童子癆／童子痨 (tóngzǐláo)

童子雞／童子鸡 (tóngzǐjī)

See also

孩子 (háizi)
小孩 (xiǎohái), 小孩兒／小孩儿 (xiǎoháir)
小孩子家 (xiǎoháizijiā)
(Min Nan) 囡仔 (gín-á)

Pronunciation 2

Min Nan (POJ): tâng-chí

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâng-chí
  - Tâi-lô: tâng-tsí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dangcie
  - IPA (Taipei): /taŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡ɕi⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /taŋ²³⁻³³ t͡ɕi⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /taŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕi⁵³/

Noun

童子

(Min Nan) wizard; sorcerer
(Taiwanese Hokkien) child medium

Japanese

Kanji in this term
童	子
Grade: 3	Grade: 1

Noun

童子 (hiragana わらし, rōmaji warashi)

A regional dialect term for 'child'.

See also

童子 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja

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