碼子

Chinese

		a weight; number; yard a weight; number; yard; code; pile; stack	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (碼子)		碼	子
simp. (码子)		码	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): mǎzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ˙ㄗ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): мазы (mazɨ, II-I) / мазы (mazɨ, II-0)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): maa⁵ zi²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ma⁴ du²

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bé-chí / bée-chí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǎzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǎzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: ma³-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: mǎ-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maa.tzy
    • Palladius: мацзы (maczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: мазы (mazɨ, II-I) / мазы (mazɨ, II-0)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ma⁵¹ t͡sz̩²⁴/, /ma⁵¹ t͡sz̩⁰/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maa⁵ zi²
    • Yale: máh jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁵ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ma⁵ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː¹³ t͡siː³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ma⁴ du²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵐba²¹ tu⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bé-chí
    • Tâi-lô: bé-tsí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: befcie
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡si⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /be⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡si⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /be⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡si⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bée-chí
    • Tâi-lô: bée-tsí
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɛ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡si⁵³/

Noun

碼子

1. (informal) numeral; number; digit
2. (informal) counter; chip; token
3. (informal) price
4. (informal) money
5. (informal) standard weight (used on a balance scale)
6. (Cantonese) bullet

Synonyms

• (numeral): 數字／数字 (shùzì)
• (bullet):

Dialectal synonyms of 子彈 (“bullet”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		子彈, 槍彈
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	子彈
	Harbin	槍子兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	槍子兒, 炮子兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	碼子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	槍子子
	Yangzhou	槍子子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	子彈, 碼子
	Hong Kong	子彈
	Taishan	碼子, 子彈
	Dongguan	碼子, 子碼
Gan	Nanchang	子彈, 炮子
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	子彈, 銃子
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	子彈, 銃子
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	子彈, 銃子
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	子彈, 銃子
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	子彈, 銃子
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	子彈, 銃子
Jin	Taiyuan	槍子子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	炮子
Southern Min	Xiamen	銃子, 銃彈
	Quanzhou	銃子, 銃彈
	Zhangzhou	銃子, 銃彈
	Tainan	銃子
	Jieyang	銃子
	Leizhou	碼子
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	子彈
	Hangzhou	子彈
Xiang	Changsha	炮子子

Derived terms

• 番仔碼子／番仔码子
• 蘇州碼子／苏州码子 (Sūzhōu mǎzi)