娘子

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Chinese

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mother; young lady
child; son; (noun suffix)
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
 
trad. (娘子)
simp. #(娘子)
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Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (12) (13)
Final () (105) (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter nrjang tsiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɳɨɐŋ/ /t͡sɨX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɳiɐŋ/ /t͡sɨX/
Shao
Rongfen
/niɑŋ/ /t͡sieX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɳɨaŋ/ /t͡sɨX/
Li
Rong
/niaŋ/ /t͡siəX/
Wang
Li
/nĭaŋ/ /t͡sĭəX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ni̯aŋ/ /t͡siX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
niáng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
noeng4 zi2

Noun

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娘子

  1. (archaic) wife
  2. woman; lady
  3. (literary) palace concubine; palace maid

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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