太子

Chinese

		too (much); very; extremely too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest	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. (太子)		太	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tàizǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taai³ zi²
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): thai-chṳ́

  (Hailu, HRS): tai^ˇ zii^ˊ

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): thài-chú / thài-chír

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tai³ ze²

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tha-tsy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tàizǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tàizǐh
    • Wade–Giles: tʻai⁴-tzŭ³
    • Yale: tài-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taytzyy
    • Palladius: тайцзы (tajczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
    • Jyutping: taai³ zi²
    • Yale: taai jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taai³ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: tai³ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːi̯³³ t͡siː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-chṳ́
    • Hakka Romanization System: tai zii^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ zi³
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ t͡sɨ³¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: tai^ˇ zii^ˊ
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰai¹¹ t͡sɨ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thài-chú
    • Tâi-lô: thài-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: taezuo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡su⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thài-chír
    • Tâi-lô: thài-tsír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tai³ ze²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thài tsṳ́
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰai²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sɯ⁵²⁻²¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵tha-tsy
    • MiniDict: tha^去 tsy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tha-tsr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰa³³ t͡sz̩⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: thajH tsiX

Rime
Character	太	子
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	泰 (25)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	他蓋切	即里切
Baxter	thajH	tsiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰɑiH/	/t͡sɨX/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰɑiH/	/t͡sɨX/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɑiH/	/t͡sieX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰajH/	/t͡sɨX/
Li Rong	/tʰɑiH/	/t͡siəX/
Wang Li	/tʰɑiH/	/t͡sĭəX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tʰɑiH/	/t͡siX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tài	zǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	taai3	zi2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*l̥ˤa[t]-s  tsəʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tʰaːds  ʔslɯʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	太	子
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	tài	zǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ thajH ›	‹ tsiX ›
Old Chinese	/*l̥ˁa[t]-s/	/*tsəʔ/
English	great	child; gentleman, master
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	太	子
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	1937	17857
Phonetic component	大	子
Rime group	祭	之
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	泰	子
Old Chinese	/*tʰaːds/	/*ʔslɯʔ/

Noun

太子

1. crown prince

Synonyms

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• 世子 (shìzǐ) (literary)
• 儲君 / 储君 (chǔjūn)
• 國本 / 国本 (guóběn) (literary)
• 春宮 / 春宫 (chūngōng) (literary, metonymically)
• 東宮 / 东宫 (dōnggōng) (literary, metonymically)
• 王儲 / 王储 (wángchǔ)
• 王太子 (wángtàizǐ)
• 皇儲 / 皇储 (huángchǔ)
• 皇嗣 (huángsì)
• 皇太子 (huángtàizǐ)
• 青宮 / 青宫 (literary, metonymically)

Derived terms

• 三太子
• 太子城 (Tàizǐchéng)
• 太子太保
• 太子太傅
• 太子太師 / 太子太师
• 太子少保
• 太子少師 / 太子少师
• 太子洗馬 / 太子洗马
• 太子港 (Tàizǐgǎng)
• 太子舍人
• 太子黨 / 太子党 (Tàizǐdǎng)
• 昭明太子
• 燕太子丹
• 狸貓換太子 / 狸猫换太子 (límāo huàn tàizǐ)
• 皇太子 (huángtàizǐ)
• 著龍袍唔似太子 / 著龙袍唔似太子

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (太子):

• → Japanese: 太(たい)子(し) (taishi)
• → Korean: 태자(太子) (taeja)
• → Vietnamese: thái tử (太子)

Others:

• → Classical Mongolian: ᠲᠠᠶᠢᠵᠢ (tayiǰi)
  • → Buryat: тайжа (tajža)
  • → Manchu: ᡨ᠋ᠠᡳ᠌ᠵᡳ (taiji)
    • → Chinese: 台吉 (táijí)
  • Mongolian: тайж (tajž)
  • → Written Oirat: ᡐᠠᡕᡅᠴᡅ (tayiji)
    • → Chagatai:
    • Kalmyk: тәәҗ (tääj)
    • → Classical Tibetan: ཐའི་ཇི (tha'i ji)
      • Tibetan: ཐའི་ཇི (tha'i ji)
    • → Tuvan: тайжы (tayjı)

See also

• 官二代 (guān'èrdài)

Proper noun

太子

1. (～鎮) Taizi (a town in Yangxin, Huangshi, Hubei, China)
2. Prince Edward (a neighbourhood of Mong Kok in Yau Tsim Mong district, Hong Kong)