孺子

More information child, child; son; (noun suffix)child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight ...

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rúzǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˊ ㄗˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ zi²
Eastern Min (BUC): ṳ̀-cṳ̄

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rúzǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ ㄗˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rúzǐh
  - Wade–Giles: ju²-tzŭ³
  - Yale: rú-dž
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rutzyy
  - Palladius: жуцзы (žuczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyu⁴ zi²
  - Yale: yùh jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ t͡siː³⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ṳ̀-cṳ̄
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵³⁻³³ ^(t͡s-)ʒy³³/

Middle Chinese: nyuH tsiX

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Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*no-s tsəʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*njos ʔslɯʔ/

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Noun

孺子

(literary) child
(literary) young person

Synonyms

(child):

Dialectal synonyms of 小孩 (“child; kid”) [map]

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Derived terms

孺子可教 (rúzǐkějiào)
孺子牛 (rúzǐniú)

Rime
Character	孺	子
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	而遇切	即里切
Baxter	nyuH	tsiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵɨo^H/	/t͡sɨ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵio^H/	/t͡sɨ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑio^H/	/t͡sie^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵuə̆^H/	/t͡sɨ^X/
Li Rong	/ȵio^H/	/t͡siə^X/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭu^H/	/t͡sĭə^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯u^H/	/t͡si^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	rù	zǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu⁶	zi²

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	孺	子
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	rù	zǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ nyu^H ›	‹ tsi^X ›
Old Chinese	/*no-s/	/*tsəʔ/
English	child	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	孺	子
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	13983	17857
Phonetic component	需	子
Rime group	侯	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	孺	子
Old Chinese	/*njos/	/*ʔslɯʔ/

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