犬子

Chinese

		dog	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. (犬子)		犬	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): quǎnzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄢˇ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hyun² zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: quǎnzǐ [Phonetic: quánzǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄢˇ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyuǎnzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻüan³-tzŭ³
    • Yale: chywǎn-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheuantzyy
    • Palladius: цюаньцзы (cjuanʹczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
    • Jyutping: hyun² zi²
    • Yale: hyún jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hyn² dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hün² ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyːn³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: khwenX tsiX

Rime
Character	犬	子
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	先 (86)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	苦泫切	即里切
Baxter	khwenX	tsiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰwenX/	/t͡sɨX/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰʷenX/	/t͡sɨX/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰuɛnX/	/t͡sieX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰwɛnX/	/t͡sɨX/
Li Rong	/kʰuenX/	/t͡siəX/
Wang Li	/kʰiwenX/	/t͡sĭəX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰiwenX/	/t͡siX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	quǎn	zǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hyun2	zi2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʷʰˤ[e][n]ʔ  tsəʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰʷeːnʔ  ʔslɯʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	犬	子
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	quǎn	zǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ khwenX ›	‹ tsiX ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ʷʰˁ[e][n]ʔ/	/*tsəʔ/
English	dog	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	犬	子
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	10736	17857
Phonetic component	犬	子
Rime group	元	之
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	犬	子
Old Chinese	/*kʰʷeːnʔ/	/*ʔslɯʔ/

Noun

犬子

1. (literary) young dog; puppy
2. (literary, humble) my son

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 小狗 (“puppy”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		犬子, 小犬
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		小狗
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	小狗兒
	Taiwan	小狗
	Harbin	小狗兒, 狗崽兒
	Singapore	小狗
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	小狗
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	小狗兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	狗娃子
	Xi'an	狗娃子, 狗娃兒
	Xining	尕狗娃兒, 狗娃兒
	Xuzhou	小巴狗兒, 巴狗兒, 小狗兒, 巴狗子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	狗娃子, 狗娃娃
	Ürümqi	狗娃子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	奶狗兒
	Wuhan	小狗子
	Guiyang	狗兒, 狗崽
	Liuzhou	狗崽
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	小狗
	Yangzhou	小狗子, 小狗
Cantonese	Guangzhou	狗仔
	Hong Kong	狗仔
	Dongguan	狗仔
	Singapore (Guangfu)	狗仔
Gan	Nanchang	狗崽子
	Lichuan	狗崽兒
	Pingxiang	狗崽仔
Hakka	Meixian	細狗仔
	Yudu	尒狗子, 細狗子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	狗子, 細狗仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	狗子, 細狗仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	狗子, 細狗仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	狗子, 細狗
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	狗子, 細狗仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	狗幺
Huizhou	Jixi	細狗
Jin	Taiyuan	小狗狗
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	犬囝
Southern Min	Xiamen	狗仔囝, 狗仔
	Quanzhou	狗仔
	Yongchun	狗囝
	Zhangzhou	狗仔囝, 狗仔
	Penang (Hokkien)	狗囝
	Singapore (Hokkien)	狗囝
	Manila (Hokkien)	狗仔
	Haifeng	狗仔
	Singapore (Teochew)	狗囝
	Leizhou	狗囝
	Haikou	狗囝
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	細狗
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	小狗
	Suzhou	小狗
	Danyang	小狗子
	Hangzhou	小狗兒
	Ningbo	小狗
	Wenzhou	狗兒, 狗童兒
	Jinhua	小狗
Xiang	Changsha	狗崽子
	Loudi	狗崽唧

• (my son): 豚兒／豚儿 (tún'ér), 豚犬 (túnquǎn), 小犬 (xiǎoquǎn), 豚兒犬子／豚儿犬子

Derived terms

• 虎父無犬子 / 虎父无犬子 (hǔfù wú quǎnzǐ)
• 豚兒犬子 / 豚儿犬子

Proper noun

犬子

1. another name of Sima Xiangru