笛子

Chinese

		flute	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (笛子)		笛	子
simp. #(笛子)		笛	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dízi

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˊ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dek⁶ zi²
• Gan (Wiktionary): liah⁷ zi / tit⁷ zi
• Jin (Wiktionary): dieh⁵ zeh

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dízi
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˊ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dízi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: ti²-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: dí-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dyi.tzy
    • Palladius: дицзы (diczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dek⁶ zi²
    • Yale: dehk jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dek⁹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: dég⁶ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɛːk̚² t͡siː³⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: liah⁷ zi / tit⁷ zi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liaʔ² t͡sz̩¹/, /tʰit̚² t͡sz̩¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: dieh⁵ zeh
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /tiəʔ⁵⁴ t͡səʔ¹/

Noun

笛子

1. (countable) dizi (transverse flute with buzzing membrane, used in Chinese traditional and classical music, usually made from bamboo) (Classifier: 支 m)
2. (colloquial) recorder

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 笛子 (“(Chinese) transverse flute”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		笛子, 橫笛
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	笛子, 笛兒, 橫笛兒
	Taiwan	笛子
	Singapore	笛子
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	笛兒, 笛, 笛子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	笛子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	笛子
	Wanrong	笛
	Xi'an	笛
	Xining	笛竿兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	笛子
	Wuhan	笛子
	Guiyang	笛子
	Guilin	笛子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	笛子
	Hefei	笛子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	笛, 簫
	Hong Kong	笛, 笛子 Chinese
	Yangjiang	笛
Gan	Nanchang	笛子
	Lichuan	笛仔
	Pingxiang	笛子
Hakka	Meixian	笛仔, 笛
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	橫簫
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	嗶嗶仔
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	橫簫
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	簫仔
Jin	Taiyuan	笛子, 笛, 梅
Northern Min	Jian'ou	簫, 橫簫
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	簫
Southern Min	Xiamen	笛仔, 𥰔仔
	Quanzhou	笛仔, 𥰔仔
	Jinjiang	𥰔仔
	Zhangzhou	𥰔仔
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	𥰔仔
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	𥰔仔
	Kaohsiung	𥰔仔
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	𥰔仔
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	𥰔仔
	Yilan (Toucheng)	𥰔仔
	Tainan	𥰔仔
	Tainan (Anping)	𥰔仔
	Penghu (Xiyu)	𥰔仔
	Chaozhou	笛
	Shantou	笛
	Jieyang	笛
Wu	Suzhou	笛
	Wenzhou	笛
Xiang	Changsha	笛子
	Shuangfeng	曲子

Related terms

• 木笛 (mùdí)
• 竹笛 (zhúdí)
• 豎笛 / 竖笛 (shùdí)